Professor Paul Moon Gives Us The Full Story On His Cancelled National Library Speech

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  • Опубликовано: 20 дек 2024

Комментарии • 137

  • @kaytaylor9578
    @kaytaylor9578 День назад +16

    Would it be possible for Dr Moon to put his written speech online? I'm sure many people would like to read it. Perhaps there could be a link on this channel?

  • @davethewave7248
    @davethewave7248 День назад +21

    What I find odd is why would a head official of our National Library NOT be supportive of British colonization. I mean, without it our country would not have been built into what it is today. Does this person have no pride in NZ?

    • @cathybrind2381
      @cathybrind2381 День назад +3

      No.

    • @manukokako3790
      @manukokako3790 4 часа назад

      What is it/nz today?

    • @davethewave7248
      @davethewave7248 3 минуты назад

      @@manukokako3790 A pretty decent law-abiding country while many others throughout the world are complete disasters. We should value what we have... which is fragile.

  • @davidburns6956
    @davidburns6956 2 дня назад +30

    Two major points. 1. Do NOT let those in the National Library who seek to cancel hide behind their bureaucracy. Remove their anonymity as public servants. Name them. 2. Paul Moon is an informed historian who presents a nuanced and factual approach to the Treaty. This clashes with those who who have an almost pathological attitude toward the colonial office in the 19cth century verging on anglophobia. The principal narrative is to condemn colonialism and valorize the indigenous. Yes, its decolonization again that is blind to any opposing or alternative narrative.

    • @Colin_Izer1111
      @Colin_Izer1111 2 дня назад +6

      Valorize the indigenous...who are not even indigenous.

    • @manukokako3790
      @manukokako3790 3 часа назад

      P Moon and his dad have been mooning Maori for years. His, and his "histories" often center around negative obsession with warring, and canabilism. Its sensationalism has kept anti Maori sentiment up and at em for years.

  • @peterwiles1299
    @peterwiles1299 2 дня назад +25

    Resignations required.

  • @alanJones-c9l
    @alanJones-c9l 2 дня назад +32

    Good on you Paul

  • @geofflewis8599
    @geofflewis8599 2 дня назад +41

    10 years ago, while doing a family history, I came across a very useful resource called 'Papers Past'. Until about a year into it, whoever oversaw Papers Past began changing the dates on the publications to the Maori calendar , which made dating events difficult as the Maori calendar is six-months out from the standard calendar. It was simple vandalism of an important historic resource. After about a year of struggling with this, and presumably a ton of complaints, they changed it back to the usual calendar..

    • @brucegibbins3792
      @brucegibbins3792 День назад +3

      Papers Past was an irreplaceable resource in researching our family history. I'm sure PP will be helpful in other research projects too.

    • @petesthetreat
      @petesthetreat День назад +2

      A rare and welcome back down, thank goodness.

  • @Sequoia690
    @Sequoia690 День назад +20

    The Director needs to resign.

    • @dougfraser77
      @dougfraser77 16 часов назад

      Nah. Accountability is for the little people, not the elites

  • @gsd4me00
    @gsd4me00 2 дня назад +40

    Wokeness will continue on its merry way as long as weak, woke, Luxon is in charge.

    • @Freeeedumb
      @Freeeedumb 2 дня назад

      @@gsd4me00 what does woke mean?

    • @wokesick
      @wokesick День назад +2

      I'm afraid you're right. Luxon is not our saviour.

    • @KeithFletcher-kb5dv
      @KeithFletcher-kb5dv День назад +1

      Agree Luzon needs to get some B-lls

    • @gordoncooke6785
      @gordoncooke6785 День назад

      Election now let the people decide, or is Seymour happy on the gravy train😮

    • @Freeeedumb
      @Freeeedumb День назад

      @@gsd4me00 what is wokeness?

  • @CoolCoyote
    @CoolCoyote День назад +22

    lets have a wokefree 2025 ay folks

    • @gordoncooke6785
      @gordoncooke6785 День назад

      💩💩💩💩💩woke free enough😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Freeeedumb
      @Freeeedumb День назад

      @CoolCoyote as a fellow act supporter and self-appointed longtime narcissist, I also look forward to only caring about myself 😊

  • @ArthurGraham-t8e
    @ArthurGraham-t8e День назад +6

    If the director still has their job, the change we hoped for has not happened.

