• Re: Clarification about Te Tiriti o Waitangi

    From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 10 15:49:29 2023
    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 10:30:33 AM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <bl...@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> >>>wrote:

    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under >>>the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war
    may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal >>partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims >>relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that
    some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have deliberately
    changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists, but now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour. >Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is nothing
    wrong in that.
    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the government has not tried to change that, or impose any other
    interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.


    The end.

    Bill.
    The interpretation is in the Treaty! There is one version of the treaty and a bullshit translation that you deny because you blindly follow anything the iwi elite and your communist masters are using to divide NZ!

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Wed May 10 22:43:58 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <blah@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>>>wrote:

    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under >>>>the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war
    may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal >>>partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims >>>relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that
    some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have deliberately >>changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists, but >>now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour. >>Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is nothing >>wrong in that.

    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the
    government has not tried to change that, or impose any other
    interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as
    anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.
    No need to try again. I stand by what I wrote which is correct.


    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Thu May 11 10:24:32 2023
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <blah@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>>wrote:

    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under
    the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war
    may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal >>partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims
    relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that
    some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have deliberately >changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists, but now >that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour. >Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is nothing >wrong in that.

    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the
    government has not tried to change that, or impose any other
    interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as
    anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.


    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 10 15:47:42 2023
    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 8:11:01 AM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Tue, 9 May 2023 05:16:57 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 10:21:02?PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Tue, 9 May 2023 03:01:35 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 5:21:32?PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    from which:
    "In 1972, The New Zealand Journal of History published the article "Te >> >> Tiriti o Waitangi: Texts and Translations" by Ruth Ross (1920-1982). >> >> Its impact continues 50 years later, and is likely to remain
    significant in another 50 years. It's one of the most influential
    pieces of work by a New Zealand historian, not only for its impact on >> >> our understanding of our history but because of its role in
    establishing the Waitangi Tribunal. However, when the work on the
    article had first been done two decades earlier, it had been dismissed >> >> by historians as of no great significance. The new book A Bloody
    Difficult Subject: Ruth Ross, te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the Making of >> >> History by New Zealand historian Bain Attwood, professor of history at >> >> Australia’s Monash University, tells the story of the paper, traces >> >> its consequences and raises more general questions about the way
    histories of Te Tiriti and related texts have been written during the >> >> last 50 years and the implications for the history profession.

    Ross had been commissioned by John Beaglehole in 1953 to write a new >> >> introduction for a government republishing of the Facsimiles of the
    Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi. Ross tackled >> >> the task by treating the documents not as sacred texts, but as human >> >> documents, written by humans in a context which can analysed in a
    scholarly manner (rather like the German theological scholars did to >> >> the Bible at the beginning of the 19th century). She spent a lot of
    time rummaging around in archives. From Attwood’s description of the >> >> period, this appears to have been unusual.

    Ross concluded that there was, in fact, no Treaty of Waitangi. There >> >> was certainly Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a document signed at Waitangi on >> >> February 6, 1840. But on that day there was no English equivalent
    which was a translation of Te Tiriti. I remember being astonished by >> >> her conclusion when I first read her paper. I was chasing up the
    meaning of ‘taonga’ for a Waitangi claim. Until then, I had believed
    the standard story that there were two documents on signing day of
    roughly equivalent status. (International law gives precedence to the >> >> one in the indigenous language.) But there wasn’t one in English. To >> >> use the term ‘Treaty of Waitangi’ as if it existed in 1840 is a dead
    giveaway that the user is 50 years out of date.

    Governor William Hobson forwarded five different English versions to >> >> his superiors in Sydney and London, which surely suggests he did not >> >> have an authoritative text. Shortly after the signing, the US consul, >> >> James Clendon, hunted around for an official English text but no one >> >> could provide it. Those translations of Te Tiriti, made for land
    dealing purposes in Auckland a decade later, would have been quite
    unnecessary if there were an official English language version of Te >> >> Tiriti."
    Trust you to do a cut and paste about a book that looks like utter garbage by an Australian!
    Those in Dunedin may like to hear more here:
    https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/events/otago0233609.html

    The research and writings of Ruth Ross are accepted by historians -
    the reality is that the English versions are not authoritative. Sadly
    some in New Zealand will only believe what their prejudices persuade
    them to believe - they lie to themselves and hence cannot ever be
    trusted.
    I don't give a flying fuck! The history of the Treaty by NZ historians disagrees with her and that should take precedence over some Australian twit!
    Ruth Ross was an New Zealand Historian! https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5r26/ross-ruth-miriam
    Okay I sit corrected. But her claims are ancient. I prefer to accept the history of the Treaty in Michael Kings History of New Zealand. A more recent endeavour by a historian deeply immersed in maoritanga.
    Have you bothered to read either bok? Or are you just in your usual troll mode pushing the ideas of youe communist masters rather than using logic?

