Ngai Tahu land claim
Sir,—The historical marker at Kaikoura records the massacre of 1400 Ngai Tahu in 1829, victims of Te Rauparaha’s Ngatitoa warriors, and their muskets., This provides some background 5 ‘ to the letter of 1845 quoted by D. Hampton (August 31), and to the present racial situation in, New i Zealand. Pre-European tribal land tenure depended largely oh force. Inter-tribal war was a social custom, as elsewhere. Then, when a leader gained new war technology brought by outsiders, it was used to gain advantage and extend those wars. The pakeha joined the fray with enough power to take control, and an attempt, at Waitangi, towards justice. Thus has history continued — wars and preparation for wars on an ever-widen-ing scale. In trying to reach inter-racial and inter-cultural justice, let us accept that we are all New Zealanders, no group having innocent ancestors, and let New Zealand continue to help the world overcome its propensity towards war.—Yours, etc.,
JIM McCAHON. September 1, 1987.
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