  • @Criticont
    @Criticont День назад +10

    Whatever they try to cancel, just makes people more curious of what they were trying to cancel!

    • @rod-contracts1616
      @rod-contracts1616 День назад +1

      Trump proved that beautifully!

    • @Criticont
      @Criticont День назад

      @@rod-contracts1616 It will make people look more closely at Prof. Moon's work. He knows the history well.

  • @johnmartin7158
    @johnmartin7158 2 дня назад +14

    I have met Dr. Paul Moon.
    Seemed a nice bloke.

  • @thewhalsons7624
    @thewhalsons7624 2 дня назад +18

    Paul, try to get the head Liberian of the national library who doesn't like the contents of the marketing of this speech... Let's have his opinion or spin on it...

    • @MarkMcLT
      @MarkMcLT 2 дня назад +4

      His? Her actually.

    • @zweed69
      @zweed69 2 дня назад +2

      @@MarkMcLT not surprised

    • @keepingitreal618
      @keepingitreal618 День назад +3

      @@MarkMcLTexplains everything

    • @SueSuzieHHull
      @SueSuzieHHull День назад +3

      ​@@MarkMcLT Time to put the National Library in its lane

  • @LionelToomey
    @LionelToomey День назад +4

    A emeritus professor!
    A highly professional
    Experienced NZ published historian!
    What an absolute disgrace!

  • @wokesick
    @wokesick 2 дня назад +28

    I'd hate to know what books they are censoring in our public libraries.

    • @Peter_Pepper_Love
      @Peter_Pepper_Love 2 дня назад

      My Struggles ✋️😏(((💛)))

    • @Freeeedumb
      @Freeeedumb 2 дня назад +2

      You must be gutted mein kampf was on the list

    • @Andrew-j3l
      @Andrew-j3l 2 дня назад +9

      I watched in dismay. As many thousands of books were culled over the past ten or so years...pallets full from my local rural library alone..one of the librarians said " go for it if you want to....fill a box" I did..the library has turned into a meeting place for teens..no noise restrictions..the very definition of library is " a storage place for the written word"...nobody is talking about the national library divesting itself of thousands of books a couple of years back....he who controls the information, controls the world
      ..

    • @schlookie
      @schlookie День назад

      ​@@Freeeedumbgrow up

    • @kungfutzu3779
      @kungfutzu3779 День назад +1

      @@Andrew-j3l i understand there is limited storage space & if they are to acquire new books they must sometimes get rid of old ones. that's sad enough, but then there's the worry that their choice of which old ones to get rid of might not be quite neutral

  • @kj1483
    @kj1483 День назад +9

    Prof Moon saying the library's director wanted him to remove a quote from historian John Seeley, which famously described the
    British Empire being 'acquired in a fit of absence of mind'.
    'But what arguably makes the matter worse are the attempts at controlling what is said or written by someone the library has invited as a speaker.'
    Prof Moon told Daily Mail Australia the quote was meant to demonstrate the chaotic and haphazard nature of the British colonisation of New Zealand.
    Britain's plans to take sovereignty of New Zealand with the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 were put into effect in a matter of months, he explained.
    'Seeley encapsulated that in the quote and I thought it was quite useful - it's been used by many historians,' Prof Moon said.
    'There was absolutely nothing controversial about what I was going to say. There's nothing particularly new about it or radical.'
    To interpret the quote as being supportive of British colonisation was an 'extraordinarily ill-informed view'.
    The library had earlier taken exception to Prof Moon's use of the term 'whakapapa' - the Maori word for genealogy, in the speech and asked him to remove it, which he reluctantly did.
    No reason was given and Prof Moon was surprised, given that incorporating Maori terms was 'one of the things we're encouraged to do'.

  • @quintinsmith5400
    @quintinsmith5400 2 дня назад +10

    Funny, I have noticed recently a change in the way my family's history is being displayed and framed in the national library. Anything positive about the relationship between them and maori has been changed. Something smells.

