Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 14, 2020 9:26:14 GMT 12
THE HYPOCRISY OF NGATI TOA
In a few years before 1840, Ngati Toa under Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata carried out a ruthless campaign of bloodshed, treachery and cannibalism amongst other Maori tribes from Kawhia to Kaiapohia, exterminating Ngatikuia of the Pelorus on the way, the few miserable survivors kept in slavery.
In an armed clash with settlers at the Wairau on 17th June 1843, now termed an "affray", in a dispute over land which might have been settled peacefully, four Maoris and twenty-two Europeans were killed, a dozen of the latter being helpless prisoners ferociously executed by Te Rangihaeata, one of whose wives had been accidentally shot. Governor Fitzroy, powerless to act effectively, took no action over this brutal murder.
Yet now (Stuff, 13/3/20), Kiri Naik of part-Ngati Toa and part European descent claims that it was a "traumatic event for Ngati Toa" and "It was and still is a huge hurt to the Ngati Toa people." What colossal hypocrisy!
BRUCE MOON
www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/stage-and-theatre/119861285/historic-armed-clash-steps-into-the-limelight
In a few years before 1840, Ngati Toa under Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata carried out a ruthless campaign of bloodshed, treachery and cannibalism amongst other Maori tribes from Kawhia to Kaiapohia, exterminating Ngatikuia of the Pelorus on the way, the few miserable survivors kept in slavery.
In an armed clash with settlers at the Wairau on 17th June 1843, now termed an "affray", in a dispute over land which might have been settled peacefully, four Maoris and twenty-two Europeans were killed, a dozen of the latter being helpless prisoners ferociously executed by Te Rangihaeata, one of whose wives had been accidentally shot. Governor Fitzroy, powerless to act effectively, took no action over this brutal murder.
Yet now (Stuff, 13/3/20), Kiri Naik of part-Ngati Toa and part European descent claims that it was a "traumatic event for Ngati Toa" and "It was and still is a huge hurt to the Ngati Toa people." What colossal hypocrisy!
BRUCE MOON
www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/stage-and-theatre/119861285/historic-armed-clash-steps-into-the-limelight