Category Archives: Treaty of Waitangi

Its time for new things in NZ politics

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Ewen McQueen

It is time for new things in New Zealand politics. There is an urgent need for leadership on the key family values issues that are foundational to the wellbeing of our children and the welfare of the people of New … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Economic Transformation, Honouring Marriage, Protecting Children, Respect for Life, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Ewen McQueen, Family values, New Zealand, politics | 4 Comments

Land Wars Day risks locking in grievance focus

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Ewen McQueen

In a healthy relationship you celebrate your successes – you don’t memorialize your conflicts. That is why a national day to commemorate lives lost in the land wars in New Zealand is not a good idea. There is a real … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Ewen McQueen, Land Wars Commemoration, Treaty Settlements | 8 Comments

Taranaki Settlement – another quiet step forward

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Ewen McQueen

Whilst the New Zealand media worked themselves into a frenzy last week over the refugee situation in Europe, they largely missed another major step forward in the Treaty settlement journey. On Saturday, Taranaki Iwi and the Crown signed a deed … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic Transformation, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Ewen McQueen, Hon Chris Finlayson, Parihaka, Taranaki Iwi, Treaty of Waitangi, Treaty Settlements | 2 Comments

A “level of self-governance” is not sovereignty

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Ewen McQueen

Labour leader Andrew Little’s comments at Waitangi today will simply add to the confusion about the foundational constitutional reality established by the Treaty – the sovereignty of the Crown in New Zealand. Little is correct in suggesting that the Treaty … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Andrew Little, Constitutional reform, Ewen McQueen, Maori sovereignty, Rangatiratanga, Treaty of Waitangi | 2 Comments

Morgan and Brash both missing the point

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Ewen McQueen

Both Gareth Morgan and Don Brash are missing the point about what will build national unity in New Zealand. Both look to the Treaty in different ways. Brash for its historical guarantee of equal citizenship. Morgan for a revisionist and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Christianity and Treaty, Don Brash, Ewen McQueen, Gareth Morgan, Kotahitanga, Treaty of Waitangi | Leave a comment

Gareth Morgan has been studying fashion – not facts

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Ewen McQueen

Whatever Gareth Morgan has been studying for the last five years it certainly wasn’t history. There is no historical basis whatsoever for his claim at Ratana Pa today that the Treaty is about “co-governance”. The Maori version of the Treaty … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Economic Transformation, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Ewen McQueen, Gareth Morgan, Ratana, Treaty of Waitangi | 1 Comment

Rore Kahu – Soaring Eagle of the Spirit

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

This week on Christmas Day we come to the 200 year anniversary of the proclamation of Te Harinui in New Zealand. A beautiful structure named Rore Kahu – soaring eagle – has been established on the hill top at Rangihoua … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, NZ History, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Christianity and Maori, Christmas Marsden, Ewen McQueen, Nopera Panakareao, Rangihoua, Rev Samuel Marsden, Rore Kahu, spirituality, Tamihana Te Rauparaha, Te Harinui, Wiremu Tamihana | 2 Comments

Waitangi Tribunal on sovereignty – fashionable but flawed

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

When scholarship becomes focused on what is fashionable rather than what is true then trouble is ahead. Unfortunately that is precisely where the Waitangi Tribunal is taking us with the so called “modern scholarship” it has used to declare that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Economic Transformation, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Ewen McQueen, Maori sovereignty, Sir Apirana Ngata, Treaty of Waitangi, Treaty Settlements, Waitangi Tribunal, William Colenso | 1 Comment

New Zealand’s lost Christian legacy

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

Many New Zealanders question if our nation ever had a strong heritage of Christian faith. Wiremu Tamihana is the answer to their doubts. As a young Ngati Haua chief, Tamihana found faith in the early 1830s under the teaching of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Economic Transformation, NZ History, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Christian faith, Christianity and Maori, Ewen McQueen, Hobbiton, Kingitanga, Maori King, Matamata, Ngati Haua, Peria, Potatau Te Wherowhero, Wiremu Tamihana | 4 Comments

Conservatives wrong about the Treaty

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

As a party with purportedly Christian leanings the Conservative’s line on the Treaty settlement process is a disappointment. Yesterday party leader Colin Craig was reported speaking to a group of supporters in Nelson saying that the Waitangi Tribunal had contributed … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Colin Craig, Conservative Party, Ewen McQueen, Spiritual renewal, Treaty Settlements, Waitangi Tribunal | 48 Comments