COOK ISLANDS PM MARK BROWN AND CHINA

 Mark Brown, the Current Prime Minister of Cook Islands is pushing for a separate Cook Island's Passport.

Cook Islanders are all New Zealand citizens and use

New Zealand Passports.

The Cook Islands is in free association with New Zealand and also uses the NZ Dollar.

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While some view Mr. Brown's push as helping Cook Islanders....

Others still have Questions.

We are aware that Mr. Brown worked in Beijing as a Diplomat before entering Politics.

We do also know that he has not only worked in telecommunications before and has helped push the Manatua One Polynesia Cable.

We are also aware that money from China and the Asian Development Bank had helped fund;

* Seaports in the Cook Islands.

* Airports in the Cook Islands.

* Telecommunication Developments in the Cook Islands.

ALL WHILE Mr. Brown's Party, the CIP has been in power.

 (The CIP's opponents are also strongly Pro-China but it is the CIP who have helped lead the above upgrades using Chinese Money).

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We are all clear too that having a separate passports MAY have many reasons but often that is so a country can do more business for itself, overseas.

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There are questions for Mr. Brown to answer not just for the nearly 18000 people in the Cook Islands but also the hundreds of thousands of Cook Island people living in New Zealand.

NB;

Indeed there has been some pushback from NZ in terms of Cook Islands having a separate psssport... as it essentially means they would be fully independent. 

TAKU TONO MO TE PIRE TAKAHI TIRITI 2024 - My TPB Submission

 

Te Tono o TeRata Boldy e pa ana

Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill 2024

 

 

E te Mana Whakahaere, e te Heamana e James, Tena Koe.

Tena ano koutou nga mema katoa o te Komiti Paremata o te Tika me te Pono

 

E Takutai, ki te kore ou hoa, I runga tonu te Komiti nei, e marama nei ki te Te Reo, o tenei taku tono…. Mau… ma nga kaimahi hoki, enei korero e whakapakeha … heoi … kaore au mo te huri te Reo Pakeha.

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Aku Hiahia:

 

KAUA RAWA E TUKUNA TENEI PIRE TAKAHI TIRITI KIA EA!!!!

 

WHAKANOHO TE PIRE NEI!!!!

 

KAUA RAWA E WHAKAMANA TE PIRE NEI HEI TURE MO TE WHENUA!!!!

 

 

 

Aku Korero Whakamarama me aku whakaaro:

 

He uri ahau no Ngapuhi Nui Tonu. Ko taku hapu ko Ngati Korokoro.

‘Kei reira hoki ko Te Pouka, ko Ngati Wharara.

Kei tou matou ake whenua a Kupe i tae, I tona taenga tuatahi ki konei.

I taua wa tonu a Hine-te-Aparangi (Kuramarotini ki etahi) I kii ai “He Ao, He Ao, He Aotearoa” ko nga whenua tonu o ou matou hapu, tera i kitea.

 

He paanga ano ki nga hapu, otira te Iwi o Ngati Whatua, kei Kaipara.

 

He paanga ano ki a Ngati Maru ki Hauraki.

 

He paanga ano ki a Ngai Tai, kei Torere Nui a Rua.

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Tuatahi, kei reira ra, te timatatanga o nga korero.

 

Kaore ano kua ea te taha o te Taunga Kereme, o nga Taunga o te Tiriti o Waitangi, e pa ana ki te nuinga o matou…

 

Heoi, ko te tino KINO o te Pire Takahi Tiriti nei…

 

Kua katia nga taringa, nga ringaringa otira te ngakau o te Karauna e pa ana ki a Ngapuhi.

 

Ko Ngapuhi te Iwi NUI TONU O TE MOTU. Kahore ano a Ngapuhi kua mutu ona Taunga Kereme, otira ona taunga Tiriti….

 

Ta tenei Pire Takahi Tiriti … I katia… I kapi te korero…

 

Ka whakamoea te Pire kino nei, te taha ki te Karuana kia whakarongo ki a Ngapuhi!!!!

 

E kii ra!!!

