Tag Archives: Bible and Maori

Kāwanatanga katoa was the fundamental question at Waitangi

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Ewen McQueen

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 →

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Kapiti Island – sanctuary of the Sprirt

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

Today Kapiti Island north of Wellington is a sanctuary for some of New Zealand’s precious rare birds. 180 years ago it provided sanctuary of a different sort. In 1837 a group of young men hungry for truth established what was … Continue reading →

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