Recently they conducted UMR Online Omnibus Survey that said more New Zealanders preferred ANZAC Day to Waitangi Day. I’m an ex member of the Defence force 3^rd generation Royal New Zealand Navy and my Grandfather served in the NZ Army 28^th (Maori) battalion.  I  attend ANZAC Day dawn parade each year with my Ex-Army Malaysian conflict Father in law then we walk into the RSA for breakfast and a beer. ANZAC day holds a special place in my heart but after the shops open at 1pm and its all over. Now on Waitangi day I get up at 5am and jump in the car and drive from Auckland to Waitangi arrive about 10am in Waitangi and look for a delicious breakfast at the food stalls. Then I will wonder around the tents and listen to a few of the speeches. Then I venture up to the Treaty grounds and watch a aeronautical display by the Airforce  and watch the brilliant Kapa Haka performances. Then I might go back down to the lower Marae and buy some ice cream in a watermelon and attend some more speeches on the Treaty of Waitangi.  I celebrate Waitangi day like a New Zealander should I don’t make the decision to avoid it because of a little tension. To me Waitangi day is better than Christmas Day the culture the life and even the tension is fun in my dull life.

“One day is about remembering the other is about forgetting”

The reality with that survey is if there was a choice between a British holiday like Guy Fawkes and Waitangi Day the majority of Non-Maori would choose Guy Fawkes. People that avoid Waitangi Day is a decision they make for themselves out of fear they might be presented with what happened in the past. The difference is I accept what happened in the past and don’t fear a little tension because I view Waitangi day from a different lense.

On ANZAC day we celebrate the men that served in wars from Boer,WW1,WW2,Korea,Vietnam,Borneo,Malaysia,Afghanistan but do we ever celebrate the Armed constabulary the founding Armed forces in New Zealand that were predominantly Maori. In fact 90% of the Armed Constabulary were of Maori descent and after the war they went on to become Police constables. The Returned Services association likes to say that New Zealand became a nation on the beaches of Gallipoli in 1914 I disagree I believe it was at Gate Pa or Rangiriri Pa where the nation was forged in the Battlefields of the New Zealand wars in 1863. I attended the ANZAC Day parade at Manurewa on the 25^th April and no mention was made of the New Zealand wars. Are we somehow ashamed of our history and if Vietnam and Afghanistan are recognised on ANZAC Day when should the New Zealand Wars be acknowledged. Because these valiant soldiers didn’t fight in a foreign war their sacrifice is somehow diminished. The motto of ANZAC day is “least we forget”. But that precisely what we are doing forgetting the 2899 people that lost their lives in the New Zealand wars.  And why should we just acknowledge the men and woman that died on the side of the colonial government as the opposing force  were New Zealanders as well defending their land.

If we are to ashamed as a country to remember and acknowledge the men and woman that fought for the peace we have today then how can we grow as a country

I found this excellent response on Morgan Godfrey’s Mauii Street Blog it struck a chord as how highly intelligent this  was on preferential treatment for Maori -

My encounter with racism is this nonsense idea from Pakeha (predominantly) that argue we get preferential treatment. Actually, on reflection, they are right. We Maori do get preferential treatment. We get to preferentially:
- Have our lands stripped from us, our economic base destroyed, and our social fabric torn asunder and not three generations later be told ‘to get over it’
- be told that the feeble attempts to redress the gross injustice heaped on Maori for at least 3 generations are too much and that we are causing social division
- Have decisions to marry Pakeha thrown back in our faces as having caused us to no longer be Maori
- be arrested disproporionally
- be more likely to appear in court than our Pakeha brothers for the SAME offense
- be more likely to be imprisoned for the SAME offense
- be given longer prison sentences for the SAME offense
- be far less likely to be promoted to management even with the same qualifications
- Not feature on most directorships in this country (e.g. only 5% of board memebers on sporting bodies for goodness sake)
- be told we are not experienced enough and then ensure the opportunity to get experienced is denied through not being experienced enough (ad nausem right)
- be more unemployed than our pakeha people
- be sneeringly told that there is an inherent lazy streak in our people hence our lack of employment
- be told by our Iwi organisations that it’s about ‘best person for the job’ (look at the number of pakeha on our asset management boards) and then throw our hands up in horror at the appalling Maori employment statistics
- be represented in all the worst social, health, and economic statistics in this country

If this preference I would agree with Pakeha that we need less of it.

