This is so disappointing. It was just yesterday that Ngai Tahu’s chief was applauded for his Waitangi Day speech in which he said „A nation is not a blank canvas! It’s an inheritance. It’s our inheritance—all New Zealanders. It’s a real place, home to real people living real lives, whose collective experiences have shaped a real and defined history.” Yet today we learn that the same Ngai Tahu wants to deny a large part of the nation an opportunity to honour their ancestors on an important anniversary, as if their contribution to the collective history of New Zealanders should be banished. I really hope that powers that be find some solution to mark this important part of what is Canterbury’s real and defined history, whether you like it or not.
This is so disappointing. It was just yesterday that Ngai Tahu’s chief was applauded for his Waitangi Day speech in which he said „A nation is not a blank canvas! It’s an inheritance. It’s our inheritance—all New Zealanders. It’s a real place, home to real people living real lives, whose collective experiences have shaped a real and defined history.” Yet today we learn that the same Ngai Tahu wants to deny a large part of the nation an opportunity to honour their ancestors on an important anniversary, as if their contribution to the collective history of New Zealanders should be banished. I really hope that powers that be find some solution to mark this important part of what is Canterbury’s real and defined history, whether you like it or not.