Commentary 7 - Waitangi Treaty Day 2021
WAITANGI TREATY DAY (Thought piece written by warren Maloney on 6 February 2021) 181 years ago the British in New Zealand signed a treaty with Maori Chiefs (540 in all) to share Sovereignty in New Zealand. Today the Treaty and the Understandings of sharing are still important in New Zealand. PM Jacinda announced yesterday that as from 2022, Waitangi Treaty Day would become a Public Holiday and that Maori will be taught as a 2nd language throughout Primary schools. Sharing is a difficult concept of FREEDOM for most of us. We like to substantially Influence and Control. We like to OWN land, title, space, employees, servants, children. We like to pass on that OWNERSHIP to whomever we choose. Those feelings are not the province of one race but of most races. On top of that we impose the pecking orders we have of Gender or Royalty or "Election", but especially the pecking order of HAVE against Have Not. if all the above is too general for you, let me use an example. Nea