 

He kino tera ahuatanga…

 

Ka huri te Pire nei, I te Karauna kia turi.. kia katia o taringa ki nga pouri… ki nga karanga o Ngapuhi!!!

 

Ko te mea ‘roro-kore’ o te kaituhi o te Pire….

 

He uri ia no matou….

 

Ko tana hapu ko Ngati Rehia….

 

Ona ngakau-teka… ngakau-hee ia…

 

Kaapoo ona kanohi ki te aueee o tana ake hapu….

 

Ko te kino rawa o te kaituhi o te Pire nei….

 

Mauiui haere te matua o Ngati Rehia…

 

Kahore rawa te kaituhi o te Pire nei….

 

E kitea… e marama ana ki te whiu o nga makutu e taka taka ana ki ona ake kuia …ona ake kaumatua o Ngati Rehia…

 

He hua era whiu… o ona mahi kuare kua titiia ki roto tonu i tenei Pire Takahi Tiriti.

 

 

 

Tapiri atu ki teera,

 

Ko nga kupu tonu o te Tiriti o Waitangi nga korero hei whakamarama i a ia ano, ara;

 

“Tohungia ki nga Rangatira, te rangatiratanga o ou ratou wenua”

 

“Kia mau I a RATOU te rongo me te atanoho”

 

Ka mutu, kei nga rarangi runga runga rawa o te Tiriti nga korero mo tenei mea te ‘mahara atawai’.

 

He mahara atawhai era ki a wai, a, ko te Tiriti i kii atu ko nga Hapu o Nu Tirani.

 

Aua, kupu o runga, ehara na TeRata kao.

 

Na Wiremu Hopihana aua kupu, naana ano i tuhi.

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Ka mutu penei nga korero o Hopihana;

 

Na ko te Kuini (Wikitoria o Ingarani) e hiahia kia wakaritea te Kawanatanga kia kaua ai nga kino e puta mai ki te tangata maori ki te Pakeha e noho ture kore ana.

 

Ano, ehara aua kupu na TeRata e kao.

He kupu eera no Hopihana tonu.

 

Kei te u au, taku tono ano hoki ki ta enei korero tonu o Hopihana.

Ka whakairi katoa oku whakaaro ki ta Hopihana, me ana whakaritenga.

 

He aha ra te mana o tetahi Kapitana i roto i te Nawi, ara, I enei ra ko te Taua Moana.

 

Ko tana turanga, koia ko te kaihautu, koia te Rangatira o tana Waka, he Waka Taua mo te Pakanga.

 

Mo te taha ki a Hopihna, he Kapitana ia i raro tonu te mana o tana ake Rangatira, ara ko te Kuini.

 

Na te Kuini ia i tuku, hei ‘Kawanatanga’ kia karo i te kino o Pakeha, kia kaua aua kino e pa ki  nga hapu.

 

Na te aha i pera?

 Na te mahara atawhai o te Kuini, Kuini Wikitoria o Ingarani KI NGA HAPU.

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Mama noaiho te kite….

 

Kei reira katoa nga matapono o te Tiriti!!!!

 

Ara, ma Hopihana e tiaki i nga hapu.

 

Koia tera ko te matapono o te kaitiakitanga.

 

Ka mutu e kore e taea tetahi te tiakina i tetahi atu, ina kore raua e mahitahi ana.

 

He matapono ano tera, ara ko te mahitahi.

 

 

 

 

Ka mutu kei te wahanga tuarua o te Tiriti te matapono mutunga ara ko te whakahoahoa.

 

Hei ta ‘te tuarua’ ko nga Rangatira o nga hapu, nga Rangatira o nga wenua, o ratou kainga me ou ratou taonga’.

 

Ta Hopihana turanga, he turanga ‘Kawana’ engari ma nga Rangatira ano to ratou turanga, ara ko ‘Nga Rangatira’.

 

 

Koutou o te Komiti o te Pono me te tika….

