Whakapono - korero pono nga tino rangatira:

One of the most important and most overlooked of the commandments in the Christian bible is the one about how you shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.  The concept of tikanga is based on whakapono, honest belief, trust, korero pono, whakaaro pono, truthfulness.  

Aroha and whakapono are the same thing.  Without trust there cannot be true love.  There is nothing worse than someone who promises and then breaks them, who betrays and exploits people while claiming to love them and be "helping" them.

After Tui Taurua received this letter from the Ministry of Health, warning her of a ten thousand dollar fine for impersonating a clinician, she published a post on social media falsely accusing other people of "attacking" her and "threatening" her, following a hui at Te Tii marae on Waitangi day 2018 and the manner in which the matters which were the subject of the hui have developed.  Where is the line between Delusional Disorder and Devious Divisive Dishonesty Disorder?

Not only was Tui demonstrating evidence of Delusional Disorder in advertising herself as a "clinician", but she was Delusional in claiming to believe that the letter was not genuine, and that the letter is evidence of "threats" and "attacks" by other people.  Nobody threatened or attacked Tui, there is not a single shred of evidence to support her allegations, she is manipulative and dishonest, and in all probability she is delusional.  She is a danger to other people, as the evidence establishes without any doubt.  This is not a "second threatening letter from Dunn Mihaka" at all.  It's a letter to Tui from the Ministry of Health threatening her with a ten thousand dollar fine for LYING.  The threats are from the Ministry of Health, they are threatening her with a ten thousand dollar fine, for lying, for "Incompetence" under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act.  What is even more concerning are Tui's further comments denying the authenticity of the letter to her from the Ministry of Health:

Tui is well funded by a number of government organisations and NGOs as a token 'Maori' with 'lived experience' of 'mental health issues'.  In regard to the letter from the Ministry of Health (above); firstly, despite the Ministry confirming to us that they emailed it directly to her, and the fact that the website profile containing the false claim was swiftly edited immediately following her receipt of the letter, and then the website was shut down entirely, Tui is clearly either in denial, or lying, in the comments on social media trying to suggest that the letter is a fake - her own social media comments in regard to the letter are inflammatory, divisive, devious, deranged, and seriously disturbing. 

Tui Taurua wrote to the Prime Minister in February 2018 claiming to have a mandate to speak for four iwi - Ngapuhi, Tainui, Tuhoe and Ngati Porou.  In the letters to the Prime Minister Tui Taurua and others falsely claim that these alleged mandates were given to them by the taumata of Ngapuhi nui tonu at Te Tii marae at Waitangi during Waitangi commemorations 2-6 February 2018.

This Nga Hau E Wha 'mental health peer support organisation' does not stand up to scrutiny at all.  The leader of the organisation, and one of the signatories to another letter to the Prime Minister in February 2018 and allegedly handed to her at Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Victoria Roberts, received the letter below, from the 'umbrella organisation' through which Nga Hau E Wha funding is channelled - because NHEW are not a legal entity of any kind such as a Trust, and Incorporated Society, limited liability company, etc, they would not normally be eligible for funding by the Ministry of Health or many other funders, so they use these 'umbrella organisations' which are legal entities to channel the funding to NHEW, it is a loophole that is often exploited for various reasons, none of which stand up to scrutiny in most cases.  It is fraud.

There more we scrutinise NHEW and the Ministry of Heath the more a pattern of increasing delusion and dishonesty are revealed.  NHEW provided us with this letter some weeks after Waitangi commemorations, which we had been previously unaware of, the letter is the subject of the delusional emails from Jak Wild to Amanda Luckman of the Ministry of Health:

 

Tui Taurua and Jak Wild solicited signatures and contact details on a document at Waitangi Marae on 6 February 2018, fraudulently misused the document, and continue to refuse to provide a copy of the document to the signatories.  Jak Wild, on behalf of NHEW, claimed to the Ministry that he handed the letter to the Prime Minister during an alleged "fifteen minute one on one meeting with Jacinda at Waitangi" during which the Prime Minister allegedly made certain comments and offers in regard to the upcoming mental health inquiry:

Now the interesting thing is that the Prime Minister's office deny all that ever took place and essentially say that Jak Wild is Delusional.  The Prime Minister is closely attended by security staff, secretarial staff, fellow members of parliament and all manner of other attendants at Waitangi and it is inconceivable that not one of knows anything about this 15 minute one or one - including the Prime Minister as the correspondence from her office proves:

Jak Wild is Delusional.  We were present in the whare for the duration of these matters, we signed the attendance register and provided our details for the stated purpose, the establishment of a whanau database.  None of us were informed about any letter to the Prime Minister let alone asked for permission to affix our signatures to the letters!  None of us were convinced by the korero of Jak Wild and Tui Taurua and we did not give them any mandate tow engage with the government or the Prime Minister on our behalf!  They are both dangerously delusional - and they are both devious liars!

