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SORRY NOT ENOUGH FOR COOK RAMPAGE
One of the organisers of protests against Tuia 250 commemorations says while she respects the right of Gisborne iwi and hapū to receive a statement of regret from the British government for those killed and wounded when the Endeavour landed in Tūranganui a Kiwa, the rest of Māoridom is also owed an apology.
Tina Ngata says the arrival of Lieutenant James Cook in 1769 was the birth of colonialism on Aotearoa.
She says any celebration of Cook ignores multiple killings around the country.
"He barely went a week in his time here without shooting at people or torturing them or killing them. We really need to pull the veil back on a lot of those experiences, and as much as Tuia 250 has tried to maintain that it is about honest conversations, more often than not it has suppressed and sanitised and watered down the truth of what happened," Ms Ngata says.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjI4MzY/Paakiwaha/Sorry-not-enough-for-Cook-rampage
BRASH WANTS UK AMBASSADOR REMOVED OVER CAPTAIN COOK DEATHS REGRET.
Brash has now accused Clarke of getting involved in New Zealand race relations and meddling in the "politicised" 250-year anniversary commemorations of Cook's arrival, calling for her to be withdrawn.
"She acknowledged Cook's regret over the deaths but inflated the death toll to nine without acknowledging that he recorded in his diary four or five deaths at Gisborne," he said.
"Unwittingly, the British High Commissioner sided with activists and helped them score a major propaganda point.".....
theworldnews.net/nz-news/brash-wants-uk-ambassador-removed-over-captain-cook-deaths-regret
'EXTREMELY UNHELPFUL': PROMINENT HISTORIAN ANNE SALMOND CRITICISES BRASH'S CLAIMS ABOUT MĀORI DEATHS
Dame Anne Salmond, a prominent historian from Gisborne who has been part of conversations about the deaths with Tūranga iwi, said the truth was there was uncertainty about what had happened and that direct witnesses to the events had disagreed.
She said it was generally agreed nine people had been shot, at least four or five fatally, but it was not clear how many of the others were killed.
"Trying to make this a simple matter is extremely unhelpful, which is what Don Brash is trying to do … because the fact of the matter is the accounts themselves are confused about how many people died," she said.
"When you're shooting people with muskets you can't necessarily see who's dead and who's not.".....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12273233
One of the organisers of protests against Tuia 250 commemorations says while she respects the right of Gisborne iwi and hapū to receive a statement of regret from the British government for those killed and wounded when the Endeavour landed in Tūranganui a Kiwa, the rest of Māoridom is also owed an apology.
Tina Ngata says the arrival of Lieutenant James Cook in 1769 was the birth of colonialism on Aotearoa.
She says any celebration of Cook ignores multiple killings around the country.
"He barely went a week in his time here without shooting at people or torturing them or killing them. We really need to pull the veil back on a lot of those experiences, and as much as Tuia 250 has tried to maintain that it is about honest conversations, more often than not it has suppressed and sanitised and watered down the truth of what happened," Ms Ngata says.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjI4MzY/Paakiwaha/Sorry-not-enough-for-Cook-rampage
BRASH WANTS UK AMBASSADOR REMOVED OVER CAPTAIN COOK DEATHS REGRET.
Brash has now accused Clarke of getting involved in New Zealand race relations and meddling in the "politicised" 250-year anniversary commemorations of Cook's arrival, calling for her to be withdrawn.
"She acknowledged Cook's regret over the deaths but inflated the death toll to nine without acknowledging that he recorded in his diary four or five deaths at Gisborne," he said.
"Unwittingly, the British High Commissioner sided with activists and helped them score a major propaganda point.".....
theworldnews.net/nz-news/brash-wants-uk-ambassador-removed-over-captain-cook-deaths-regret
'EXTREMELY UNHELPFUL': PROMINENT HISTORIAN ANNE SALMOND CRITICISES BRASH'S CLAIMS ABOUT MĀORI DEATHS
Dame Anne Salmond, a prominent historian from Gisborne who has been part of conversations about the deaths with Tūranga iwi, said the truth was there was uncertainty about what had happened and that direct witnesses to the events had disagreed.
She said it was generally agreed nine people had been shot, at least four or five fatally, but it was not clear how many of the others were killed.
"Trying to make this a simple matter is extremely unhelpful, which is what Don Brash is trying to do … because the fact of the matter is the accounts themselves are confused about how many people died," she said.
"When you're shooting people with muskets you can't necessarily see who's dead and who's not.".....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12273233