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Thu May 11 11:34:37 2023
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 22:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <blah@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>>>>wrote:

    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under >>>>>the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war
    may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal >>>>partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims >>>>relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that >>>>some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>>>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have deliberately >>>changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists, but >>>now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour. >>>Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is nothing
    wrong in that.

    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the >>government has not tried to change that, or impose any other >>interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as >>anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.
    No need to try again. I stand by what I wrote which is correct.
    And I do not expect otherwise from you Tony - your inability to
    understand anything other than your own unsupported opinions is
    eviddent in most of your posts. Did you read the url I gave, and
    understand why Maori are quite reasonably expecting that all
    governments will abide by the contract signed between the Crown and
    their people so many years ago?




    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to bowesjohn02@gmail.com on Thu May 11 11:40:20 2023
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 15:49:29 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 10:30:33?AM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <bl...@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under
    the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war
    may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal
    partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims
    relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that
    some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to
    reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have deliberately
    changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists, but now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour.
    Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is nothing
    wrong in that.
    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the
    government has not tried to change that, or impose any other
    interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as
    anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.


    The end.

    Bill.
    The interpretation is in the Treaty! There is one version of the treaty and a bullshit translation that you deny because you blindly follow anything the iwi elite and your communist masters are using to divide NZ!

    Some disagree with what Ti Tiriti says - most notably some right wing extremists. There were 5 original drafts in English, non of them
    signed by the parties, and the single version (Ti Tiriti) in Maori
    that was signed by the Crown and Maori. The Tribunal was established
    to determine what Ti Tiriti means in our modern world. There has been
    no attempt to re-interpret or re-negotiate Ti Tiriti, but it does
    appear that some right wing nutters would like to deny its existence .
    . .

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Wed May 10 23:57:04 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 22:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <blah@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>>>>>wrote:
    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud? >>>>>>
    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under >>>>>>the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war >>>>>may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal >>>>>partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims >>>>>relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that >>>>>some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>>>>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have >>>>deliberately
    changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists, but >>>>now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour. >>>>Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is >>>>nothing
    wrong in that.

    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the >>>government has not tried to change that, or impose any other >>>interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as >>>anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.
    No need to try again. I stand by what I wrote which is correct.
    And I do not expect otherwise from you Tony - your inability to
    understand anything other than your own unsupported opinions is
    eviddent in most of your posts. Did you read the url I gave, and
    understand why Maori are quite reasonably expecting that all
    governments will abide by the contract signed between the Crown and
    their people so many years ago?
    The wrong treaty document. What don't you understand about something so simple?




    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 10 18:31:34 2023
    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 8:33:59 AM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <bl...@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under
    the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war
    may have been one purpose.

    Ending what war Rich? The treaty wasn't about that. It was about responding to a request from Maori for protection by Victoria!
    From the Maori side they were offered equal
    partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims
    relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Talk about rewriting history! Why you persist in airing your total lack of knowledge on subjects is beyond me rich. I just put it down to typical communist practice when they know they can't win honestly!


    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.
    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that
    some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.


    It's a treaty Rich and none in the history of the world have been so abused as the treaty of Waitangi by stupid little semi literate commissars like you!

    Besides which nobody who signed the treaty is alive today...

    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Thu May 11 14:47:29 2023
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 23:57:04 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 22:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <blah@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>>>>>>wrote:
    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud? >>>>>>>
    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under >>>>>>>the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war >>>>>>may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal >>>>>>partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims >>>>>>relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that >>>>>>some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>>>>>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have >>>>>deliberately
    changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists, but >>>>>now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour. >>>>>Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is >>>>>nothing
    wrong in that.

