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The ANZACs who freed Palestine
It was 9th December 1917. The Jewish celebration of Hanukkah had just begun. It commemorated the liberation of Jerusalem from foreign occupiers in 165 BC. And now, over 2,000 years later, the Holy City was once again being liberated. Ottoman … Continue reading
Posted in International Relations, NZ History
Tagged ANZAC, Ewen McQueen, Hanukkah, Israel, Jerusalem, palestine
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Treaty Principles Bill Submission
The Treaty Principles Bill is expected to fall at its second reading in Parliament today. I confess to having struggled with how to respond to the Bill. There were aspects of it which I very much appreciated. In particular that … Continue reading
Posted in NZ History, Treaty of Waitangi
Tagged Ewen McQueen, Treaty of Waitangi, Treaty Principles Bill
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Kāwanatanga katoa was the fundamental question at Waitangi
A recent NZ Herald opinion piece continued the modernist narrative that in 1840 the chiefs did not agree to Crown sovereignty. Here is the alternative view I sent them, which they declined to publish… Matthew Hooton wrote in the NZ … Continue reading
The chieftainship rests with one – the Governor
After Hone Heke felled the flagstaff in 1844, a group of Chiefs meet with Governor Fitzroy at Waimate North to discuss the situation. The transcript of the meeting gives a fascinating insight into how they understood the Treaty. Watch the … Continue reading
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
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