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Jackson all over the co-governance paddock
Labour MP Willie Jackson is a likeable chap. But his TVNZ interview on co-governance last week was a difficult watch. Jackson was a flailing mass of contradictions, confusion, and ill-defined slogans. Interviewer Jack Tame tried to get some clarity, but … Continue reading
Posted in NZ History, Treaty of Waitangi
Tagged Co-governance, Ewen McQueen, Treaty of Waitangi, Willie Jackson
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Many aeroplanes, many aeroplanes…!
It is an overcast late afternoon at Maleme airfield in Crete. The place is packed with local Greeks. They are here for the annual service to remember the Battle of Crete. Included is a re-enactment of the day in 1941 … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Renewal, NZ History
Tagged ANZAC, Battle of Crete, Crete, Ewen McQueen, Maleme airfield, NZ in Greece WW2, NZ military campaigns
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We fought for them. They fought for us.
It was a sunny blue morning. But the skulls had bullet holes in them. They were in a glass case within a monument above the village of Sfakia on the south coast of Crete. The plaque noted they had been … Continue reading
The Chiefs respond to Heke’s flagstaff attack
“We are one tribe, and we will fight for the staff and our Governor.” So declared Tamati Waka Nene. It was September 1844. Hone Heke had recently attacked the flagstaff at Kororareka. Now Governor Fitzroy had travelled north to address … Continue reading
Why did Hone Heke cut down the flagstaff?
The modern view is that Hone Heke cut down the flagstaff at Kororareka because his expectation of a dual sovereignty partnership as agreed in the Treaty had not been met. But is this true? Watch this short video for a … Continue reading
Posted in NZ History, Treaty of Waitangi
Tagged Co-governance, Ewen McQueen, Hone Heke, Kororāreka, Maiki Hill, Treaty of Waitangi
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Sovereignty and the Treaty – the evidence
As you start your Christmas shopping, this book may be just the thing for someone you know who is interested in New Zealand history and politics. It’s about the past, but it’s also about the future. One Sun in the … Continue reading
Henry Williams – Nationmaker
The water lapped brightly around the small boat. It was 1835. Henry Williams and his crew were sailing south through the Hauraki Gulf. As they passed the Waitemata, Williams recorded, …was much struck with the beauty of the harbour, which … Continue reading
Henry Williams – the inveterate learner
The chocks were kicked away. Fifty tonnes of sailing vessel glided down rollers, over the Paihia sand and plunged into the water. The multitude of Māori onlookers were briefly silenced. Astonished. Then they erupted. Hundreds splashed wildly into the water … Continue reading
Henry Williams – adventurer to the ends of the earth
The swine plummeted into the abyss. But this was no cliff above Galilee. It was a precipice above the Whanganui River. Henry Williams, now barefoot for greater grip, clung to the roots and branches on the side of the near … Continue reading
A time to fight – Galatas remembered
Today the road to the village square was quiet. Seventy-eight years ago it was a cacophony. The thud of boots, smashing glass, a clattering tank. The latter roared its way up this narrow lane between the houses. Behind it a … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Renewal, NZ History, Spiritual Renewal
Tagged ANZAC, Crete, Ewen McQueen, Galatas, Howard Kippenberger
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