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this article). Following are some reports I was able to find via the World
Wide Web (WWW) from an electronic publication in England:
Excerpted from The Electronic Telegraph ("http://www.telegraph.co.uk/")
Friday 3 November 1995 World News
Republican rumblings at start of royal tour
By Robert Hardman in Wellington
THE Queen received her first formal warning that New Zealand is moving in a
republican direction as she began her week-long tour of the country
yesterday...
...Maori affairs dominated the Queen's agenda for the day. Opening the
country's newly-refurbished Parliament building, she gave her support to the
government's proposals to settle numerous land disputes dating back to the
Waitangi Treaty of 1840 between Maori chiefs and the Crown.
The treaty promised the Maoris "full, exclusive and undisturbed possession
of their lands and estates, forests, fisheries and other properties".
In return, they accepted British sovereignty. By general consent, the Maoris
got the raw end of the deal.
More than 150 years later, the treaty is now being enforced by the courts
and Mr Bolger's government is to set aside #400 million to settle the claims
in full. [ That's four hundred million pounds sterling. --Gary ]
A task that calls for patience, tolerance
"During my last visit in 1990, I spoke of the intense scrutiny of the treaty
of Waitangi and the legacy of promise which the treaty held for its
partners," the Queen told her cross-party audience.
"I hope all New Zealanders will consider the size and nature of the task
before you, a task that calls for patience, tolerance, perseverance and a
will to succeed."
Today, the Queen will sign her assent to the first piece of legislation
drawn up under the new proposals.
It will say that the Crown "apologises" to the moderate Tainui tribe for
what has happened since 1840 and that the New Zealand government has pledged
a compensation package worth #75 million.
It is the first of many such deals.
In keeping with this major theme of the tour, yesterday morning's opening
engagement took the Queen to a Maori arts and crafts institute at Rotorua.
Outside, around 60 Maori militants made a vocal but peaceful demonstration
demanding, among other things, that the Queen go home, that the Queen tell
the government to hand back all Maori land and that the Queen remove herself
from the governmental process altogether.
The Queen preferred to look at displays of Maori dancing and crafts, a
cluster of geysers and a baffled, one-legged Kiwi called Kes.
1 November 1995: Prince Philip knows when to say no more noses
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Prince Philip knows when to say no more noses
By Robert Hardman in Auckland
PRINCE PHILIP found it hard going yesterday when he was given a Maori welcome at the start of the royal tour of New Zealand.
A handful of elders from the Te Arawa tribe lined up to "hongi" on the island of Mokoia in Lake Rotorua - a rubbing of noses "to share the air".
But as the Prince set about his task, the line of elders and noses began to grow. He called it a day at 36 and went to share the air with some stitchbirds, whose breeding programme is funded by one of his charities.
Early today the Queen arrived to join the Prince for their tour of New Zealand and to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. After the greeting formalities, she spent the day resting at a private lodge.
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