Kiwiwatch: There is a high degree of hypocrisy displayed by Maori with this article once more displaying the distortion of the backward looking Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand politics. Fixing the wrongs of British imperialism is one thing and rightly so that injustices are repaired, albeit by the current residents of New Zealand rather than the colonialists who dealt the misdeeds. However, this objection takes matters to a new level of power seizure. What next? The Great Barrier Reef?

Six leaders of Maoridom – including three knights and two dames – have slammed the Government’s decision to create a huge ocean sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands without consultation on the Treaty…

Source: Maori blast sanctuary move – Politics – NZ Herald News