The Urewera raids were unlawful –I’m not a lawyer but I had the common sense to realise this was against the law. Doesn’t it seem slightly abnormal Armed constabulary in tactical black wearing PASGT Helmets and  Armalite Colt rifles laying siege to an entire township. But this township isn’t Remuera or Khandallah it’s a little Maori town called Ruatoki. If the upper class suburb of Remuera had of been invaded Howard Broads head would have been on a platter.  The reality is Maori have less constitutional rights than non-Maori and law enforcement deem it appropriate to treat Maori with less dignity because If they were to invade the wealthy suburb of Remuera they would find more unregistered firearms than in Ruatoki.

In the Police report it states the raids were unlawful but they did the right thing. Now how can Police officers breaking the law be the “Right Thing” I’m a little perplexed is it the right thing because a Maori community was targeted.  In the 21^st century Maori civil rights are still lower than that of privileged British New Zealanders and this blatantly obvious. Enough is enough Howard Broad and every Police minister since 2007 needs to turn up to a Hui (meeting) in Ruatoki with cap in hand or Maori New Zealanders don’t have the same constitutional rights as British New Zealanders and its time to live in separate states like Scotland and England.

Directors of New Zealand Finance companies that have committed fraud compared to Treaty settlements.

Stephen Charles Smith-  Belgrave Finance

Allan Hubbard – SCF

Rod Petricevic – Bridgecorp

Rob Roest -Bridgecorp

Bruce Davidson –Bridgecorp

Wayne Douglas – Capital+Merchant

Neal Nicholls – Capital+Merchant

Stephen Versalko –ASB

Doug Graham -Lombard Finance

Bill Jefferies – Lombard finance

The stock market fell by $14 billion in 1991 and recently the government has offered to compensate South Canterbury Finance $2 Billion dollars. Now since 1990 Treaty settlements compensating  the NZ Settlements Act 1863 the biggest fraud in New Zealand history is valued at $1 Billion yet three  Treaty hate groups are screaming Maori are privileged. Iwi have managed to turn that $1 Billion into $35 Billion in profit. The New Zealand stock exchange is worth $45 Billion.  When it comes to the numbers the Treaty hate movement have got it wrong in their message of privilege and entitlement is just plain old racism.

Lombard Finance directors

South Canterbury Finance compensation 120%

New Zealand Settlements Act 1863 compensation 2%

John Ansell is to Maori what Hitler is to the Jews -he assisted Don Brash run a discriminatory political campaign against Maori New Zealanders. Their slogan was Kiwi / Iwi suggesting Maori New Zealanders were not Kiwi’s despite the word “Kiwi” being of Maori origin. New Zealand is on the slippery slide of becoming the Nazi New Zealand of the South Pacific if the right wing Treaty hate movement gain control of parliament.

Both country’s hate their Treaty’s (Versailles) (Waitangi)

Both countries have a political party running a discriminatory political campaign

Both countries have a mainstream that has a low tolerance of an ethnic minority

Both have political parties that suggest an ethnic minority are privileged over other citizens

Both Nations refuse to honour their Treaty’s

Both countries exterminated an ethnic minority by 1890 the Maori population decreased from 200,000 to 47,000

The Treaty haters like to remind Maori that no one died on the day Parihaka was invaded. Why was Parihaka invaded is simple British colonial greed  they wanted the land. Maori had learnt it was futile to fight  the colonial government as they used dirty tactics a scorched earth policy and would burn down thousands of acres of forestry and crops  to starve the local Iwi. So Taranaki Iwi took a different approach they tried to use passive resistance. These people were pioneers at passive resistance before Ghandi and Dr Martin Luther King of course both of their descendants have attended parihaka to acknowledge the New Zealand governments least finest hour.  People think of Parihaka as primitive in fact it was very advanced having electricity before Wellington and banks, Mining etc.  When the government built a road to claim the area the Taranaki Iwi built a fence to block off the road. They avoided violence at all costs yet when the armed constabulary arrived to hear children singing they decided to rape the woman and demolished their homes. The prisoners including woman and children were taken to work as slaves in Dunedin and Christchurch for it to be hard labour you have to have broken the law and why are children being used as slaves. Now the Treaty haters like to say they stopped Maori slavery yet they easily forget they made Maori slaves to build infrastructure in Dunedin and Christchurch. An entire generation of Woman got syphilis destroying their child bearing property’s  and some slaves were kept without trial for up to 30 years.  So no one died on the day when Parihaka was invaded but many were worked to death and their child bearing property’s destroyed.