    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the >>>>government has not tried to change that, or impose any other >>>>interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as >>>>anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.
    No need to try again. I stand by what I wrote which is correct.
    And I do not expect otherwise from you Tony - your inability to
    understand anything other than your own unsupported opinions is
    eviddent in most of your posts. Did you read the url I gave, and
    understand why Maori are quite reasonably expecting that all
    governments will abide by the contract signed between the Crown and
    their people so many years ago?
    The wrong treaty document. What don't you understand about something so simple?

    Why would anyone want to use any document other than the vversion
    signed at Waitangi and then taken around New Zealand for further
    signatures?

    That was teh point of the url I posted - some beleived that the
    document actually signed is the wrong retay document. They are of
    course wring themselves.





    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu May 11 03:05:15 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 23:57:04 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 22:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <blah@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>>>>>>>wrote:
    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud? >>>>>>>>
    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under >>>>>>>>the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war >>>>>>>may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal >>>>>>>partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims >>>>>>>relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that >>>>>>>some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>>>>>>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have >>>>>>deliberately
    changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists, >>>>>>but
    now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour. >>>>>>Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is >>>>>>nothing
    wrong in that.

    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the >>>>>government has not tried to change that, or impose any other >>>>>interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as >>>>>anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.
    No need to try again. I stand by what I wrote which is correct.
    And I do not expect otherwise from you Tony - your inability to >>>understand anything other than your own unsupported opinions is
    eviddent in most of your posts. Did you read the url I gave, and >>>understand why Maori are quite reasonably expecting that all
    governments will abide by the contract signed between the Crown and
    their people so many years ago?
    The wrong treaty document. What don't you understand about something so >>simple?

    Why would anyone want to use any document other than the vversion
    signed at Waitangi and then taken around New Zealand for further
    signatures?

    That was teh point of the url I posted - some beleived that the
    document actually signed is the wrong retay document. They are of
    course wring themselves.
    No you are wrong - simple.
    There are two treaty tyexts accepted in this country. They are very different. You cannot hang on to the one that suits your political bent, you have to allow for them both.
    And that, dear old chap, is what I was trying to explain.




    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to lizandtony@orcon.net.nz on Thu May 11 15:07:29 2023
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 03:05:15 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 23:57:04 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 22:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <blah@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>>>>>>>>wrote:
    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud? >>>>>>>>>
    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under >>>>>>>>>the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war >>>>>>>>may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal >>>>>>>>partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims >>>>>>>>relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that >>>>>>>>some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>>>>>>>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have >>>>>>>deliberately
    changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists, >>>>>>>but
    now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour. >>>>>>>Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is >>>>>>>nothing
    wrong in that.

    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the >>>>>>government has not tried to change that, or impose any other >>>>>>interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as >>>>>>anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.
    No need to try again. I stand by what I wrote which is correct.
    And I do not expect otherwise from you Tony - your inability to >>>>understand anything other than your own unsupported opinions is >>>>eviddent in most of your posts. Did you read the url I gave, and >>>>understand why Maori are quite reasonably expecting that all >>>>governments will abide by the contract signed between the Crown and >>>>their people so many years ago?
    The wrong treaty document. What don't you understand about something so >>>simple?

    Why would anyone want to use any document other than the vversion
    signed at Waitangi and then taken around New Zealand for further >>signatures?

    That was teh point of the url I posted - some beleived that the
    document actually signed is the wrong retay document. They are of
    course wring themselves.
    No you are wrong - simple.
    There are two treaty tyexts accepted in this country. They are very different. >You cannot hang on to the one that suits your political bent, you have to allow
    for them both.
    And that, dear old chap, is what I was trying to explain.

    It has been determined that the Treaty signed by both parties is the
    effective Treaty - you have provided no evidence to the contrary.






    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to bowesjohn02@gmail.com on Thu May 11 14:52:54 2023
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 18:31:34 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowesjohn02@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 8:33:59?AM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <bl...@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under
    the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war
    may have been one purpose.

    Ending what war Rich? The treaty wasn't about that. It was about responding to a request from Maori for protection by Victoria!
    Do you have evidence to suppert that, John? Perhaps there was an
    element of self-interest from both sides . . .


    From the Maori side they were offered equal
    partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims
    relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Talk about rewriting history! Why you persist in airing your total lack of knowledge on subjects is beyond me rich. I just put it down to typical communist practice when they know they can't win honestly!
    I look forward to any evidence of another view John - now is your
    opportunity to refute any part of the summary of a book that I posted
    . . .




    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.
    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that
    some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to
    reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.

