Twisting the Treaty: A Tribal Grab for Wealth and Power [updated]
Ahem, allow me to recommend a new book—just published!
As you’ll have seen, there are one or two names there that might be familiar.
The book appears at an important time in the country’s constitutional history. If the Treaty itself arrived just in time to cement in place and reward pre-Treaty genocidal land grabs by the likes of Hongo Hika, Te Rauparaha and others, then the Maori-National party’s “constitutional review” of today arrives at a time when Maori corporations, having been gifted billions by taxpayers for things we haven’t done, seek to have their “special” status as a permanent drain on taxpayers constitutionally protected.
If enough people read this book, it could lead to some much needed changes in the way we are governed.
I suggest that you pass on the book’s information it to all your contacts, along with the appropriate purchase information:
- A5 paperback, 414 pages plus 16 pages of photos.
- Price: $40.
- Available from Paper Plus stores and independent book shops. or direct from the publisher, Tross Publishing, P.O. Box 22 143, Khandallah, Wellington 6441
- Payment to the publisher can be by cheque, or by Direct Credit to Tross Publishing, Westpac, Wellington 030584-0210107-00.
Labels: Books, Constitution, History, New Zealand, Waitangi
posted by Peter Cresswell at 4:10 pm
14 Comments:
You'd get the message to a hell of a lot more people if you gave the book away.
Will an e-book version be available?
I can't for the life of me understand why can't serious author would have their book printed on paper and distributed to all the bookshops to be ignored (because the price is stupidly high) and then flogged off in the remainder bins.
Hasn't this guy heard of Kindle? I mean.... honestly.... it takes about 3 hours and zero cost to publish via Kindle and reach twenty times the readers and make far more profit selling for $7.95.
Dave Mann
Well done, I look forward to acquiring a copy by some means.
To be fair, there remains a whole generation of NZers who wont buy ebooks. However, I don't doubt you've talked about how to progress that.
Look forward to reading it. Good work.
Also, to clarify, I would love to read it too.
I'm in interested in the subject and I know that at least one of the authors (!) is an excellent writer.... but you have chosen the wrong publishing format.
Dave Mann
Pricey for a single read. Are you sure it is published? Paperplus web-site makes no mention of the book and it can not be found under: "Twisting the Treaty" or "Twi$ting the Treaty"
http://www.paperplus.co.nz/search?q=twisting+the+treaty&t=books
Tross Publishing page is virtually blank when I linked to it with the purpose of buying the book
Peter
Your book hasn't made it to "Fishpond" either.
(A pity that nowhere {other than say Auckland University and maybe National Library} has Ruth Ross's analysis of the treaty. Requested by 1974 Rowling government - she shreds the treaty. Read a review by another historian criticising her for being factual rather than interpretive.
Peter
This is an important book. It deserves to be widely read. New Zealanders do not think critically, this is what this book is asking us to do and make up our minds ! Something is rotten in the way this country is being hoodwinked over the treaty power and wealth grab , and by the way we are accused of racism if we voice our opinions as these courageous writers have done.
This is an important book. It deserves to be widely read. New Zealanders do not think critically, this is what this book is asking us to do and make up our minds ! Something is rotten in the way this country is being hoodwinked over the treaty power and wealth grab , and by the way we are accused of racism if we voice our opinions as these courageous writers have done.
Brought it, read it then burnt it.....Racist garbage!
Anonymous said...
Brought it, read it then burnt it.....Racist garbage!
3/20/2013 07:17:00 pm
It differs to your view so it is racist? Typical! (I seriously doubt that you read it). It's actually a very informative read and could open up mature debate if we were not an immature pc country frightened of expressing views because of constantly being branded racist. Nice work by the authors and good to see the research that was done.
It is a brilliant expose and its timing impeccable. The "so called" authorised English version of the Treaty and its "supposed principles" has absolutely no place in the proposed constitution. The Maori version of the Treaty signed by 540 Chiefs is the only legitimate agreement.
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