Tag Archives: Treaty Settlements

Land Wars Day – what should we hold on to?

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Ewen McQueen

I spoke with the Maori Affairs Select Committee recently about the proposed Land Wars Day. Some of those thoughts were published in Stuff today. Will commemorating the New Zealand Land wars build national unity? Ewen McQueen September 2016

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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 →

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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 →

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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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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 →

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Ngai Tahu youth better savers

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Ewen McQueen

Ngai Tahu young people are more likely to be savers with better financial literacy than other young New Zealanders. This according to a study undertaken by the Financial Education and Research Centre reported in the Herald today. The study attributed … Continue reading →

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Tainui $700M answers settlement skeptics

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Ewen McQueen

Last week Tainui Group Holdings reported total assets of $738million. This comes from wisely stewarding the $170million they received in their 1995 Treaty settlement, plus their share of the fisheries settlement. Their success in growing the tribe’s wealth is a … Continue reading →

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