Prebble resigns from Waitangi Tribunal

[C_T_Russell]

But CT, the Treaty was drafted and signed by two peoples, in the full knowledge of the visitors. It could be said they had more knowledge of what they were doing than the landowners they were 'treating' with, so these attempts to rewrite the terms and interpretation of that founding document are just a little on the nose really, and not just from the point of view of tangata whenua.

You see, lots of us New Zealanders have mixed our genetics with Maori, and value their histories, their values and belief systems, as much as we value those of our other ancestral lines. Our Euro, our Scandi, our Asian heritages. All those lines back to the people who made us are valued, we aren't any more interested in forgetting those than we are in forgetting the more recent links. That is the only way to become 'one' with those of other heritages. We are all different, but all the same. Rewriting the Treaty will not create 'one country, one citizenship',  learning to value and appreciate the true uniqueness that is Aotearoa New Zealand is, and we do that by accepting its true history, not rewriting it to suit some imagined colonial unreality.

And until we do that, we will be a country split by inequity, prey to divisive intentions, and the agendas of agents operating under malicious ideologies. Colonisers, in other words. And we know where that leads, if we look back on our history with clear eyes, if we look out into the world right now, with those same clear eyes. We learn from our past, or we repeat it.

Exactly my point, many of us are mixed with maori, not to mention we are a multicultural society.
Everyone needs to be treated equal regardless of race.
What's interesting is that Prebble doesn't entirely support the treaty principles bill, but can see why Seymour has introduced it, as it's a direct result of these principles being fabricated by the Waitangi tribunal.
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