MAURI CROWN

Proportionally, we are the most incarcerated people on the earth, the last to be colonised, through the unlawful translation of Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840 to English, whereby the government of a few men claimed we ceded our sovereignty, lands and treasures;... "KAORE!" Had we known that these ‘men and their pens' true intention was fraud, forgery and land theft we would have cut off their hands and eaten them whole. We never knew that a ‘pen, ink & piece of paper' in those days would bring such overwhelming injustices that would be inflicted upon Mauri. We are a lawful people, we are warriors of the light. We protect our lands, woman and children fiercely. Our children are alienated from our families in unprecedented rates by the Colonial New Zealand Government that descended from convicts, murderers, rapists and thieves from the New South Wales colony of Australia. Our lands, our mana wahine and our children are our hope, vital essence, breath and our future; not a commodity for..