#david seymour

[sapphia]

So for anyone who doesn’t keep up with nz politics, which i’m assuming is most of you, our new radical right government have decided one of their main aims of their term will be to re-interpret the Treaty of Waitangi.

The Treaty is an agreement between Maori and the Crown, now the NZ government. It is the founding document of new zealand and is recognised as a constitutional document today; it is the only treaty of its kind/time still honoured, and it is the steps we’ve taken through the Treaty to provide restitution and build an ongoing relationship with Maori and their iwi (tribes) that has allowed the relationship between Maori and the government to thrive where other indigenous groups have struggled to achieve recognition of their rights.

This is going to be entirely undone. Not only is this issue inflammatory and a threat to race relations in Aotearoa, leaked documents show the proposed “reinterpretation” wants to negate pretty much the entirety of the legal rights provided to Maori under the treaty. For example, the treaty article that guarantees land rights for Maori will be reinterpreted to guarantee land rights for “all New Zealanders”. Which means this article would be essentially meaningless for Maori.

By removing Maori from the context they are trying to put Maori on an “equal footing” with all New Zealanders; they are riding the idea that Maori have special rights and privileges above that of the average New Zealander. Obviously this is bullshit but it’s effective rhetoric and there’s a grain of truth to in that the extent of Maori rights hadn’t been clearly defined due to the ongoing nature of the process. So this has got a lot of people with a poor grasp of the issues very upset and baying for change.

There is a hui (meeting) being held today for all the iwi to begin discussions of how Maori will respond to this. New Zealand politics isn’t very interesting usually, but our progress on indigenous rights, until now, has been absolutely ahead of the field. If you care about indigenous rights globally, you should care about this, because in the same way Australia’s referendum loss has spurred on this action, the loss of rights here will spur other right wing governments to be similarly bold to their own indigenous groups.

Indigenous rights in New Zealand are under attack. They are meeting today to discuss it, and New Zealand will be listening, but I want the world to be listening. Because our government needs the shame of being called out by more than just the people who they’ve already decided don’t vote for them.

Maori have a long and proud history of fighting for their rights, and they’ll do it again here. And I’ll be on the pickets beside them, but there’ll be plenty of my own pickets to attend, because this government is radical in every sense of the word.

So please, even if you’re very far away, stand behind them in this. Keep your eyes on us. Amplify their voices. Don’t let the racism drown them out.

[undr]

David Seymour. Street scene, Venice, Italy. 1940s

[conformi]

David "Chim" Seymour, Boy sitting on a mailbox, 1950 VS Michelangelo Buonarroti, Day | Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Sagrestia Nuova, Florence, Italy, 1526-1531

[mucking-faori]

HAHAHAHA FUCK YOU DAVID SEYMOUR

Transcript under the cut:

A leader of Ngāti Rēhia said in a Facebook post this week that he would gladly strip ACT leader David Seymour of his iwi title if he wanted to “carry on with the race card”.

Mana Epiha, the poster, has been a member of te taumata (the leaders’ post) of Ngāti Rēhia, their decision-making and representative body, since he was a child.

Epiha is a 10th-generation direct descendant of the hapū's ancestor, Rēhia.

“Don’t ever claim that you are Ngāti Rēhia if you want to tutū with the Treaty,” Epiha’s post read.

Seymour explained to media recently that his great-great-great grandmother was Maraea Te Inutoto, a high-status member of Ngāti Rēhia.

In response to Epiha’s post, Seymour told Stuff that people have a right to their opinion but it was wrong to think that any one person could speak for the entire iwi.

“I am also part-Scottish. I have never heard any Scottish person say that if I don’t agree with them, they will take away my Scottishness. If you stop and think for a moment, what this person is saying is every bit as ridiculous as that.

“This country deserves a say on what the Treaty means. It’s everybody’s country and everybody should have a say in how its constitutional arrangements evolve and develop.”

Seymour said that debate was a positive thing and a “healthier outcome than the division that is being caused by co-governance.

