tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305773119423571989.post9212241825249180782..comments2020-05-10T01:40:08.832-07:00Comments on Legato Exhibition: From New Zealand's HistoryKayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08237406486736942911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305773119423571989.post-91807187875893938392011-04-10T00:15:26.131-07:002011-04-10T00:15:26.131-07:00Thank you for your response. It is no coincidence...Thank you for your response. It is no coincidence I am sure that my next blog post theme is to be on a nation's stance as peace makers. It concerns me that countries who previously took a stand only as peace keepers are now involved in what may be seen as acts of aggression in the current war zones of Afghanistan and Libya, to name only two. <br /><br />I believe very firmly in educating for a culture of peace, and that is exactly what the Moriori people have done. <br /><br />You may take a small amount of satisfaction from the fact that when I was at primary school in the 1960s in rural Hawkes Bay we were taught about the pacifist peoples from whom you are descended. Sadly I doubt that it is in the current school curriculum, but perhaps we can get it back in there somehow.<br /><br />Please email me at legato.exhibitions@gmail.com so we can discuss how we can take this conversation and peace movement further.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237406486736942911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305773119423571989.post-71978583141795849552011-04-09T17:00:51.987-07:002011-04-09T17:00:51.987-07:00Tena ko, I applaud this article as historically ac...Tena ko, I applaud this article as historically accurate. However, the author and indeed all NZers need to know that 500 years before Te Whiti o Rongomai, the Moriori people of Rekohu (Chatham Islands) had observed an ancient peace covenant that remains unbroken by Moriori to this day. Te Whiti would have been aware of the Moriori pacifist doctrine as it was his kinsmen (from Te Atiawa) who had invaded Rekohu and killed/enslaved Moriori in 1835. Moreover, Moriori had been taken to Taranaki as slaves in the 1840s and 1850s. Moriori also wore albatross feathers in their hair as a symbol of peace and bales of albatross feathers were sent from Rekohu to Parihaka in the 1860s - too many coincidences for there not to be a direct connection between Te Whiti's pacifist doctrine and that practiced by Moriori for many centuries. It would be nice for folk to acknowledge not just Te Whiti and Tohu as NZ leaders in Pacifism, but acknowledge that they in turn were most likely influenced by the ancient Moriori peace philosophy and practice. Me rongo (in peace), Maui Solomon, (grandson of Tommy Solomon and GM of Hokotehi Moriori Trust - www.moriori.co.nz)Maui Solomonhttp://www.moriori.co.nznoreply@blogger.com