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The Editor
Otago Daily Times
DUNEDIN
Dear Sir
Your article (24 April 2024) about Te Papa’s plans to refresh its Treaty of Waitangi exhibition provides little hope that this will do other than support the current iwi goal of shared sovereignty.
That goal is advanced by endless conjecture as to what Maori in 1840 understood the Treaty to mean and by 21st-century reinterpretations of what the text in te reo might now mean in English.
We are expected to overlook the reality that the dominant party to this 1840 treaty was the British Crown – the world’s leading power at the time. Its representative, William Hobson, had instructions from Lord Normanby that no deal was to be entered into unless Maori accepted British Sovereignty, and there is no need to speculate on what the Treaty in te reo might mean in English, for we now have the final English draft that Hobson approved before it was translated into te reo for signing by Maori chiefs. That final draft, often referred to as the “Littlewood draft” on account of being preserved in family archives, makes it perfectly clear what the British Crown understood it was agreeing to, and it was unthinkable that Britain would involve itself in bringing security, development, democracy and an end to inter-tribal conflict without Maori tribal leaders first agreeing to accept British sovereignty “forever”.
If Te Papa now aims at “providing a fresh view (of the Treaty’s meaning) to inform contemporary conversations” that clearly implies that Te Papa intends to become involved in the twisting of historical reality in support of iwi demands for ever more power and authority.
John Bell
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As I have said, we must get behind Winston, Jones, Seymour and Luxon, emailing them regularly with encouragement and our full support to expunge co-governance and Maorification from New Zealand.
Leaders need encouragement constantly.
Email Luxon urging him to do what the people of New Zealand elected him to do, which was to rid the country of Maorification and co-governance.
Warn him that he will be a one term PM if he doesn’t.
Here are their email addresses:
Shane.Jones@parliament.govt.nz
Winston.Peters@parliament.govt.nz
David.Seymour@parliament.govt.nz
Christopher.luxon@parliament.govt.nz
Brooke Van Velden: Brooke.Vanvelden@parliament.govt.nz
Also it must be remembered that Maori reconfirmed their allegiance to Queen Victoria and the fact that they had given up any Sovereignty they might have had, at the Kohimarama Conference held 20 years later in 1860, so there was no doubt whatsoever that they completely understood the situation in those days.
If Te Papa was to exhibit the Original English version (Littlewood Draft) the whole Gravy Train will come to a halt. For that very reason Te Papa will not exhibit it. Maori will not allow it, and we all know why.
I believe this government lives in fear. The maoris threaten to bring cities to a ‘standstill’ should the gravy train cease for them, yet when the other cultures of New Zealand may get together to organise a meeting or walk, its all on, maoris shouting & chanting all their wonderulness. I sincerely hope Winston, Shane & David are able to stop so much of this nonsense but I am not too sure about Luxon – spine bending wokester.