Our best heritage It would surprise many Kiwis to learn that, though the country had its formal beginning only about 180 years ago, New Zealand adopted the body of English law, which added over a thousand years of history, to before 1066, to exiles and executions of...
Pretending Maoris are natives of this land and all others are not is a wicked fiction There are three reasons for this. Maoris arrived here from Taiwan in about 1200 AD, so they’re immigrants like the rest of us.Maori activists were born in the last few decades,...
Think New Zealand’s pretty great? Of course you do—but it might be better than you think (NZ is third from the left, above). You may have heard recently (because our democracy is under attack) that we’re one of the world’s oldest continuous...
by Richard Treadgold4 February, 2022 We need to clarify exactly why people are upset with the government’s changes to our democracy. Most of the media and many commentators give the impression the government’s been pushing the co-governance barrow for...
First published on 1 November, 2021, by the Democracy Project.Published here by permission (emphasis added – Facilitator). November 1, 2021 But treaty unites us under the Crown Ghost of David Lange, Princess Jacinda & the Wicked Witch Nanaia Mahuta, Minister for...
