"A really good example of how people today have been conned," says Elizabeth Rata in this interview above, "is this post-2022 idea that the Māori and English versions of the treaty are quite different." She makes the case that a sound knowledge of history is a defence against being misled, giving a succinct overview of NZ's history including how not knowing history lets us be conned; what history is, and why primary sources matter; parliamentary sovereignty and the 1852 Constitution Act; why the chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi; and NZ, from world-leading to decline ...
The 45-minute interview, with Dane Giraud of the so-called Free Speech Union, is to launch her series of 40 short (ten-minute) videos on the history of of NZ education -- where there are plenty of myths to explode!
Above is her promo. As you'll here, she's something of a nationalist with little time for private education, unfortunately, but there's much in her series from which to learn. Here's Episode One, 'Introduction to the History':
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