When summoned to inquiry by the taumata, Tui lied again.  This time she produced a report which can be read at this link, including an altered copy of the letter she wrote to the Prime Minister - she lied to the taumata and tried to tell us that her letter to the Prime Minister only claimed a  mandate for Ngapuhi and not the other three iwi - is she Delusional, is she a devious liar, or is it a bit of both?:

After complaining through the proper channels for two years, the Ministry of Health finally deigned to grant us a meeting to discuss our complaints about their ongoing support and enabling of these people and their extremely dysfunctional little group.  

On 4 March 2020 wee met with the Ministry of Health Principal Advisor Mental Health and Addiction Directorate regarding our complaints about the Ministry involvement with NHEW and the lack of accountability regarding the fraud perpetrated at Waitangi when Tui Taurua, Victoria Roberts, Jak Wild and NHEW  We recorded this meeting and the recording can be accessed via this link

Waiatamai Tamehana, the Principal Ministry of Health Advisor Mental Health and Addiction assigned to deal with our complaints about Tui, and the very person who seems to have been enabling Tui and her mates can be heard on the recording.

Eight days later Waiatamai Tamehana rang us up repeatedly around midnight and sent us over fifty extremely offensive and disturbing messages, telling us she was "Karen Browne of the Big Belly Womens Music collective from Rawene" and a considerable number of other Delusional statements

Here are some of the text messages she sent us when she rang us up repeatedly in the middle of the night recently to try and trick us into dropping our complaints:

 

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2 The full transcript of the messages we received from this Principal Ministry Advisor are at this link.

The recipients of the midnight phone calls and text messages sent by Waiatamai Tamehana made complaints to NZ Police.  

Police refused to charge Ms Tamehana.  The correspondence with Police shows that Police first advised the victims that they refused to charge Ms Tamehana with "harassment". Correspondence with Police is copied below:

Hi Katherine
I am writing about a recent complaint you made to Police. Can you please confirm that Waiatamai is the person you suspect of calling you and sending you text messages?  If you do not believe it is her can you please advise who you suspect it to be. Can you please also send any evidence you have of the harassment.
Can you confirm that you have blocked the number now?
Also please advise what action you would like Police to take?
Constable Tom Newby

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We requested that this woman be charged with misuse of a telephone and attempting to obstruct justice!

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 On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 16:08, NEWBY, Thomas (Tom) <Thomas.NEWBY@police.govt.nz> wrote:

    Hi Katherine
     I have read the messages on the website provided. It seems things have gotten a little complicated and some of your complaints the Police are not the appropriate agency. For instance complaints about breach of privacy would not be dealt with by Police if they were not the agency providing the information. Instead the complaint could be made to the privacy commission a link to their website is here:
    https://privacy.org.nz/your-rights/making-a-complaint/
         In regards to a Ministry of health employee contacting you, to me the first step should be to communicate with the Ministry of Health in order to make a complaint about Waiatamai’s actions. They would have a better idea of what to do.

Te Whakaputanga - te taonga tino nui o Te Tiriti -...

 

 

Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka recently challenged the Governor General after it was brought to his attention that the ship that brought Queen Elizabeth II to Aotearoa 'New Zealand' sailed under the flag of Te Whakaputanga.

Below is the correspondence from the office of the Governor General so far:

 This 'explanation' makes a mockery of tikanga, and is being challenged.

Te Kara o te waka a Queen Elizabeth - SS Gothic - letter to the Governor General:

The First Royal tour of nga motu o Aotearoa, 1953 - 1954 began when her majesty Queen Elizabeth the second of England sailed into our waters on board her royal vessel the SS Gothic under the flag of the Whakaputanga, our Declaration of Independence:

To the Office of:
Her Excellency Dame Patsy Reddy
Governor General of 'New Zealand'
2 June 2020

Tena koutou katoa,

We are writing in regard to the attached photographs showing the SS Gothic during the royal tour of NZ in 1953-54, and in particular the flag on the bow of the vessel (circled in the attached photos).

