Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 7, 2020 3:30:24 GMT 12
WAITANGI DAY 2020: 'GIVE US THE COURAGE TO WALK COMFORTABLY IN EACH OTHER'S SHOES' – PM
More than 2500 people gathered this morning at Waitangi to commemorate the 180th anniversary of the Treaty.
Among those offering their prayers were Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Police Commissioner Mike Bush, Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon, Waitangi National Trust Chairperson Pita Tipene and chairperson of the Rūnanga a Iwi o Ngāpuhi, Mere Mangu.
"People are starting to use more Māori in our public occasions and I thought it was absolutely fantastic that Andrew Little spoke in te reo Māori - it goes a long way to touching the hearts of the people, especially the hearts of the people that Andrew is working with."
Tipene reminded everyone of He Whakaputanga, otherwise known as the Declaration of Independence, which hapū of Ngāpuhi recognise as the senior to Te Tiriti.
"They go hand in hand - it is the senior and the Treaty is the junior and it enhances the Whakaputanga and that is what the hapū o Ngāpuhi have always known that authority has never been ceded and what we here believe at the national trust is to encourage the discourse about our nationhood.......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/408959/waitangi-day-2020-give-us-the-courage-to-walk-comfortably-in-each-other-s-shoes-pm
More than 2500 people gathered this morning at Waitangi to commemorate the 180th anniversary of the Treaty.
Among those offering their prayers were Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Police Commissioner Mike Bush, Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon, Waitangi National Trust Chairperson Pita Tipene and chairperson of the Rūnanga a Iwi o Ngāpuhi, Mere Mangu.
"People are starting to use more Māori in our public occasions and I thought it was absolutely fantastic that Andrew Little spoke in te reo Māori - it goes a long way to touching the hearts of the people, especially the hearts of the people that Andrew is working with."
Tipene reminded everyone of He Whakaputanga, otherwise known as the Declaration of Independence, which hapū of Ngāpuhi recognise as the senior to Te Tiriti.
"They go hand in hand - it is the senior and the Treaty is the junior and it enhances the Whakaputanga and that is what the hapū o Ngāpuhi have always known that authority has never been ceded and what we here believe at the national trust is to encourage the discourse about our nationhood.......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/408959/waitangi-day-2020-give-us-the-courage-to-walk-comfortably-in-each-other-s-shoes-pm