    It's a treaty Rich and none in the history of the world have been so abused as the treaty of Waitangi by stupid little semi literate commissars like you!

    I have not been involved in any Treaty Claims, but have seen the
    evidence that both National and Labour governments have made some good settlements; but also seen that we are facing less simple claims
    relating to broader issues such as land, water and air.

    Besides which nobody who signed the treaty is alive today...

    So? What difference does that make, John? It was accepted that the
    Treaty would remain valid after all that had signed it had died, and
    that has happened. What is wrong with that?


    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 10 21:44:30 2023
    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 2:58:49 PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 18:31:34 -0700 (PDT), John Bowes
    <bowes...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 8:33:59?AM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <bl...@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under
    the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war
    may have been one purpose.

    Ending what war Rich? The treaty wasn't about that. It was about responding to a request from Maori for protection by Victoria!
    Do you have evidence to suppert that, John? Perhaps there was an
    element of self-interest from both sides . . .

    Try reading some New Zealand history. I recommend Michael Kings excellent History of New Zealand. You should find it in your local bookstore or library if you have a genuine interest in learning about New Zealand history. Here's a link to an explanation
    by Sir apirana Ngata. A pamphlet written in Maori that I'm still waiting for you to explain how europeans were supposed to understand it as you claimed it was written for europeans! https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-NgaTrea-t1-g1-t1.html

    Can you please tell us which war you were talking about? Or is it just typical of the lying crap you so often post to highlight your ignorance of the topic under discussion by the rest of us?

    From the Maori side they were offered equal
    partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims
    relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Talk about rewriting history! Why you persist in airing your total lack of knowledge on subjects is beyond me rich. I just put it down to typical communist practice when they know they can't win honestly!
    I look forward to any evidence of another view John - now is your opportunity to refute any part of the summary of a book that I posted
    . . .

    If you posted a good link Rich. I'd be bloody surprised! The link only backs up your shortsighted and unproven bullshit you keep pushing about the treaty...



    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.
    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that
    some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to
    reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.

    It's a treaty Rich and none in the history of the world have been so abused as the treaty of Waitangi by stupid little semi literate commissars like you!
    I have not been involved in any Treaty Claims, but have seen the
    evidence that both National and Labour governments have made some good settlements; but also seen that we are facing less simple claims
    relating to broader issues such as land, water and air.

    The only reason we're doing that is because politicians have as little knowledge of history as you do Rich! Like you I doubt if any off them are aware there are TWO treaty's of Waitangi. One in English and one a bullshit translation that doesn't even
    bear a vague resemblance to it And that's the one the iwi are using to remove democracy from NZ!

    Besides which nobody who signed the treaty is alive today...
    So? What difference does that make, John? It was accepted that the
    Treaty would remain valid after all that had signed it had died, and
    that has happened. What is wrong with that?


    You're talking shit as usual Rich! Why should the Treaty be valid 180 years after it was signed? I know of no other treaty that has been upheld that long. In fact looking at history they seldom last more than a decade as things change fairly quickly. But
    no doubt you'll be able to provide evidence of treaty's that've lasted more than a decade...

    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 10 21:46:31 2023
    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 3:14:31 PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 03:05:15 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 23:57:04 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 22:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>><lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <bl...@blah.blah> wrote: >>>>>>>>
    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> >>>>>>>>>wrote:
    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under
    the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war >>>>>>>>may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal
    partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims >>>>>>>>relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that >>>>>>>>some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>>>>>>>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have >>>>>>>deliberately
    changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists,
    but
    now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour.
    Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is >>>>>>>nothing
    wrong in that.

    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the >>>>>>government has not tried to change that, or impose any other >>>>>>interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as >>>>>>anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.
    No need to try again. I stand by what I wrote which is correct.
    And I do not expect otherwise from you Tony - your inability to >>>>understand anything other than your own unsupported opinions is >>>>eviddent in most of your posts. Did you read the url I gave, and >>>>understand why Maori are quite reasonably expecting that all >>>>governments will abide by the contract signed between the Crown and >>>>their people so many years ago?
    The wrong treaty document. What don't you understand about something so >>>simple?

    Why would anyone want to use any document other than the vversion
    signed at Waitangi and then taken around New Zealand for further >>signatures?

