There is no doubt New Zealand’s democracy is now under aggressive attack by the small minority of those of part-Maori descent long demanding not just the legal right to co-govern – but Maori sovereignty over this country.
The basis for their completely unsubstantiated claim is that the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi established “a partnership” between scores of disparate, warring Maori tribal groups and the Crown.
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