First Tauranga Event Rocked
Our first Tauranga event went absolutely like clockwork.
The hall only held 120 and we filled it. Sheree and her team did a great job.
Joy had prepared a magnificent feast for everyone who had come to set up. Seriously, she went the extra mile.
Sheree had organised the bouncers on the door, and Wayne did the filtering. The bouncers were physically huge!
Others in Sheree’s team brought bottled water for everyone. The Tauranga team were just so helpful, generous, and amazing!
The police arrived at 6:30 to case out the place and reassure us of their support (see the photo below of them surrounding Julian)
The hall started to fill about 6:30, and eventually, by start time it was packed. Only a handful of protesters came, and none tried to get in. So really, the protesters were a non event. What a difference this makes.
We were able to hold our event without interruption and FREE SPEECH reigned!
About time.
Julian spoke powerfully as usual and he held the audience spellbound for the first hour as he delivered the goods!
Some huge new insights were given about the Treaty.
During the Q and A some great questions were asked.
The only downside was some lady who belonged to a fringe political party got up and launched into a speech.
What she was saying about our history was so ‘off’ we had to shut her down. After the meeting people mixed and mingled for ages.
Julian challenged the crowd to come up with the $25,000 needed to get his booklets into the hands of all residents in the Bay of Plenty. He implored them to look after their own patch!
We all were packed down and on our way home by 10pm.
All in all, our cause in the Tauranga area was given a HUGE shove forwards last night!
Thank you once again to the Tauranga team for doing such a great job! You were amazing.
“In response to Mikaela Matenga’s understanding of Co Governance”
Anyone who claims to understand the Treaty of Waitangi after studying it for 4 years. then claim co governance simply means,
Maori making decisions for Maori, clearly does not understand democracy and the English language.
It is simply not possible for a tribal, dysfunctional and separatist race of people who make up only 16% of the population to create seperate laws that pertain only to them, within a democracy.
Julian is correct in his comments that there can only be pity for people who are quite simply ignorant to the facts.
Furthermore we now see a plethora of politicians who fall into that same category of ignorance and complete betrayal, with the inevitable result being a complete collapse of New Zealand society in tandem with financial instability and civil unrest.
Unless this current political madness is halted and every treacherous politician removed from parliament, there will be no peace and prosperity in this once proud nation of New Zealand.
OUR TRUE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS AND FIRST CONSTITUTION.
Our true Founding Documents and first Constitution issued by “Victoria by the Grace of God” under, “The Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” have been completely ignored by our governments over the years. It’s a fact, these beautifully presented and written documents, which should be displayed in all our schools, universities and government buildings made New Zealand into a British Colony under one flag and one law, irrespective of race, colour or creed.
See: http://onenzfoundation.co.nz/queen-victorias-two-royal-charters-letters-patent/.
On the 30 July 1839, a Royal Charter/Letters Patent was issued by “Victoria by the Grace of God” under, “The Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” that placed New Zealand under the Dependency of New South Wales. This only gave the English people living in New Zealand protection under the laws of New South Wales based on English Law. Under the 1839 Royal Charter, the tangata Maori would not have been protected under the law and would have been treated the same as the Australian Aboriginals.
At the time Britain was thinking of placing New Zealand under Dependency of New South Wales, a very strong group was emerging in England called the Clapham Sect. The Clapham Sect was a group of aristocratic evangelical Anglicans, prominent in England from about 1790. It campaigned for the abolition of slavery, to protect indigenous peoples from colonial exploitation and to promote missionary work at home and abroad. The group centered on the church of John Venn, Rector of Clapham in south London.
While little, if anything is published about the Clapham Sect, it had a great influence on the instructions given to Captain William Hobson on the drafting of the Treaty of Waitangi. In fact, the instructions given to Captain Hobson by Lord Normandy before he left for New Zealand on the 25 August 1839, had been drafted by Sir James Stephens, the Undersecretary for Colonies and a very strong supporter and member of the Clapham Sect. Stephens had also drafted the “Slavery Abolition Act of 1833”.
It is interesting to note, there is no mention of a treaty between Maori and Queen Victoria in the 1839 Royal Charter, therefore, New Zealand would be placed under the laws of New South Wales, which would not protect the tangata Maori as they had asked for in 1831 with the King promising to be their guardian and protector, not only from themselves, but also from the French.
The Treaty of Waitangi was not issued by “Victoria by the Grace of God” under, “The Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland”. In fact, Queen Victoria and the British Parliament have had no idea of what the Treaty said until after it was signed and by then, another Royal Charter/Letters Patent was about to be issued by “Victoria by the Grace of God” under, “The Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland”. While there was no mention of the treaty in the 1839 Royal Charter, it is obvious the British Parliament was made aware of the Clapham Sect’s concerns and decided to separate New Zealand from New South Wales dependency and make New Zealand an independent British Colony in 1841 for the tangata Maori to be given the same rights as the people of England under one law and one flag.
Queen Victoria’s 1840 Royal Charter/Letters Patent, which was enacted on 3 May 1841, separated New Zealand from New South Wales, and made New Zealand into British Colony with a Governor and Constitution that set up New Zealand’s political, legal and justice systems under one flag and one law, irrespective of race colour or creed: New Zealand’s true Founding Document and first Constitution.
While the Treaty is an important part of New Zealand’s history, it is not our Founding Document as it only gave the tangata Maori the same rights as the people of England, it did not make New Zealand into British Colony with a Governor and Constitution that set up New Zealand’s political, legal and justice systems under one flag and one law, irrespective of race colour or creed. This was achieved by Queen Victoria’s Royal Charter/Letters Patent dated 16 November 1840.
To satisfy the Clapham Sect and give the tangata Maori protection as they had asked for and had been promised in 1831; New Zealand had to separate from New South Wales dependency and become an independent British Colony under one flag and one law, irrespective of race, colour or creed.
Please read the 2 attached Royal Charters, Our true Founding Documents and first Constitution.
Compiled by: The One New Zealand Foundation Inc. Email: ONZF@bigpond.com.au. 20/4/2023.