Legislation Dividing New Zealanders by Race. John McLean

Legislation Dividing New Zealanders by Race Some examples: 1974. Maori ACairs Amendment Act. Definition of Maori changed to include part-Maori, with any degree of Maori ancestry. 1975. Treaty of Waitangi Act. Waitangi Tribunal set up to hear historical grievances of Maori only, given sole power to interpret the Treaty. The Tribunal allows oral accounts with no cross-examination. By its nature, this is far less reliable than written documentation. 1985. Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act 1985. Tribunal empowered to hear claims all the way back to 1840 - way beyond anyone’s first-hand knowledge or experience. 1986. State-Owned Enterprises Act. Invents Treaty ‘principles’ and inserts the requirement that “Nothing in this Act shall be inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi”. 1986. Environment Act. Management of physical resources must have regard to the principles of the Treaty. 1987. In the Court of Appeal, Justice Robin Cooke defined “Treaty principles”, including the invention that “The Treaty established a relationship akin to a partnership between Crown and Maori”. This was a lie. 1987. Maori made an oQicial language of New Zealand. (English is not an oQicial language.) 1987. Conservation Act. Conservation Boards must consult iwi on all management plans for fish and game. 1988 and 1989. Prime Minister David Lange promises protection for private property, that “not one single inch of private land is under threat from the Waitangi Tribunal”. 1989. Missing final English (‘Littlewood’) Treaty draft found, and subsequently ignored. 1989. GeoQrey Palmer publishes newly-fashioned “Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi”. 1989. Claimant and Waitangi Tribunal member Hugh Kawharu rejects previous meaning as explained by Hongi Hika and Apirana Ngata, and redefines taonga, kawanatanga and rangatiratanga to strengthen Treaty claims. He thus perverted the meaning of Te Tiriti, to which only the meanings of the words in 1840 are valid. 1989. Education Act. Acknowledges ‘principles’ of Treaty. 1989. Oranga Tamariki Act. Requires “Special regard for values, culture and beliefs of Maori people”. But not others. 1989. Public Finance Act. Nothing in this Part shall permit the Crown to act in a manner that is inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi). 1990. NZ Bill of Human Rights Act. Allows for race-based aQirmative action. 1991. Resource Management Act.