Treaty of Waitangi
Sir,—-Now that some vacantly silly people stoop to throwing eggs at the Queen, the Treaty of Waitangi is reduced to nothing more than a sick reason to create disruption, disunity and internal strife.' The treaty was signed on behalf of the British Government with extreme reluc-
tance, and with indigenous people who had not even the rudiments of a national government, and were certainly without a supreme authority capable of negotiating with foreign powers. Had it not been for the benefit of British colonisation, New Zealand could today have been another Cuba, Zimbabwe or the Philippines. In New Zealand there is equal opportunity for all to share and over the years we have done well together. The Sunday Club policy emphasises that New Zealanders are one people, regardless of ethnic origin and that no special treatment should be accorded to any one section of the community. Isn’t that a sensible approach? — Yours, etc., BERT WALKER. February 24, 1986.
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