Tiriti O Waitangi Fact Sheet
Published 31/12/2011 | TIRITI O WAITANGI FACT SHEET
• In 1831, thirteen Northern Chiefs wrote to the King asking him to be their guardian and protector, not only from the French but also from themselves as Nga Puhi had just gone on the rampage… Continue reading
Are the Claims Treaty Breaches or Law Breaches?
Published 31/12/2011 | Are the Claims Treaty Breaches or Law Breaches?
From Sir Apirana Ngata’s statement made in 1922 when Minister of Native Affairs, “Some have said that these confiscations were wrong and they contravened the articles of the Treaty of Waitangi, but… Continue reading
The Evolution of the People of New Zealand
Published 31/12/2011 | The Evolution of the People of New Zealand
Maori are not “tangata whenua” – there were prior inhabitants – Dr Ranginui Walker
“The traditions are quite clear: wherever crew disembarked there were already tangata whenua (prior inhabitants). The canoe ancestors… Continue reading
Our New Constitution?
Published 12/12/2011 | OUR NEW CONSTITUTION?
Where 15 % of the population may control 85%?
On the 20th September 2011 Muriel Newman asked the question on her website NZPCR, “Do you support the establishment for a new Constitution for New Zealand based on… Continue reading
Is The Waitangi Tribunal Corrupt?
Published 19/11/2011 | IS THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL CORRUPT?
Past members of the Waitangi Tribunal believe it is!
A recently published book by Dr John Robinson, “The Corruption of New Zealand Democracy – A Treaty Industry Overview’ puts right his astonishing revelation that as… Continue reading
Colonising Myths Maori Realities
Published 16/11/2011 | BOOK REVIEWS
1. Waikato Times, 29/10/2011
2. ONZF, 14/11/2011
Colonising Myths Maori Realities
by Ani Mikaere (Huia, ISBN: 9781869694531).
Waikato Times Review. 29/10/2011. The author, a tutor of Maori law and philosophy, has brought together a collection of papers showing the impact… Continue reading
Queen Victoria’s Promise
Published 13/11/2011 | Has QueenVictoria’s Promise Been Broken?
Thousands of people from England, including my ancestors (1842), travelled to New Zealand to start a new life based on the fact, Queen Victoria had ceded Sovereignty of New Zealand to Britain and had guaranteed,… Continue reading
Chief’s Swear Alliance to the Queen at Kohimarama Conference.
Published 13/11/2011 | 1860 - Kohimarama Conference
From page 13, “New
Zealand in Crisis” by ONZF.
The Kohimarama Conference was held in Auckland in July 1860 and was
attended by over 200 chiefs mainly from the North Island. It was one of… Continue reading
The Treaty and a Written Constitution
Published 02/11/2011 | A Written Constitution
Published 06/10/2011 |
A Written Constitution?
Governor William Hobson at the signing of the Tiriti o Waitangi dated the 6th February 1840 and his instructions to Major Bunbury. See below.
“This instrument I consider to be de… Continue reading