One New Zealand Foundation Inc.

In 1940, thousands of New Zealanders went to fight a war against the Japanese so New Zealand could remain a free democratic country, and we won, although many paid the ultimate price. This war was fought by fully armed soldiers, warships, and fighter planes, but today, a few Maori without guns, warships, or fighter planes and only a fake copy of the Treaty of Waitangi are taking over New Zealand, while most just sit back and let it happen. Shame on you! 

It would have been bad enough if Japan had taken over New Zealand with their guns, warships and planes, but to have a few Maori, supported by the Labour Government, take over New Zealand with only a fake Treaty of Waitangi, lying they are the tangata whenua and, “In Partnership with the Crown”, would make those who paid the ultimate price for a free democratic country, turn in their graves.

It must be remembered, the people who signed the Treaty of Waitangi were tangata Maori, not the tangata whenua or the indigenous people of New Zealand. They had arrived in canoes in the 14^th century to find New Zealand already inhabited, just as the British found 300 hundred years later.

Maori today are the luckiest people in the world as by 1831 their tangata Maori ancestors were completely out of control and begged Britain to be their guardian and protector to save them from total extinction. The British sailed halfway around the world to stop the fighting, genocide, slavery, and cannibalism that had reduced the tangata Maori population by nearly fifty percent in 20 years. 

The British brought peace amongst the tangata Maori tribes with the 1840 Tiriti o Waitangi, which also made them British Subjects, “With the same rights as the people of England”. On the 16 November 1840 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 made New Zealand into a British Colony on 3 May 1841 under one flag and one law, irrespective of race, colour, or creed. 

Since the first ship arrived in New Zealand, tangata Maori have continued to intermarry with other races until today, most have far more foreign ancestry than tangata Maori ancestry, therefore, can no longer claim to be tangata Maori or the people who signed the Treaty of Waitangi. Maori today, are New Zealand Citizens who can claim, just a minute trace of tangata Maori ancestry.

While our brave soldiers fought off the Japanese, are you going to sit back and allow a few Maori Citizens take away your freedom and democracy by waving a fake Treaty of Waitangi under your noses. It’s time to: “Honour our Ancestors who fought for our country and won”.

Both Maori and Pakeha built this country, then fought for it many times over for its freedom and democracy under one flag and one law, irrespective of race, colour or creed. Don’t let a few ungrateful Maori Citizens take it all away without a fight, as our ancestors have continued to do for us many times over. 

New Zealand belongs to all the people of New Zealand. It may have belonged to tangata Maori before 1840, but their ancestors decided it was best to allow Britain to make it into a British Colony under one flag and one law, irrespective of race colour or creed to save their race of people who were completely out of control and were heading for extinction if Britain had not intervened. 

At no time did Britain give tangata Maori, “A Partnership with the Crown”, or acknowledged they were the tangata whenua of New Zealand. The tangata Maori chiefs agreed to become British Subject under one flag and one law. “He iwi tahi tatou – We are now one people” New Zealanders.

“If you think these things are wrong, then blame your ancestors who gave away their rights when they were strong”. The Treaty of Waitangi, An Explanation, by Sir Apirana Ngata, M.A., LI.B., Lit. D.  He is described as, the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament.

By Ross Baker, Researcher, One New Zealand Foundation Inc. Email: ONZF@bigpond.com.au. (c)