    That was teh point of the url I posted - some beleived that the
    document actually signed is the wrong retay document. They are of
    course wring themselves.
    No you are wrong - simple.
    There are two treaty tyexts accepted in this country. They are very different.
    You cannot hang on to the one that suits your political bent, you have to allow
    for them both.
    And that, dear old chap, is what I was trying to explain.
    It has been determined that the Treaty signed by both parties is the effective Treaty - you have provided no evidence to the contrary.


    Yet you've posted no evidence to refute Tony's claim except referring to a spurious book revue of a book you haven't read!
    Rich it's time YOU started practicing what you preach rather than relying on your totally unreliable word!!!





    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to Me I'll go along with what Sir Apir on Wed May 10 21:20:28 2023
    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 2:53:21 PM UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 23:57:04 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 22:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>><lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <bl...@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> >>>>>>>wrote:
    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud? >>>>>>>
    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under >>>>>>>the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war >>>>>>may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal >>>>>>partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims >>>>>>relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that >>>>>>some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>>>>>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have >>>>>deliberately
    changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists, but
    now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour. >>>>>Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is >>>>>nothing
    wrong in that.

    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the >>>>government has not tried to change that, or impose any other >>>>interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as >>>>anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.
    No need to try again. I stand by what I wrote which is correct.
    And I do not expect otherwise from you Tony - your inability to >>understand anything other than your own unsupported opinions is
    eviddent in most of your posts. Did you read the url I gave, and >>understand why Maori are quite reasonably expecting that all
    governments will abide by the contract signed between the Crown and >>their people so many years ago?
    The wrong treaty document. What don't you understand about something so simple?
    Why would anyone want to use any document other than the vversion
    signed at Waitangi and then taken around New Zealand for further
    signatures?

    But have they Rich? to the best of my knowledge it's the English version that had that done to it! But no doubt you have a cite to update my knowledge. Or do you?


    That was teh point of the url I posted - some beleived that the
    document actually signed is the wrong retay document. They are of
    course wring themselves.

    No Rich! The point is that you'll grasp at any dodgy link to support what your glorious Labour/Green communist party wants you to!

    You've proved nothing by using a book review rather than the book as your reference.

    Me I'll go along with what Sir Apirana Ngata wrote about the treaty and I'll support the version he supported. Why? Because he's a much worthier person to trust rather than some dubious book written in the 50's...





    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Thu May 11 05:28:39 2023
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 03:05:15 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 23:57:04 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 22:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <blah@blah.blah> wrote: >>>>>>>>>
    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>wrote:
    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud? >>>>>>>>>>
    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under >>>>>>>>>>the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war >>>>>>>>>may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal >>>>>>>>>partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims >>>>>>>>>relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that >>>>>>>>>some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>>>>>>>>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.
    I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have >>>>>>>>deliberately
    changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists, >>>>>>>>but
    now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour. >>>>>>>>Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is >>>>>>>>nothing
    wrong in that.

    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the >>>>>>>government has not tried to change that, or impose any other >>>>>>>interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as >>>>>>>anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.
    No need to try again. I stand by what I wrote which is correct.
    And I do not expect otherwise from you Tony - your inability to >>>>>understand anything other than your own unsupported opinions is >>>>>eviddent in most of your posts. Did you read the url I gave, and >>>>>understand why Maori are quite reasonably expecting that all >>>>>governments will abide by the contract signed between the Crown and >>>>>their people so many years ago?
    The wrong treaty document. What don't you understand about something so >>>>simple?

    Why would anyone want to use any document other than the vversion
    signed at Waitangi and then taken around New Zealand for further >>>signatures?

    That was teh point of the url I posted - some beleived that the
    document actually signed is the wrong retay document. They are of
    course wring themselves.
    No you are wrong - simple.
    There are two treaty tyexts accepted in this country. They are very >>different.
    You cannot hang on to the one that suits your political bent, you have to >>allow
    for them both.
    And that, dear old chap, is what I was trying to explain.

    It has been determined that the Treaty signed by both parties is the >effective Treaty - you have provided no evidence to the contrary.
    No I have not but you are so ignorant that you cannot do any research.
    There has been no such determination that you have presented except by you and your political whores.
    Here you go, it is just a start but you can do the rest for yourself, with a little luck. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/read-the-Treaty/differences-between-the-texts
    From guess who - oh wow the bleeding government, who would have thought?






    The end.

    Bill.