The one treaty settlement treaty haters approve of is Moriori because according to their urban myth, Moriori are a pre-Maori Melanesian race that arrived before Maori. In reality they spoke the Polynesian dialect and were a breakaway Iwi from Ngai Tahu. Moriori have not been entirely exterminated thousands are still alive today. It was unforutnate they were attacked but no different to the genocide that was committed against Maori by the colonial government that Treaty haters turn a blind eye. The Maori population declined from 200,000  to 48,000 within 50 years of signing the Treaty at no stage will Treaty haters acknowledge British colonial genocide or any of the massacres committed by the Colonial government its only maori that committed evil in this land.

Maori are committing suicide in their droves in fact 70% higher for Maori/Pacific teens to commit suicide than non-Maori. More New Zealanders under the age of 25 die from suicide than from all medical causes combined.  First nations psychologists show the violent legacy of colonization has left a dark shadow on the contemporary lives of young people, so that around the world, suicide rates for indigenous peoples are much higher than for non-indigenous peoples in the same country.

When I was at school there were approx. 20 Māori students out of 800 students three of those Maori students committed suicide before they turned 25. I don’t recall any non-Maori committing suicide at school but I may be wrong.

The solution to suicide is for Maori collectively to take the steps to self-determination and avoid being alienated in a British-colonial society.

Many Treaty haters love to run down the Tribal corporate model  in seething envy of its success compared to corporations.

Here is a list of reasons why the Iwi model is superior to top heavy corporations

• Many decisions are made at Hui (meeting) democratically by share holders –in a Corporation the Board make all the decisions.
• A CEO of an Iwi is paid $80k and Finance company CEO $500k Plus bonuses
• An Iwi is less prone to corruption as shareholders are only too willing to replace the CEO if he/she under performs
• In a Corporation a board member will be on many company directorships and is building personal wealth
• A Iwi CEO is  building generational wealth for his entire tribe not a personal fortune
• The profits from Iwi tribal profits goes towards Scholarships for share holders

Since the first treaty settlement in 1992 Iwi have managed to build $1 Billion dollars of settlements into $35 Billion and the New Zealand stock exchange is valued at $45 Billion. Their is not a scrap of evidence tribal Iwi are inferior to any other organisation in building wealth. This leads you to believe had the New Zealand settlements act 1863 not confiscated millions of acres of  land under Iwi management today NZ would produce far more wealth than under colonial control.

The importance of the declaration of Independence is it declares the United Tribes of New Zealand as a sovereign independent state. As this pre dates the Treaty of Waitangi by 5 years and means the Treaty of Waitangi is a Treaty between two states not as the mainstream would like you to believe a bunch of savages and the almighty British Empire. Yet the New Zealand government still refuses to ratify the Treaty of Waitangi and the entrenched Treaty hate industry is pleading ratifying the Treaty will make them second class citizens yet they consistently fail to mention how.

Declaration of Independence of New Zealand

1. We, the hereditary chiefs and heads of the tribes of the Northern parts of New Zealand, being assembled at Waitangi, in the Bay of Islands, on this 28th day of October, 1835, declare the Independence of our country, which is hereby constituted and declared to be an Independent State, under the designation of The United Tribes of New Zealand.

2. All sovereign power and authority within the territories of the United Tribes of New Zealand is hereby declared to reside entirely and exclusively in the hereditary chiefs and heads of tribes in their collective capacity, who also declare that they will not permit any legislative authority separate from themselves in their collective capacity to exist, nor any function of government to be exercised within the said territories, unless by persons appointed by them, and acting under the authority of laws regularly enacted by them in Congress assembled.

3. The hereditary chiefs and heads of tribes agree to meet in Congress at Waitangi in the autumn of each year, for the purpose of framing laws for the dispensation of justice, the preservation of peace and good order, and the regulation of trade; and they cordially invite the Southern tribes to lay aside their private animosities and to consult the safety and welfare of our common country, by joining the Confederation of the United Tribes.

4. They also agree to send a copy of this Declaration to His Majesty, the King of England, to thank him for his acknowledgement of their flag; and in return for the friendship and protection they have shown, and are prepared to show, to such of his subjects as have settled in their country, or resorted to its shores for the purposes of trade, they entreat that he will continue to be the parent of their infant State, and that he will become its Protector from all attempts upon its independence.

Agreed to unanimously on this 28 day of October, 1835, in the presence of His Britannic Majesty’s Resident.

(Here follows the signatures or marks of thirty-five Hereditary chiefs or Heads of tribes, which form a fair representation of the tribes of New Zealand from the North Cape to the latitude of the River Thames.)
English witnesses:
(Signed) Henry Williams, Missionary, C.M.S.
George Clarke, C.M.S.
James C. Clendon, Merchant.
Gilbert Mair, Merchant.

