Iwi leader ‘cuts out middle man’ with open letter to King Charles III | RNZ News

An iwi leader who signed an open letter to King Charles asking him to “intervene” in policies affecting Māori says the New Zealand Government is just a “middle man”.

Ngātiwai leader Aperahama Edwards is one of more than 500 Māori leaders from dozens of iwi who signed the letter to King Charles III.

Speaking to RNZ, Edwards said Charles is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria – the reigning monarch at the time the treaty was signed – and had the mana to intervene.

He said the government were representatives of the Crown, therefore, representatives of King Charles.

“This is a conversation between the descendants of the Ariki who signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the head of the Crown.”

“Māori have always sought to strengthen that direct relationship, however, more often than not, the conversation starts and stops with the kāwanatanga, the government.”

Source: Iwi leader ‘cuts out middle man’ with open letter to King Charles III | RNZ News

Trump’s Defense Pick Is Now Denying Things He Said on Tape | The New Republic

“I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn’t made us more effective. Hasn’t made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated,” Hegseth said during an appearance on the Shawn Ryan Show in November.

The vitriolic television host, who is also Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, appeared on Fox News Monday to try to clean up comments he made disparaging all female U.S. soldiers. It was less than convincing.

“I also want an opportunity here, to clarify comments that have been misconstrued that I somehow ‘don’t support women in the military.’ Some of our greatest warriors, our best warriors out there are women, who serve—raised their right hand to defend this country, and love our nation, want to defend that flag, and they do it every single day around the globe,” Hegseth said.

Source: Trump’s Defense Pick Is Now Denying Things He Said on Tape | The New Republic

Genealogy Roundup, December 11 – Megan Smolenyak

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Genealogy Roundup, December 11

Old-Fashioned Baby Names That Will Destroy Your Child’s Life – Just say ‘no’ to Mildred?

The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier – Another one of those pockets of history I was clueless about: The South Dakota as America’s Divorce Colony

 

Photo Credit: irisWphotography under Creative Commons license

Source: Genealogy Roundup, December 11 – Megan Smolenyak

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