Kingitanga hui

[Lilith7]

I cannot get past the effrontery of the descendants of the colonists seeking to rewrite the Treaty that founded the nation they now seek to lead. The unbridled arrogance of it just stuns me.

They have learned nothing from past errors.

Now then, I'm sure they know best, what with their infinite wisdom - or at least somehow think they do...

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This more indepth report from John Campbell seems to capture the essence of the hui in a positive light.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/01/21/john-...to-say-no/

Cheers for posting that - I especially enjoyed this:



"Ngāpuhi aren’t a Kīngitanga iwi. They don’t see Kīngi Tūheitia as their king. And they contain Waitangi within their broad, northern boundaries – home, of course, to the Waitangi commemorations, our most famous form of national hui.

And yet they came, hundreds of Ngāpuhi. Some wearing korowai made especially for the occasion. Some the direct descendants of Treaty signatories. A waiata, composed for the hui, rehearsed beyond newness into a heartfelt and singular voice.


That so very many people would arrive here, only six weeks later, in the holiday-season slowness of the third week of January, speaks not only to how resoundingly those present reject the coalition government’s Treaty Principles Bill, but also to a strength of unity already existing."