Why King Charles Does Not Need To Apologise To Maori
I was astonished to read this article in this morning’s Herald (5/5/23) because it is so far from the truth to do with our NON -INDIGENOUS Maori .
Maori have benefited immensely and continue to do so , from the ‘civilisation’ brought to them ( a stone-age people) by British / European settlers .
This particularly following the Treaty of Waitangi , which was requested by MAORI to get protection for themselves from themselves and the near self-genocidal inter-tribal slaughter, rape, enslavement , infanticide and cannibalism they were constantly engaged in prior to that point , and which was even further exacerbated by the constant requirement for ‘utu’.
However Maori were in effect themselves ‘colonists’ when they arrived in New Zealand from ‘Hawaiki , their homeland , decided to make it their own , and set about the wanton genocidal slaughter of the resident incumbent New Zealand race , the Moriori . The very few remaining Moriori fled to the Chatham Islands.
The hypocrisy of Te Pati Maori in joining this move to call for King Charles 111 to acknowledge the “ horrific impacts “ of colonisation on indigenous people ( which Maori ARE NOT) is appalling .
Their ‘example’ of ‘ colonisation’ with regard to Moriori is as bad as it gets —- worse !
This all needs to be said because Maori are trying by dint of political engineering , lies and trickery ( including this latest move) to establish themselves as being indigenous to New Zealand , so they can exploit the situation to their own advantage , when they ARE NOT INDIGENOUS at all .
This FACT they acknowledge on a sign at Cape Reinga which clearly states that that is the point from which the spirits of dead Maori return to their homeland of Hawaiki.
We MUST NOT allow ourselves to be sucked in by this deceit . We would NEVER stop paying for it !
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THE MAORI KING?
Is this humbug? It is well known that Maori ceded sovereignty forever to Queen Victoria in the ToW, so in reality there is no Maori ‘king’ and never was.
Further, because there is no such thing as a Maori Nation as such, all tribes being independent of each other,
there is certainly no general acceptance at all in Maoridom of the ‘self-styled’ Maori king who is based in Ngaruawahia.
The ‘title’ is primarily an affectation, a conceit. What took place in London seems to be a victory for Maori bullshit. It is just a disrespectful nonsense.
Hugh continued to say this:
I am astonished that Ngira Simmonds does not seem to have been admonished for her offensive outburst
at the above pre-coronation function in London and totally undeserved blame laid about elsewhere.
We all know that the self-styled Maori king is a pretence, a fiction, an affectation and a conceit and nothing more than that.
Like all other New Zealanders, Tuheitia the self-styled Maori king is a subject of King Charles 111 and no monarch can be the subject of another.
It is legally impossible. He might be a chief, even a high chief — but a king HE IS NOT.
Further, he is not even regarded as a king by tribes other than his own.
This nonsense that he is ‘a king’ must be put to bed and given no credence or encouragement by you and your Maori-centric government, by yet again weakly pandering to Maori bullshit.
And Ngira Simmonds needs to be firmly told the facts of history/life and told to behave herself in future.
We should not be supporting this ridiculous notion/fiction’ of a Maori king.
Hugh Perrett
Auckland 1050
Perpetuating the myth that Moriori were earlier arrivals than Maori does our cause harm. Moriori we’re Maori who settled on the Chathams.
An email sent to Oliver Hartwich, of The New Zealand Initiative, August 2022
Hello, Oliver
By pure chance , I came across your appearance on the Menzies Research Centre interview regarding The Ardern Experiment. It came as a huge relief that there was someone out there with the same concerns as me, in relation to the current state of affairs in NZ. I was born in the UK and went to Australia as a young man. I met a NZ girl in Sydney and have lived in NZ for over forty years.
When I arrived here, in the mid 70s, I was quite alarmed by the lack of open debate and the apathy/complacency of the general population. Any attempt at “Playing Devil’s Advocate” was not at all appreciated. Expressing an opinion contrary to to the ” NZ norm” was often responded to in a very aggressive manner. Unfortunately, I don’t think much has changed over the years. I recall a book entitled ” The Passionless People” written by Gordon Mc Lachlan. It was not well received. It intrigues me that a nation which can be so emotionally invested in sporting activities , to the point of mass hysteria, can be so passive and compliant to serious matters which affect the nation.
There was a certain self satisfied smugness quite evident in the past. ie ” We punch above our weight” ” The eyes of the world are upon us” ” We lead the world– in whatever.” ‘ We have the highest standards of — Blah Blah. ” This seems to have diminished over time, but is still quite evident. I wonder if it all stems from feelings of inadequacy.
During my years in statutory child protection, then later as a probation /parole officer, I had on my office wall the statement, attributed to Joseph Goebbels, ” A lie repeated often, eventually gains the mantle of truth.” Very true. Very apt.
My political beliefs have usually been left of centre. I have voted Labour for many years. However, I am horrified by the divisive , devious and disastrous performance of Ms Ardern and her minions. The legacy of of the present government will be disastrous, to say the least. I have an American cousin who is a retired Professor of Sociology. He knows NZ quite well and has several old academic friends here. I was surprised that he held NZ society in such high esteem. Almost a Walt Disney Wonderland,. A Pacific Paradise. I regaled him, and others of a similar opinion, with the actual statistics which clearly show the virtual collapse of a once pleasant, safe place to live.
I recall writing to my father , in the UK, not long after I had arrived here all those years ago. I said that , having travelled extensively, this was the most egalitarian country I had experienced. My ! How things have deteriorated .
I am heartened that there are people of your ability and credibility, who continue to challenge the integrity of those who would deceive us. We have controlled media, corrupt or incompetent organisations and extremely poor levels of investigative journalism. What a sorry state of affairs.
Keep up the good work.
Warm regards Carl Kent