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  • From BR@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 11 18:06:14 2023
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 08:25:52 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <blah@blah.blah> wrote:

    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> >>wrote:

    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under
    the law.
    You cannot know that.

    If the establishment of equality under the law was not it's purpose,
    what was?

    Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war may have been one purpose.

    Which war? There were several wars going on at the time, mostly
    between Maori tribes.

    From the Maori side they were offered equal partnership in sovereignity.

    Partnership is not mentioned in the treaty. Whatever perceptible
    sovereignty Maori had was ceded to the crown.

    We now have a court to analyse claims relating to Ti Tiriti.

    A complete waste of time, space and money. Part of a long list of
    government establishments that need to be be abolished forthwith. What
    the hell is "tea tirrity" anyway?

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters.

    This is always subject to contract,

    What sort of contract could possibly undermine equality under the law?
    Nobody I know has ever signed such a contract

    Bill - one of the problems that
    some right wing extremists appear to believe

    Who are these "right wing extremists"?

    that they are able to reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed.

    Who are "they"? What contract did "they" sign?

    Bill.

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  • From John Bowes@21:1/5 to Tony on Wed May 10 22:45:50 2023
    On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 5:28:42 PM UTC+12, Tony wrote:
    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 11 May 2023 03:05:15 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 23:57:04 -0000 (UTC), Tony
    <lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 22:43:58 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>><lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 21:43:01 -0000 (UTC), Tony >>>>>>><lizan...@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 10 May 2023 05:07:43 +1200, BR <bl...@blah.blah> wrote: >>>>>>>>>
    On Tue, 09 May 2023 17:14:12 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com>
    wrote:
    https://www.newsroom.co.nz/book-of-the-week-the-first-tiriti-fraud?

    Cut and pasted from the bought and paid for media.

    The purpose of the treaty of Waitangi was to establish equality under
    the law.
    You cannot know that. Certainly from the pakeha side ending the war >>>>>>>>>may have been one purpose. From the Maori side they were offered equal
    partnership in sovereignity. We now have a court to analyse claims >>>>>>>>>relating to Ti Tiriti.

    Equality under the law is the only equality that matters. >>>>>>>>>
    This is always subject to contract, Bill - one of the problems that >>>>>>>>>some right wing extremists appear to believe that they are able to >>>>>>>>>reinterpret contracts after they have been formally agreed. >>>>>>>>I was unaware that this government and the Maori Elite who have >>>>>>>>deliberately
    changed the meaning of the original treaty were right wing extremists,
    but
    now
    that you have made that clear I can understand some of their behaviour.
    Contracts are re-interpreted and re-negotiated all the time. THere is
    nothing
    wrong in that.

    The interpretation of Te Tiriti is with the Waitangi Tribunal; the >>>>>>>government has not tried to change that, or impose any other >>>>>>>interpretation. The Maori elite have to go through the same process as
    anyone else regarding claims under the Treaty. Try again.
    No need to try again. I stand by what I wrote which is correct. >>>>>And I do not expect otherwise from you Tony - your inability to >>>>>understand anything other than your own unsupported opinions is >>>>>eviddent in most of your posts. Did you read the url I gave, and >>>>>understand why Maori are quite reasonably expecting that all >>>>>governments will abide by the contract signed between the Crown and >>>>>their people so many years ago?
    The wrong treaty document. What don't you understand about something so >>>>simple?

    Why would anyone want to use any document other than the vversion >>>signed at Waitangi and then taken around New Zealand for further >>>signatures?

    That was teh point of the url I posted - some beleived that the >>>document actually signed is the wrong retay document. They are of >>>course wring themselves.
    No you are wrong - simple.
    There are two treaty tyexts accepted in this country. They are very >>different.
    You cannot hang on to the one that suits your political bent, you have to >>allow
    for them both.
    And that, dear old chap, is what I was trying to explain.

    It has been determined that the Treaty signed by both parties is the >effective Treaty - you have provided no evidence to the contrary.
    No I have not but you are so ignorant that you cannot do any research.
    There has been no such determination that you have presented except by you and
    your political whores.
    Here you go, it is just a start but you can do the rest for yourself, with a little luck. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/read-the-Treaty/differences-between-the-texts
    From guess who - oh wow the bleeding government, who would have thought?






    The end.

    Bill.
    Imbeciles like Rich don't even understand that the Maori so called translation doesn't even bare a vague resemblance to the english version. The loons just trolling because he's far to stupid to even try to debate!

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