E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
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is that a failure to address the Nation's Past has to hinder what we do today. I get tired of people saying "Maori's get over it, it was 100 years ago". Sometimes I do wish people who say such things went and lived elsewhere.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
is that a failure to address the Nation's Past has to hinder what we do today. I get tired of people saying "Maori's get over it, it was 100 years ago". Sometimes I do wish people who say such things went and lived elsewhere.
Because the great-grandchildren of the colonized seemingly are not considered when we make decisions. It reads as: I am very concerned about my great-grandchildren, but I pay no heed to the generational injustice inflicted on Maori that I have directly profited from, and in fat, continue to do so. , knighthoods, cycle helmet laws, the Police, and in fact anything I can't be bothered with today. As has been pointed out the original theft and the wealth then generated from totally super-ceeds the pittance doled out as the establishment tries justice saga.E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
The difference though Michael, is that in all likelihood the land that was taken away from someone in your ancestory 145 generations ago has very very little effect on your current life where as the land illegally taken from Moari 3 generations ago does.
Mr_Incredible2011-02-04 23:09:34The answer to life's problems are rarely found at the bottom of a beer glass - but it's always worth a look.
I think this excerpt from that link should have your answers though:The sovereignty originally vested in Queen Victoria by the Treaty passed from the British Crown to the New Zealand crown. With the passing of that statute "the Crown" became "the Crown in right of New Zealand". This legal process is nothing new and happens all the time in international law. For example, in 1992 the Russian Federation acquired all of the responsibilities for the treaties of the former Soviet Union when the country was broken up.
Becoming a republic would mean transferring the Treaty's responsibilities again, as was done in 1947, to the new head of state. This would leave responsibility for the Treaty where it has always laid: with the New Zealand Parliament and its executive Government. Successive Governments have both ignored the Treaty and, more recently, set about making amends. It has been the New Zealand Parliament that has made apologies and paid reparations to Iwi, not the British Parliament.
With the establishment of colonial self-government in 1853, Great Britain delegated the colony�s governance to the colonial settlers. Confiscations carried out by �the Crown� during this period were prompted by the colonial government, not by the British Parliament. While the British-appointed Governor often fought with colonial Premiers over their policies towards M?ori, it was the New Zealand government that ignored the Treaty.
There were several M?ori delegations (including one led by King T?whiao) to London in the years following the Treaty of Waitangi. They were all dismissed, and sent back to the Colonial government in New Zealand, which ignored them. This has led some, such as M?ori lawyer and academic Moana Jackson, to argue that the real party to the Treaty is not �the Crown� in a practical sense, but �Kawanatanga�, as defined by the Treaty: the New Zealand Government, formerly the Colonial Government.
In all honesty I wouldn't have a problem with some form of compensation given to african-americans. Probably not a cash sum, but if, for example, there were tax breaks given on certain things such as healthcare to help curb the obvious difference between the socio-economic status of european and african americans.
"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009
In all honesty I wouldn't have a problem with some form of compensation given to african-americans. Probably not a cash sum, but if, for example, there were tax breaks given on certain things such as healthcare�to help curb the obvious difference between the socio-economic status of european and african americans.
In all honesty I wouldn't have a problem with some form of compensation given to african-americans. Probably not a cash sum, but if, for example, there were tax breaks given on certain things such as healthcare to help curb the obvious difference between the socio-economic status of european and african americans.
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