Tag Archives: Treaty of Waitangi

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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