Not light reading

But the beer was light, as it is zero alcohol beer, called by the brewery that make it Bare Beer. I left work early so as to go to a pharmacy in New Lynn, where they administer the latest COVID vaccination. S had her booster (although that word is not being used) a couple of days ago. These vaccines are like the yearly flu vaccines; designed for the current variation.

S told me that daughter C has posted a long piece on Facebook. Six years ago she had first written a piece to explain in simple language, Te Tiriti Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi). In particular that the version signed by almost the signatories was the Te Reo version. You can read it by searching for Clementine Fraser - Author

The leader of the ACT party who has been driving the Government towards holding a referendum on the treaty. Many of us fear that just as with the referendum on BREXIT, and the recent Australian referendum on formalising giving people of the first nations a voice in Parliament, Aotearoa/New Zealand will be split asunder. All just to gratify one man's ego.

I am so impressed by C's clearly and carefully presented argument as to why we all need to honour the treaty. Who we are as a nation is based solidly within the framework of the Treaty. We don't always get it right, but it gives a measuring stick and a map so we can.