Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 18, 2020 5:15:06 GMT 12
PETERS CALLS TAIHOA ON STATUE PURGE
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is calling taihoa on pulling down colonial monuments.
Mr Peters says whether the statue is of Captain Cook or Te Rauparaha, they were men of their times.
"Our job is to understand history and be very much aware of it so we can learn from it but the idea you can wake up one day and have a new conscience which says 'nobody else understands the world like I do so I'm going to go down and tear the world down and tear institutions down' is so darn wrong and we've got to stand against it. It's the kind of behaviour you may see offshore but it doesn't belong in this country," he says.
Winston Peters says Māori have mixed heritage they should not disown, and they should also remember there were slaves in the pre-European Māori world.......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjQ3Njc/Paakiwaha/Peters-calls-taihoa-on-statue-purge
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is calling taihoa on pulling down colonial monuments.
Mr Peters says whether the statue is of Captain Cook or Te Rauparaha, they were men of their times.
"Our job is to understand history and be very much aware of it so we can learn from it but the idea you can wake up one day and have a new conscience which says 'nobody else understands the world like I do so I'm going to go down and tear the world down and tear institutions down' is so darn wrong and we've got to stand against it. It's the kind of behaviour you may see offshore but it doesn't belong in this country," he says.
Winston Peters says Māori have mixed heritage they should not disown, and they should also remember there were slaves in the pre-European Māori world.......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjQ3Njc/Paakiwaha/Peters-calls-taihoa-on-statue-purge