 

Kei reira nga mataapono;

 

Kaitiakitanga

 

Mahitahi

 

Whakahoahoa

 

Ta te Pire e kia ana ma tenei Pire Takahi Tiriti nga matapono e ‘whakamarama’….

 

Heoi, kaore take… ina kei te Tiriti tonu me te Pire o 1975 me nga taunga o te Taraipiunara o te Waitangi me nga mahi o nga Roia o te motu mo enei tau maha nei… ma te pera

 

Nga matapono tonu i whakamarama.

 

Engari ka u hoki au ki taku e mea ana,

 

 

 

E te Heamana otira, koutou katoa o te Komiti o te Tika me te Pono;

 

Ina kaore e whakaae te Taraipiunara o Waitangi…

 

Ina kaore e whakaae te Tahuu o te Ture….

 

Ina kaore e whakaae te Kahui Tika Tangata…

 

Otira nga Kaikaunihera o Te Arikinui Kiingi Tiare III e 40, e whakahee hoki i te Pire nei…

 

Ka huri ahau ki ou ratou mana ano hoki.

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Waiho te pire, kaua rawa e tautokona i a ia i te Panuitanga Tuarua… Kao. Waiho!!!

 

Toitu te Reo.

Toitu te Whenua.

TOITU TE TIRITI O WAITANGI E

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TeRata Boldy

 

Kaiako Kura Kaupapa Aho Matua

Kaiako Kapa Haka

Raukura o Awanuiarangi me Te Wananga Amorangi

Kai-rangahau Matauranga Maori o Awanuiarangi (I roto hoki te mana o Hoani Tapu)

Tauira o te Pihopatanga o Te Hahi Mihingare o Te Tai Tokerau

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Translation to follow

100th Entry... Also reflections

 (TW: Trauma, Hurt, Fear, Worry, Sexuality, Marginalization)

WOW!!!!

11 years of Blogging. Wow!!!

And, what may be my 100th Entry. WOW!!!

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I do want to use this space ... given that it's mine to write about things.

First of all... as if...

Research Life... Balancing Work... Whanau Life etc 

Was not enough....

Once again....

Other things creep in!!!!

I have been in and out of Church for YEARS!!!

And many different churches.

Often... having to move... too...

Some times because of theology...

But one core issue that has impacted my membership and participation in Churches over many years has been... hokakatanga... takātapuitanga.

In some instances it has meant the approach of Conversion Therapy!!!!

In other cases... tacit punitive action dressed up as 

"Loving concern" but more an exercise on the Churches part to protective a "Conservative public image"

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The latter in very very recent years.

That same Church has a REALLY TOXIC Dangerous approach... because frankly while they let some

Of the obvious ones like Brian Tamaki spout Conservatism...

They IN ACTUAL FACT... Hold the same position,

 but tacitly. And in fact... while they DON'T March in the Streets or jump on the airwaves...

Their tactics like "quietly taking people of the Music stage" or "Giving people a break from Serving" is

THEIR Toxic version of MARGINALIZING AND HURTING People..

That Church knows who it is.... I won't say the name... But they do share Theological Whakapapa

And literal history with Destiny... as... NZs other "Apostolic Movement".

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Any way...

That church joins a long list of Churches I had to withdraw from as it was unsafe for mainly that reason.

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Right NOW!!!!

Today in August 2024...

I worship in another tradition altogether.

One... in the throes of approaching the whole conversation of Hokakatanga.

They are brave and courageous!!!

I applaud the Anglican Communion across the world for being brave enough to approach this.

YES... There are varied views and major issues.

BUT As a Communion... they are at a

Communion Level (International)

Provincial Level (National)

Diocesan Level (Regional)

And Parish Level (Local) ...

Approaching the Conversation.

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This...

I utterly APPLAUD!!!!!!

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I only offer...

A prayer... that we manaaki all involved.

I for one... pray that for us...

And for me too...

As presently... things are getting a bit tough...

Being in this conversation.

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I do have personal supports...

But yeah... 

Would appreciate all levels and types of Christian

Support, Prayer and Love...

As things are a bit full right now.... as we walk through these spaces.