The Treaty's "Quiet Revolution"

“I think the general public is not aware that we are going through huge revolutionary changes in the country and in fact, we have taken that such a long way, there is no going back.”
    “It’s just a question now of how the public service works to implement the policies that come through from Government.”

~ historian Claudia Orange (whose 1987 book on the Treaty proved to be widely influential, especially on the myth of 'partnership') speaking approvingly last week on the radically-changed mainstream interpretation of the Treaty, and the government's implementation of co-governance -- quoted in Thomas Cranmer's 'Waitangi Day and the Quiet Revolution' [Hat tip Chris Trotter]