“ACT has consistently said the Treaty is a taonga and that its principles provide the basis for a modern liberal democracy – the Government is sovereign, its job is to protect property rights, and we all have equal rights and duties.”

Epiha said Seymour’s response was narcissistic and ignorant.

“Traditionally, one or two people would speak for the iwi. For Ngāti Rēhia, those are members of te taumata [the leaders’ post].

“After weighing up the opinions of every whānau, te taumata makes the final decision, and it only needs to be said once.

“Scottish lore and tradition, although I respect them, has no place and no comparison here on these lands. Indigeneity here in Aotearoa is when the community you claim as your own also claims you back.”

Epiha said co-governance is the closest Māori have ever been to equity and equality.

“With 183 years of topping the stats for the most incarcerated, abused, unhealthy, and impoverished, we, as Māori, have finally started taking positive steps forward, only for Mr Seymour and his government to bring it into question again.

“Those ancient signatures on that Treaty document are taonga, and they are tapu. It would be foolish to meddle with such power. The world we live in isn’t just physical; the spiritual world runs part and parcel every single day.

“[Our] ancestors were the movers and shakers of the 1800s,” said Ephia, citing Hongi Hika, Turikatuku and Princess Matire Toha.

“These are the greats of all greats and ignorant little David thinks he can claim he is one of us and then tutū with the founding Treaty document that our great ancestors put in place, so we can prosper.”

Epiha said Seymour was missing a whole world of power and beauty.

“I just hope he finds himself at some stage in his life,” he said.

“I invite ACT to prove to Māori and Pākehā exactly how much of a taonga the Treaty is.

[gacougnol]

Chim (David Seymour) (1911 - 1956)

Canal, Venice

1950

[fidjiefidjie]

Bonjour, bonne journée ☕️ 💼

Fillette à l'école 🇬🇷 Grèce 1948

Photo de David Seymour

[federer7]

Ingrid Bergman. Italy. 1953

Photo: David Seymour

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David Seymour. Gina Lollobrigida, Italy

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Basilicate, Matera, Italy, 1948 - by David Seymour (1911 – 1956), Polish

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Ingrid Bergman at her typewriter in Santa Marinella, Italy, 1952. Photo by David Seymour.

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Audrey Hepburn in a little black dress by Hubert de Givanchy during the filming of Funny Face in the Tuileries Garden in Paris in 1956. Photo David Seymour.

For Funny Face, Givenchy made all of Audrey Hepburn's "Parisian" dresses. This ensured that the couturier received the same rating (and an Oscar® nomination) as costume designer Edith Head.

Audrey hepburn dans une petite robe noire signée Hubert de Givanchy pendant le tournage de Funny Face (Drôle de frimousse) dans le jardin des tuileries à Paris en 1956. Photo David Seymour.

Pour Funny Face (Drôle de frimousse), Givenchy a réalisé toutes les robes "parisiennes" d'Audrey Hepburn. Celle-ci s'est assurée que le couturier reçoive la même note (et une nomination aux Oscars®) que la costumière Edith Head.

[sapphia]

waitangi dildo incident 2.0 incoming

the girl who threw the dildo at new zealand politician steven joyce has been spotted in this shirt

[undr]

David Seymour. St. Mark’s Square. Venezia. 1967

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Communist Meeting, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy, Photo by David Seymour, 1948

[mucking-faori]

Can people stop saying that David Seymour, Winston Peters and other Māori bigot politicians are pieces of shit because they were uwu bullied and rejected by other Māori? We did not bring fucking racism upon ourselves. They're assholes because they're giant fucking sellouts who wanted to be in the rich kids club and line their own pockets, and they target maori because they're the easiest scapegoat for the people they're pandering to.

[gacougnol]

Chim (David Seymour) (1911 - 1956)

Woman reading graphic story of Ferdinand the Bull in Life magazine, with the city view behind

Spain 1936 - 1937