New Zealand will this week mark its national day, commemorating the 181st anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Associate Professor O'Sullivan said the agreement was formed under different understandings, and there has been significant debate about its meaning.“So although the Māori text was presented to the people who signed it as a translation of the English text, in fact it wasn't a translation, it was a different version using very different language.”
Historian Professor Michael Belgrave was the research manager of the Waitangi Tribunal, a permanent commission established in 1975 to consider claims made by Māori relating to Crown actions that breach the Treaty of Waitangi. "From the very early days, the British Crown decided that it would be convenient if Māori were assimilated into white culture and effectively ceased to exist as a distinct ethnic group," he said.
"But it certainly lends authority to the Māori claim that the rights of government that were conferred on the British Crown don't extend to things like control over Māori children and the ability to simply go into people’s homes and take kids away." "Waitangi Day is, among other things, a day for reflection on progress towards honouring the treaty, rectifying its breaches, and having an influence on contemporary policy and contemporary political relationships in the ways that people think it should,” he said.
The Maori fought hard for their land and deserved to be treated with respect. The Aborigines were utterly decimated, therefor deserve nothing
The maori men dont allow woman to speak pubically on a marae so new zealand needs to learn from australia.
The problem is that the Maoris had defined areas of land with boundaries, compared to Australian indigenous. So attempting to compare to two shows a lack of insight.
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