
Monthly Archives: December 2024
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

Australia backs UN motion for ‘immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire’ in Gaza | Australian foreign policy | The Guardian
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NIKON D7100 -ƒ/6.3 1/250 600mm ISO450 – Crex Meadows Wildlife Refuge, WI
BEARS In Nova Scotia – 100CountryTrek.com
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
Bunnies Nova Scotia – 100CountryTrek.com
9994 Haiku | jllopart
Se retira el día
detrás del horizonte,
a descansar.
j.ll.folch 24/11/24
Source: 9994 Haiku | jllopart

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NIKON D7100 – ƒ/6.3 1/160 116mm ISO200 – Savanna Portage State Park, MN
Genealogy Roundup, December 11 – Megan Smolenyak
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
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