EUROPEAN & MAORI CULTURAL SELF-DETERMINATIO

We support a bi-cultural nation based on the widest possible self-determination and cultural pride of both Maori and Euro-New Zealanders, with equal rights and duties according to the provisions of the genuine Treaty of Waitangi.

The Treaty of Waitangi has failed to provide justice for both peoples. This is because the Treaty has been deliberately mistranslated and re-interpreted to fit into United Nations conventions.

The original wording of the Treaty of Waitangi in both its Maori and GENUINE English translations guarantees equal rights for all New Zealanders.

The document now called the "Littlewood" Treaty (rediscovered in 1989) is Govener Hobson’s long lost final approved Treaty text. This official draft mirrors the Maori language version word for word. The original Treaty guarantees equal rights for all New Zealanders under the protection of the Monarch and gives no special rights and privileges to Maoris. On the other hand, there are important differences between the Maori language te Tiriti o Waitangi and the questionable English version presently in use. The English translation used for the 1975 Treaty of Waitangi Act uses a draft that was REJECTED BY Lt. Govenor Hobson.

The rejected draft that was used by the Government to write the 1975 Treaty Act reads:

"Her Majesty the Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and Tribes of New zealand and to the respective families and individuals thereof the full exclusive and undisturbed possession of their Lands and Estates, forests, Fisheries and other properties which they may collectively or individually possess so long as it is their wish and desire to retain the same in their possesion."

The genuine translation which agrees with both the Maori and Littlewood versions, reads: "The Queen of England confirms and guarantees to the Chiefs and the Tribes AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND, the possession of their lands, dwellings and all their property".

The Maori back translation, the document signed by the chiefs, likewise reads: "The Queen of England arranges and agrees to give to the Chiefs, the Hapus AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND, the full chieftainship of their lands, their settlements and their property."

There is no mention of forestry and fisheries in the original English and Maori, but only in the rejected draft that is fraudulently used by successive governments since 1975. (ref.Ian Wishart, INVESTIGATE magazine Jan 04 )

That the real source is the U.N. has been stated br Rawiri Taonui, head of the school of Maori and Indigenous Studies, University of Canterbury.

"While older international aw allowed governments to legislate to override customary rights, current international law, in the form of the United Nations permanent committee on indigenous issues and judicial decisions, says it is no longer appropriate to do so." ( HERALD 27 Dec 04 )

This is why the Treaty was made into a so-called "living document". It is why we are told the Treaty applies to the airwaves. Why nobody can be employed in national or local government unless signing a commitment to the Treaty. Why we are supposed to be ashamed of our pioneer forbears, most of whom came here with nothing. Why "cultural sensitivity" is more important in nursing classes than knowledge of health. Why flag-burning communists can become teachers, while patriots who oppose all this cannot. The examples are endless.… It’s not only questions of land or money. Phoney "Treaty" laws rule our lives from kindergarten to parliament.

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