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19 October 2001 |
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Letters to the EditorWays Around Treaty Rights
Dear Sir, With all the brouhaha about a treaty between European Australians and Indigenous Australians, I personally recommend caution, as one can see, from the manipulation of the "Treaty of Waitangi" how treaties can be by passed and used to the detriment of the first nation , in this case the New Zealand Maori! Subject: 20 WAYS TO TAKE AWAY TREATY RIGHTS From the COLONISERS MANUAL TO DEAL WITH THE LOCAL MAORI but readily converted to your own particular situations - substitute 'native' for ('Maori'). HOW TO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE NATIVES.... 20 WAYS TO TAKE AWAY TREATY RIGHTS! 1/ Make the Maori a nonperson. Convince them that their ancestors were savages, the violent drunkards that made them wards of the state. 2/ Convince Maori that they should be patient. Whats 161 yrs? Tell them progress is being made. 3/ Make Maori believe that things are being done for their own good. 4/ Get some Maori people to do the dirty work. There are always those who will act for you to disadvantage their own. (Find the kupapa / quisling). 5/ Consult Maori but don't act on what they tell you. Tell Maori that they do have a voice indeed. 6/ Insist that Maori people go through the proper channels. (This is very expensive and cumbersome. Until they run out of energy and/or resources, finances and never achieve their goals). 7/ Make the Maori believe that you are putting a lot of effort into working for them and they should really be appreciative. It is particularly rewarding when they thank you. 8/ Allow a few individuals to make the grade, point to them as an example. (Well if Alan Duff, Kreeeteekahnahwah - etc - can make the grade - read 'our' grade! - so can you. You can do it if you only try. If you don't 'succeed' that's your fault!). 9/ Appeal to the Maori sense of fairness or aroha. Tell them that even though things are pretty bad it's not good for them to make strong protest. (We won't discuss your grievances with you or deal with your complaints until you stop protesting - ie: stop that land occupation before we will talk to you). 10/ Encourage the Maori to take their case to court even to the Privy Council. This takes much time and energy and is very expensive, therefore a safe strategy because the laws (colonial laws) are stacked against them. 11/ Make Maori believe that things could be worse. Instead of complaining, that their lands and identities were stolen from them, they should be grateful for the state house they're renting. (Takaparawha). 12/ Set yourself up a pretend court with no power like the Waitangi Tribunal. Impress on them that things will be given back. Accuse them of greed when they point out nothing has been (or is being) returned. 13/ Pretend that the reason for the loss of human rights is for some other reason than the fact that the person is a Maori. 14/ Make the situation more complicated than is necessary. 15/ Insist on unanimous decision making. Tell them that when ALL Maori in Aotearoa can make up their minds then you will act. 16/ Select very limited alternatives which have little merit and tell Maori that they indeed do have a choice. 17/ Convince Maori that the leaders who are the most beneficial to them are actually dangerous and not to be trusted. Or simply lock them up on some trumped up charge, such as driving with no lights. 18/ Talk about what's good for everyone. Tell the Maori that they can't consider themselves when there's the whole country to think of. (Farcical envelope). 19/ Remove rights gradually. 20/ Rely on reason and logic (your reason and logic) instead of rightness and morality. Im sure others out there can elaborate or add their own experiences on colonization, to that list of 20. However, I thank the person who originally penned the '20 ways to take away your treaty rights'. Perhaps I should have elaborated upon Number 8: to add that: oppressed people who do acquire a large body of knowledge or educate themselves out from under the colonial repression, bring the colonizer into credit and discredit those protesting against oppression - These liars are not really oppressed, after all they've succeeded! They owe their success to us, because we are such 'good' and 'fair-minded' colonizers! (Ever notice that it is the group who benefit most from the oppression of indigenous people, who will deny such attitudes are racist?) In solidarity. Tame Te`ke Ng�ti Whatua Visit : http://www.ruiamai.co.nz/About.html
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