From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:04:32 -0500
Subject: For the Kiwis
Happy Waitangi Day (retroactively--my server was miffed this weekend). ....Incidentally.....what is it? Aside from a space reserved on my (apparently Politically Correct) calendar?
From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 12:31:52 +1000
Subject: Re: For the Kiwis
G'day Laserlight, > .Incidentally.....what is it? Aside from a space reserved on Being an Aussie I'm sure to have this messed up, but I think it commemorates the signing of a treaty between the British crown and the Maoris way back when (??) Cheers Beth (who's just noted her Discworld calender has also noted the day and is now wondering where New Zealand is on the Disc!)
From: Andrew Martin <Al.Bri@x...>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 16:40:31 +1300
Subject: Re: For the Kiwis
> Laserlight wrote: <Quotes> http://www.hpl.govt.nz/Waitangi.html On the 6th of February we commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty is seen as the founding document of our nation. It was signed in 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and Maori chiefs. Once considered irrelevant it has become a document central in determining the future of race relations in this country and in the redress of past injustices. The Treaty of Waitangi has different meanings for different people, but it has always remained important to Maori. Join us as we commemorate Waitangi Day 1999. </Quotes> And, in a desperate attempt to steer this back on topic, how would the Treaty of Waitangi apply in the GZG universe?