Letters: Our history should be passed on to our children

Lizzie Marvelly has started a conversation about our history. Photo/Stephen Parker

Re Lizzie Marvelly: Unearth treasures of Māori history (Rotorua Daily Post, September 23)

Thank you Lizzie for reminding the whole country (Aotearoa) the significance of our Maori history is for our younger generation to pass on to their children and so on.

We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practise, and another which we practise but seldom preach.

C'mon New Zealand, let's do this!

KAHU DEAN RANGIAWHA
Rotorua

Draft treaties in Latin

With regard to the recent discussions of the legality of the Waitangi Treaty: after much discussion with the members of the Historical Group, the proposition was put forward that perhaps all treaties, not just that of Waitangi, should be drafted in Latin; this may not be such a silly idea after all.

Many years ago the medical and the biological groups decided to name most items in Latin on the grounds that Latin was more easily identified in every country regardless of their native language. This makes a lot of sense.

Treaties should be read the same regardless of native language - the only way to ensure this is to use a language that never varies - and whatever the tongue of the user what is written will never change. It may well - if adopted - save a lot of heartache and dispute!

JIM ADAMS
Rotorua