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Entries Tagged as 'Māori Land'

No Special Rights, So . . . One Law for All

May 9th, 2011 4 Comments

We remain militantly critical of contemporary Maori ideology. We believe it excuses personal and family accountability by resorting to the fallacy of historical determinism: Maori, their leadership tells them, are victims of predatory exploitation by European or imperial powers; the significant cause of social and cultural and spiritual degradation amongst Maori stems from the unjust […]

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The Foreshore and Seabed Repeal: The Inconvenience of Due Process

July 2nd, 2009 14 Comments

That the state is not above the law but also subject to it is surely one of the foundational concepts of any just and free society. This notion has found its place in the writings of many influential philosophers, jurists and theologians, it can be found in the constitutions and bills of rights of most […]

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