Te Tiriti o Waitangi <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a wonderful founding document for our nation. Its promise is a mutual respect between hap\u016b and the crown, of person and place, that gives opportunity for all, through self-determination. With the legal rule of contra proferentem, the M\u0101ori text is what takes legal standing. This is the text the rangatira who signed Te Tiriti understood fully. I give the M\u0101ori text primacy in my work. Here is a summary of what is stipulated in Te Tiriti o Waitangi the M\u0101ori text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article one affords to the crown \u201ckawanatanga\u201d which is the establishment of \u201cgovernorship\u201d or a Crown based government for New Zealand. Te Tiriti is sometimes coined as Aotearoa New Zealands first immigration document. Ariticle one the establishment of the New Zealand government gave passage and allowance to the waves of British immigrants (of which my family was a part) and all other migrants since to our country<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article two promises to M\u0101ori \u201ctino rangatiratanga\u201d over their property and treasures. \u201cTino rangatiratanga\u201d can be translated as absolute chieftainship or independence and authority. This establishes the key political respect from the Crown to M\u0101ori that is yet to be honored..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Article three affords to M\u0101ori the rights and privileges of British citizens,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A verbal understanding which is sometimes called \u201cArticle Four\u201d was that M\u0101ori spirituality would be protected under the law, like the other church identities of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost immediately, the promises in Te Tiriti to M\u0101ori have been abandoned and trampled on with violence in its many forms. The invasion of troops, which led to the taking of the land and the M\u0101ori Land Court, was set up to alienate M\u0101ori spirituality and identity in the land, and their economic base. Exclusionary systems such as City Councils, The Native Schools Act, which violently oppressed and excluded M\u0101ori culture from the education system, are just a few examples of the capitalism that has led to a disproportionate 23 percent of M\u0101ori living in poverty, and only around 5 percent of land in New Zealand remaining in M\u0101ori ownership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have worked our lives to achieve many goals over my life time to begin to reinstate the “tino rangatiratanga” of 1840 and we need to persist in our incremental efforts for the benefit of M\u0101ori and all New Zealanders<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He wai pata pata nana i orooro te kohatu. The dropping water over time shapes the rock<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The current situation of capitlism also sees many others facing poverty also. My work focuses on the cultural and political work between the P\u0101keh\u0101 world and nthe M\u0101ori world,. I include others also who have been victims of capitlism in New Zealand in my work towards a less unequal society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Please see the link below for more information on Te Tiriti o Waitangi in our past and how we can honor Te Tiriti today, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Treaty Resource Centre-He Puna M\u0101tauranga o Te Tiriti<\/p>\n\n\n\n
www.trc.org.nz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n James Barnes <\/p>\n\n\n\n A poem on Te Tiriti o Waitangi and translation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki au <\/p>\n\n\n\n He ngaru pou i te tiu ka horu ki te \u0101kau,<\/p>\n\n\n\n horo pari whanaunga kore Te Wai o R\u0101nana!<\/p>\n\n\n\n ka paremo te motu nei!<\/p>\n\n\n\n “He toka whakaeaea” te Tiriti o Waitangi <\/p>\n\n\n\n i w\u0101ua i ng\u0101 wharenui, i ruia ki te marae \u0101tea<\/p>\n\n\n\n i nonoia e aku pakeke<\/p>\n\n\n\n he mana i whakaritea i whakaaea<\/p>\n\n\n\n te tino rangatiratanga e <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pai m\u0101rire<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Te Tiriti o Waitangi to me <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A large wave from the north rumbles at the forshore<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It devours the cliffs with no concern to the people, The Water of London!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The country was totally drowned!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Te Tiriti o Waitangi Is a \u201c Rock that is never totally consumed\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It was spoken of in the meeting houses, and strewn across the marae<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It was strived for by my elders<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A power that was agreed to and anointed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The absolute chieftainship “tino rangatiratanga”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Good peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Te Tiriti o Waitangi Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a wonderful founding document for our nation. Its promise is a mutual respect between hap\u016b and the crown, of person and…