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Tino Rangitiratanga flag to fly over harbour bridge this Waitangi Day

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« on: January 28, 2009, 05:32:41 am »
Tariana isnt just a pretty face.

She stated that the bridge is on Ngati Fatu (sp) land, they should decide.

They did.

Talk about co-operation!  Cheesy
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« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2009, 02:42:32 pm »
Of course they would. Pita Sharples is Ngati Whatua
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« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2009, 02:52:16 pm »
LOL Is that the best you can do?

When things like this are being discussed its often easy to see how incorrectly Maori are seen.

When I am PM all NZers will compulsorily spend 5 years living on a marae - maybe then they will learn of the ways of the Maori - instead of having to comment with mainly the knowledge of the NZ education and the NZ media bias. 
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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2009, 03:05:26 pm »
sorry Lovelee but I was being facetious.
I am aware of the history of Ngati Whatua and believe I have a very good understanding of tikanga 
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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2009, 06:10:29 pm »
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2009, 06:16:22 am »
Neither the tino rangatiratanga flag nor any other Maori design is likely to fly from the Auckland Harbour Bridge this Waitangi Day.

Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples is responsible for consulting iwi after Prime Minister John Key said he would support a flag chosen by Maori flying from the bridge, Parliament and Premier House on the holiday from 2010.

But Ngati Whatua has given the Government a hurry-along, saying they'd support the tino rangatiratanga flag flying this year.

Yesterday, Dr Sharples said he didn't have the time or resources between now and February 6 to complete the consultation, which was complicated by factions within Maoridom who individually supported the tino rangatiratanga flag, the 1835 flag and something new being flown.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10554059&ref=rss
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