We request all information regarding the decision to fly this flag from the vessel on this occasion - when the flag was hoisted and lowered, and any written correspondence, photographs or other information regarding the decision to fly this flag during the visit.

Thank you very much for your attention to this request, we look forward to your response.

Nga mihi mahana, kia ora koutou katoa

Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka


The image below was sourced from NZ archives, where the cinematic footage can be viewed.

There is a third image similar to this, but with the hull painted black . . . the source of this image is a news report following a fire on the SS Gothic.

The response:

Te Wakaminenga wrote to the NZ Navy:

The response:

Ngapuhi have a special relationship with the Navy; Bonallack is the recently arrived media hack who touted propaganda for the likes of Georgina Beyer and Gary McPhee to the gullible people of the Wairarapa while he was editor of the local rag.  "You would have to make enquiries of the British government" indeed.  Who does he think he is?  That is a lazy response, and an insult to the mana of Ngapuhi, Te Wakaminenga o Nga Iwi Kotahitanga and Tangata Whenua tatou (all so called 'Maori' people).

More images of the SS Gothic flying Te Kara o Te Whakaputanga o Nga Tinorangatira can be viewed below:

Koiki Edward Mabo v the state of Queens land - the legal concept of Terra Nullius

WARNING: this collection of information contains names, images or voices of deceased Tangata Whenua, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Te korekore i takea mai, ki te po te kitea.  

Te po tangotango, po whawha, po namunamu . . .  

Ki te whei ao, ki te ao marama. 
Tihei wa mauriora!

It is ironic that the commonly observed celebration known as "Queens Birthday" - which seldom if ever actually coincides with the birth date of the reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth the second of England and Wales (and arguably Scotland and Ireland) should instead (roughly) coincide with the date of the landmark decision from the High Court of Australia, commonly known as the Mabo (No2) case 1992, after Koiki Edward Mabo, who instigated the Court challenge, and successfully debated in Court that when it comes to indigenous rights, X marks the spot.

 Kai Tahu sold themselves short when they "settled" with the Crown.  Te Wai Pounamu was never "Terra Nullius".

Koiki Edward Mabo

In 1879, the majority of the islands in Torres Strait were annexed to Queensland, by Letters Patent from London, and by an Act in the Legislative Assembly in Brisbane. Torres Strait became part of Queensland after Britain declared ownership on the basis of the legal concept of terra nullius, effectively declaring that there was nobody there when the British arrived, despite the clearly apparent fact that there were people living there, and some of the ancestors of those people had been living there for around sixty thousand years.

On 3 June 1992 the High Court of Australia delivered the historic decision formally known as Mabo v Queensland (No 2) ("Mabo case") [1992] HCA 23; (1992) 175 CLR 1 (3 June 1992), thereby establishing indigenous rights and successfully challenging the notion of compulsory colonisation and automatic acquisition by way of declaration of terra nullius.  The decision is vitally relevant to all indigenous people of the Earth.

The transcripts of the hearing are well worth reading and can be accessed via the website of the Australian Legal Information Institute.

The court challenge was initiated and spearheaded by Koiki Edward Mabo, but he died four months before the decision was issued.  He is forever immortalised by the landmark decision of the High Court, and his family and his people.

The High Court held that the doctrine of terra nullius, which imported all laws of England to a new land, did not apply in circumstances where there were already inhabitants present – even if those inhabitants had been regarded at the time as "uncivilized". Consequently, the Court held that the rules of reception of international English law that applied were not those applicable where the land appeared barren and unprotected, but rather the rules that applied where an existing people were settled.

The result was that existing customary laws which were present at the time of settlement survived the reception of English law to the extent not modified or excluded by subsequent inconsistent laws and acts of the British.  Relevantly, that existing law included indigenous land title.  As such, any Indigenous land rights which had not been extinguished by subsequent grants by the Crown continue to exist in Australia.

In so ruling, the High Court overturned Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd,^[2] a contrary decision of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.

The writer has a close personal connection to the people and the whenua of the islands of the Torres Strait and the images reproduced here are done so out of respect and the need to educate our children about our history, and our heroes. 

We request that the images here are viewed with respect, they are taonga, and tapu.