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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 1, 2019 19:12:44 GMT 12
TUIA 250 FLOTILLA HAKA IN NORTHLAND CHANCE TO RE-WRITE HISTORY, KAUMATUA SAYSThe arrival of the Tuia 250 flotilla to Taitokerau/Northland is an historic chance to bring Māori and Europeans together, according to a local kaumatua. Europeans had never honoured the Treaty of Waitangi and treaty settlements were soul-destroying for Northland iwi, he said. Once we understand that as two people, then we can have a shared future," he said. "The moment the Treaty of Waitangi was signed it became a monoculture and that's how this country has limped along. "But the language that the flotilla is carrying with them is dual heritage, so I think it's up to us now to have a conversation around that."...... www.stuff.co.nz/national/117093133/tuia-250-flotilla-haka-in-northland-chance-to-rewrite-history-kaumatua-says
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