Te Pāti Māori not impressed
ACT party leader David Seymour gave his supporters a history lesson on Tuesday, claiming the Māori chiefs who signed te Tiriti would be ACT supporters.
But the idea was swiftly laughed off by Te Pāti Māori.
The speech was billed as the "Road to Real Change", but it seems the road started way back.
"Once upon a time rulers placed little or no value in a person... Galileo looked through his telescope and saw Jupiter's moons… the Enlightenment changed all that."
Throughout the speech, Seymour moved through history. By the time he got to 1840, he said the Treaty of Waitangi was written in the shadow of the Enlightenment.
"Limited government, self-determination, property rights and equality. I reckon the chiefs who signed the Treaty would sign up to ACT today."
But Te Pāti Māori isn't buying it.
Link to article: Seymour believes Māori chiefs who signed te Tiriti would be ACT supporters - Te Pāti Māori not impressed (msn.com)
