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100 pages, Paperback
First published November 11, 2000
You are the Queen of England. You are the white heron.You have flown over every valley of this land, and where your shadow has been thrown, there the land has been taken. I was named after the Treaty which your forefathers signed to guarantee our ownership. You have failed us. You have dishonoured my name. You have broken the Treaty-
You, Pakeha, you have always wanted us to die, haven't you, and this was your way how to do it. We tried to take our sick to the hospitals and you put up roadblocks to prevent us. Wherever we went, north, south, east, west, you trapped us and kept us imprisoned. You, Pakeha, you refused us medical supplies. Yes, and you, Pakeha, in the end you said it was us who had caused the flu.