Can Māori be at the same time equal partners to the Crown and its protected beneficiaries? This article exposes the contradiction at the heart of the Treaty "partnership" claim.
I can only hope that David Seymour is acquainted with this line of thought as he prepares for his Oxford debate. I hope too that he reads 'The Best of our Inheritance' by ARC Research, particularly P.61, 'The Rediscovery of Covenant' by Os Guinness.
I don't know in which Croatian cradle the sun's bright rays first shone upon your cheerful face, but I'm quite sure that you have received a clear enlightened education, and I am very grateful to have this opportunity to benefit from your Bosnian brain,
You are really making fine slices here, in the meat of our national conundra,
With the best of English expression, and with reference to the thought of many worthy philosophers,
What a glorious note! If all national conundrums could be met with such grace and lyricism, we might just slice through them with poetry alone.
Now, just a small cartographic correction: while I do appreciate the sun's hypothetical debut on my brow, it shone first not in a Croatian cradle, nor Bosnian basin, but from the fine, defiant highlands of Serbian lineage — a land where philosophers are brewed strong, like our coffee, and where cheerful faces learn early to smile through storms.
Your kind words are as welcome as a Balkan spring — unpredictable, invigorating, and entirely too generous. If my "slicing" has helped expose even a sliver of our nation's bureaucratic brisket, then I am content.
Thank you again, sincerely. Your message lit up my day — and in wintry Christchurch, that’s no small feat!
Warmest regards,
Zoran Rakovic
(Serb by birth, Kiwi by choice, critic by compulsion)
When Maori ceded sovereignty to the British in 1840, they gave up the right to govern New Zealand, absolutely and forever (Article 1). In return, Britain granted them British citizenship (Article 3). Thus, in combination, these two facts nullify any calls by Maori to be treated any differently from any other citizen. We need to broadcast this great conclusion far and wide, as well as how we arrived at it.
I can only hope that David Seymour is acquainted with this line of thought as he prepares for his Oxford debate. I hope too that he reads 'The Best of our Inheritance' by ARC Research, particularly P.61, 'The Rediscovery of Covenant' by Os Guinness.
Thank you, Mike, you are welcome to forward to David if you feel strongly about it. Regards, Zoran.
Thanks I will.
I wonder too, if "An open letter to the Waitangi Tribunal" from concerned citizens - not a political party could get some traction?
Mr Zoran,
I don't know in which Croatian cradle the sun's bright rays first shone upon your cheerful face, but I'm quite sure that you have received a clear enlightened education, and I am very grateful to have this opportunity to benefit from your Bosnian brain,
You are really making fine slices here, in the meat of our national conundra,
With the best of English expression, and with reference to the thought of many worthy philosophers,
It suits you well.
And I do find myself to be suitably thankful.
William
Wellington
Dear William,
What a glorious note! If all national conundrums could be met with such grace and lyricism, we might just slice through them with poetry alone.
Now, just a small cartographic correction: while I do appreciate the sun's hypothetical debut on my brow, it shone first not in a Croatian cradle, nor Bosnian basin, but from the fine, defiant highlands of Serbian lineage — a land where philosophers are brewed strong, like our coffee, and where cheerful faces learn early to smile through storms.
Your kind words are as welcome as a Balkan spring — unpredictable, invigorating, and entirely too generous. If my "slicing" has helped expose even a sliver of our nation's bureaucratic brisket, then I am content.
Thank you again, sincerely. Your message lit up my day — and in wintry Christchurch, that’s no small feat!
Warmest regards,
Zoran Rakovic
(Serb by birth, Kiwi by choice, critic by compulsion)
When Maori ceded sovereignty to the British in 1840, they gave up the right to govern New Zealand, absolutely and forever (Article 1). In return, Britain granted them British citizenship (Article 3). Thus, in combination, these two facts nullify any calls by Maori to be treated any differently from any other citizen. We need to broadcast this great conclusion far and wide, as well as how we arrived at it.