Historically in the 1860′s the Colonial government didn’t allow Maori MP’s in parliament so to integrate Maori into their land grabbing franchise they allocated 4 seats out of 70 seats to Kupapa Chiefs that were fighting in the NZ Armed constabulary for the colonial government once the British Army left, up to 90% of the NZ Armed Constabulary were Maori fighting for the Colonial government while British colonists lived in the comfort of their newly confiscated real estates. Of course the Colonial government refused Maori representation to Maori that were aligned with the Kingitanga movement creating an authentic democracy. Also Maori outnumbered British colonists so if this was a real democracy Maori should have controlled 40 Parliamentary seats out of 70 and the Treaty of Waitangi would not have been breached.

Major Mete Kingi Paetahi (1st Maori MP)

In the year 2012 New Zealand immigrated 650,000 people into the country primarily from the UK that is equivalent to the entire population of Maori in New Zealand.  People from the British Diaspora are primarily concerned with the success of the British Diaspora, hangers on (Maori) are irrelevant  it is a steam roller that has little tolerance for Maori electoral seats or Democratic voice for Maori. It elevates the British diaspora economically and politically in New Zealand while making it difficult for young Maori to find jobs. Any poll or referendum regarding Maori that asks for input from non-Maori is not democracy it is a British Diaspora immigration dictatorship.

The Treaty hate movement are demanding that the Maori seats be abolished. These were a democratic right that Maori Kupapa chiefs fought to secure during the New Zealand Wars. Being the majority Democratic right that was usurped from Maori when the NZ Settlements Act were rampantly confiscating land . Now Treaty haters are demanding Maori seats be abolished now Maori are the minority but turn a blind eye when Majority representation was denied for Maori. How is that democracy when  non-Maori demand we abolish a democratic right for Maori. Many Treaty haters pretend they want the Public to decide in a referendum if Maori seats should be abolished but that’s not democracy in itself because your asking the British Diaspora not Maori concerning their Democratic rights.

Treaty gate political party are prepared to pander to British racial superiority in crusade to make New Zealand/Aotearoa the better Britain of the South Pacific. They will abolish multiculturalism and divide New Zealanders along racial lines by making a Treaty issue a racially discriminatory issue and pretending anything awarded to Maori is a siege on their civil rights. This will galvanise Maori with a  common enemy in a unity never seen since the 28th battalion fought the Axis forces. The Treaty gate party need to secure 500 signatures to register as a political party. Their message of Treaty hate will involve deceiving New Zealanders the Littlewood paper is  authentic and not the original Treaty of Waitangi and that Maori are living in privilege and entitlement although that would be difficult to justify driving through State Housing in Manurewa. At no stage will this political party mention the $2 Billion awarded to South Canterbury finance for fraud they are only concerned about the $1 Billion awarded to 42 odd Iwi for a Treaty the Government failed to honour. Politicians in the house of representatives have been talking for hundreds years of Maori privilege  yet none has ever materialised so John Ansells crowd have taken it upon themselves to highlight this alleged privilege. If Treaty gate party were genuinely concerned about Maori issues they would arrange Hui (meetings) across the country and invite predominantly Maori not retired British New Zealanders who were born into the Dominion of New Zealand part of  the British Empire not present day multicultural New Zealand/Aotearoa.

I believe that this party will succeed in getting into parliament because they are feeding into Xenophobia and New Zealand is not the multicultural melting pot of racial harmony it’s a cappuccino economy.What I’m personally excited about is Treatygaters criticise every aspect of Maoridom from our history, social stats and pretend Maori don’t pay taxes. This doesn’t target the imaginery Iwi elite this angers 650,000 Maori New Zealanders (All Blacks,Police Officers,Actors etc). This party has the potential to disgust and unite the entire Maori race something Maori are incapable of even the Kingitanga movement couldn’t  achieve. Treaty gates success  in spreading scathing criticism will be our ultimate success thanks John your playing your pawn role perfectly in the final goal of Maori sovereignty.

Below is what the Treaty hate movement have demanded and below that is why their demands are unrealistic and are an attempt to destroy Multicultural New Zealand to make a better Britain in the South Pacific.

1)      That’s fine with Iwi they can accept the confiscated land back instead of a weak cash substitute

2)      I doubt Hekia Parata would approve of a Anglicised education system in multicultural New Zealand

3)      Abolish our founding national document and the Government can stop our partnership and return all estates to Iwi

4)      Prosecuting Waitangi Tribunal a non-binding court system that only offers recommendations to government would fail

5)      The Waitangi tribunal publishes all its findings they can be found in Library’s

6)      Then the government should stop asking for partnerships and offer to Ngai Tahu the GV Value of the South island every square metre

7)      Maori will cease getting tax payer assistance for Maori based education in multicultural New Zealand when they stop paying taxes.