tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post3518161052979053150..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: That "infamous" Orewa speechKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-21704672987172466962011-05-16T10:27:37.722+12:002011-05-16T10:27:37.722+12:00The "one law for all" ideal is a good on...The "one law for all" ideal is a good one, but has nothing to do with the Treaty of Waitangi. There would be no land disputes today had "one law for all" applied from 1840. <br /><br />But it didn't. As recently as the 1980s Maori leasehold land in Wellington was treated differently to every other kind of property. <br /><br />But let's get rid of the "race" idea first. The Treaty was an agreement between the people who already lived here and the sovereign backing the new arrivals. It recognised the property and stewardship interests of the original proprietors. Like any property interest, it is inherited by the heirs of the signatories. The signers were Maori, but their descendents and heirs are a happy mixture of the old and the new. That's why we have many blonde-haired, blue-eyed heirs to the Treaty signers. It isn't a race issue at all except for those who can only see brown skin. What hasn't changed is the heirs' rights by inheritance. The "race" issue is an old one used to separate the brown people from their property. <br /><br />I've been fascinated how consistently people who advance property rights are often the first ones to ignore and deny the property rights implicit in the Treaty. Don Brash would be one of them. This "one law" crap is just today's version of the same old methods used to deny the property rights of the heirs of the people who signed the Treaty. <br /><br />"One law" would see the property rights of the heirs of the Treaty respected. The many frauds, cheats and scams employed by past settler governments to steal their property - "legally" - would be seen for what they were: cheats. <br /><br />We still aren't there. When we have "one law" people will stop trying to deny the property and stewardship rights of the heirs of the Treaty signatories.Steve Withershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221815213521767405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-69514743429993693762011-05-12T11:14:36.051+12:002011-05-12T11:14:36.051+12:00I will believe in "one law for all" when...I will believe in "one law for all" when a government applies the same strictures and requirements on landholders with riparian rights as they have imposed (with successive pieces of very bad legislation) on Maori and their claim for foreshore and seabed.The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.com