I certify that the above is a correct copy of the Declaration of the Chiefs, according to the translation of Missionaries who have resided ten years and upwards in the country; and it is transmitted to His Most Gracious Majesty the King of England, at the unanimous request of the chiefs.

(Signed) JAMES BUSBY, British Resident at New Zealand.

Here is everyday sayings that have leaked into mainstream New Zealand culture that originated from Maori culture.

Choice: An expression of joy

Hard out: An extreme case ie; “Ow she hard out likes you cuz.” You can reply back by saying, “hard cuz”

Nga mihi ki a Hotorene Brown for these Maorisms
Wace As in, wace not even, no real meaning just sounded good to emphasize the sentence. Kinda like an “Et Ah”

Charlie More commonly used in Rotorua (Mourea). This is a person who is suspected of something. Combine “wace” and you get ” Wace, look at that shameless charlie”

Uush/Oosh Used to to whakakaha a situation, to emphasise

Nga mihi ki a Keri Stevens for “Fuuu”;
Fuuu or Feww Used to emphasise an action ie; “Fuuu bay you are massive alright”

Nga mihi ki a Mel Kemp for “Yea Nah”
Yea nah Means yea nah!

Cheeaa As in “Cheeaa” neat alright

Arxe To be a real RMF you gotta replace ask with “Arxe”, sounds way better ie Aw baby, can I “arxe” you something?”

Suss Is to organise. “Ow bro, shall we suss it out laters?

Nga mihi ki a Ripeka Riwai mo enei kupu
Nek minute Pretty much means, next minute. Commonly used when retelling a funny event

Your all shet Means the same thing but emphasising shet

Nemind yours Means never mind your stoopid remark or never mind you

In 1989 24 years ago the 4th labour government under the leadership of the Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Palmer established the Treaty principles. A modern day update to our founding national document.

• The acquisition of sovereignty in exchange for the protection of rangatiratanga.
• The Treaty established a partnership, and imposes on the partners the duty to act reasonably and in good faith.
• The freedom of the Crown to govern.
• The Crown’s duty of active protection.
• The duty of the Crown to remedy past breaches.
• Māori to retain rangatiratanga over their resources and taonga and to have all the privileges of citizenship.
• Duty to consult.

Principle of government or the kawanatanga principle 

Article 1 gives expression to the right of the Crown to make laws and its obligation to govern in accordance with constitutional process. This sovereignty is qualified by the promise to accord the Māori interests specified in article 2 an appropriate priority. This principle describes the balance between articles 1 and 2: the exchange of sovereignty by the Māori people for the protection of the Crown. It was emphasised in the context of this principle that ‘the Government has the right to govern and make laws’.

Principle of self-management (the rangatiratanga principle) 

Article 2 guarantees to Māori hapū (tribes) the control and enjoyment of those resources and taonga that it is their wish to retain. The preservation of a resource base, restoration of tribal self-management, and the active protection of taonga, both material and cultural, are necessary elements of the Crown’s policy of recognising rangatiratanga.
The Government also recognised the Court of Appeal’s description of active protection, but identified the key concept of this principle as a right for iwi to organise as iwi and, under the law, to control the resources they own.

Principle of equality 

Article 3 constitutes a guarantee of legal equality between Māori and other citizens of New Zealand. This means that all New Zealand citizens are equal before the law. Furthermore, the common law system is selected by the Treaty as the basis for that equality, although human rights accepted under international law are also incorporated. Article 3 has an important social significance in the implicit assurance that social rights would be enjoyed equally by Māori with all New Zealand citizens of whatever origin. Special measures to attain that equal enjoyment of social benefits are allowed by international law.

Principle of reasonable cooperation 

The Treaty is regarded by the Crown as establishing a fair basis for two peoples in one country. Duality and unity are both significant. Duality implies distinctive cultural development while unity implies common purpose and community. The relationship between community and distinctive development is governed by the requirement of cooperation, which is an obligation placed on both parties by the Treaty. Reasonable cooperation can only take place if there is consultation on major issues of common concern and if good faith, balance, and common sense are shown on all sides. The outcome of reasonable cooperation will be partnership.

Principle of redress 

The Crown accepts a responsibility to provide a process for the resolution of grievances arising from the Treaty. This process may involve courts, the Waitangi Tribunal, or direct negotiation. The provision of redress, where entitlement is established, must take account of its practical impact and of the need to avoid the creation of fresh injustice. If the Crown demonstrates commitment to this process of redress, it will expect reconciliation to result.