Ata marie i tēnei rangi ataahua.

Originally Posted by
Grubber
I don't recall firing a gun at a powhiri as being part of the ceremony. "Ceremonial firing"????? That's a new one on me.
If i had even walked within 100metres of any public, with a firearm of any sort, i would have been arrested right there and then. I am not even allowed to walk down a street with one over my shoulder on my way to a gun shop without it being locked and in a carry cover, so how does it make it right for this dick to carry one into a public arena and actually discharge it????
The powhiri is not a "welcome" as most Pākehā believe. It's a ritual of encounter, and the marae atea, being the domain of Tumatauenga - the atua of conflict, is the perfect place for demonstrations of the tangata whenua feelings about the manuhiri - and vice versa ...
And Tame has perfected the art of using the powhiri process in this way. In Māori terms, in that situation, Tame's actions were perfect. I happen to know the kaumatua who lead the tribunal onto his marae - he had no issues at all with Tame's actions ...

Originally Posted by
BoristheBiter
This is the problem as most of the case has been suppressed so we will have to wait 15 years to find out what actually went on.
You can make up all sorts of crap of who did what to whom but unless you were there I guess you will have to wait 15 years like the rest of us.
Yes - that's certainly true .. we won't know what evidence the crown had for quite some time ... I seriously doubt they have any.

Originally Posted by
BoristheBiter
I can see why they were nervous. Have you ever hunted down that neck of the woods?
I don't think they over reacted I think they have been told to drop most of the charges, let me think why, could it be that there is an election this year or was it just the fact it was a very high profile anti-white Maori.
Tuhoe consider Te Urewera still belongs to them. And a lot of them still live off the land - hunting and gathering - and they are protective of what they see as their land.
I see it as a bit of white fear going on here. A bunch of Māori are running round the bush with guns - they have what can be seen to be anti-white sentiment - they are to be feared ...
Yes, they had camps in the bush - to hunt and gather and teach the yong people how to hunt and gather - and to keep the young people out of the towns and cities where they get into trouble. But the perception is a bunch of anti-white Māori are teaching kids to use guns ... Uh Oh .. raid them now ..
There's much scarier groups out there than Tuhoe and Tame ... Some of the right wing survivalist groups I've had contact with in the past are much much scarier ... and I know they have talked seriously about using their weapons in the past (I've had no contact for many years) ... people like Anders Breivik are much scareir and they do exist in Godzone ..
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
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