  • @kj1483
    @kj1483 День назад +6

    History professor is CENSORED - over single detail in his lecture:
    'It could be seen as us agreeing with Britain conquering the world'
    Academic told to remove quote from speech
    Library slammed for 'extremely sensitive' move

  • @geoffstokes
    @geoffstokes 2 дня назад +10

    Why do these bureaucrats say one thing, then when challenged, they reinterpret what they clearly wrote, and speak out of the other side of their mouths. It's called lying!

    • @CitizenofAucklandSilentAudits
      @CitizenofAucklandSilentAudits День назад

      Watch out for Geoff, he sends pictures of his body parts to underage children, very bad man.

    • @mikev4621
      @mikev4621 День назад +1

      It's how they handle a situation that they don't know how will unfold. They hold up a hat on a stick and if it gets fired at they pull it down

    • @geoffstokes
      @geoffstokes День назад

      ​@@mikev4621I think they just lie

  • @pradeepmagan6951
    @pradeepmagan6951 День назад +4

    maybe we needs to start a system like they have in the US that all govt CEO's resign so the govt can install their own team

  • @rogertayler8924
    @rogertayler8924 День назад +4

    What is of national concern is the maintenance of free speech and history.

  • @mrsANGRYh
    @mrsANGRYh День назад +4

    Don’t self censor Professor Paul Moon.

  • @Abuamina001
    @Abuamina001 День назад +4

    Library staff are great folk, but they are softies and easily bullied by loud politically motivated voices.

  • @Dave183
    @Dave183 2 дня назад +4

    There are aspects of our conversations- that could probably do with a bit of discussion. How else are we going to learn; and how else will civilisation get to progress...?

  • @Handleur
    @Handleur День назад +1

    When it gets to this point there has to be action taken immediately. Crazy emails like this will cause major division. We regularly hear about suppression on your show. I want to hear about what's been done about it and action taken to prevent it.
    And I have heard they do burn books in our national library.

  • @MartinCraig-zt2sv
    @MartinCraig-zt2sv 2 дня назад +4

    Good to hear one side of the story

    • @zweed69
      @zweed69 2 дня назад

      you mean the 'other side' we already know what the feds think....

    • @robertfrancis5901
      @robertfrancis5901 2 дня назад

      Well put.

  • @Marius_vanderLubbe
    @Marius_vanderLubbe 2 дня назад +9

    I wonder if van velden would be receptive to academics for justice in Palestine speaking in libraries...

    • @Marius_vanderLubbe
      @Marius_vanderLubbe 2 дня назад +1

      @@greetingsfromnewzealand That wasn't the question.

    • @greetingsfromnewzealand
      @greetingsfromnewzealand 2 дня назад +7

      ​@@Marius_vanderLubbe the Library asked Paul Moon to speak. they never asked academics for Palestine, but you have set your sights on Van Velden. Why not go ask a Mexican greeny for a talk on Fentanyl imports?

    • @MartinCraig-zt2sv
      @MartinCraig-zt2sv 2 дня назад

      Or Freedom of Speech for Rainbow New Zealanders

    • @Marius_vanderLubbe
      @Marius_vanderLubbe 2 дня назад

      @@greetingsfromnewzealand Not a fan of free speech, gym?

    • @greetingsfromnewzealand
      @greetingsfromnewzealand 2 дня назад +1

      @@Marius_vanderLubbe All for it, so is Van Velden, but the librarians are doubtful. If the academics for Palestine can get a gig, great, but I booked gigs for many years, and it requires taking action rather than talking about what ifs.

  • @erinloo8921
    @erinloo8921 День назад +1

    Paul Moon once came to christchurch to give a talk on free speech. He was working at Victoria University at the time. He didnt like what two Christchurch people had to say so he left in a huff without staying for the enormous elaborate afternoon which was put in for him. This sounds like another huff to me. Pauls way or the highway.

  • @gretchenbrown5587
    @gretchenbrown5587 День назад +1

    Who is the Director of the Library , they should be named , if they stand by their decision, they should have to publicly defend it , because they’ve made a personal decision, not one in the ‘best interests’ of the rest of us . Who is this person ?

  • @greetingsfromnewzealand
    @greetingsfromnewzealand 2 дня назад +10

    We must speak Maori, we must not speak Maori, why spend millions teaching a language we're not allowed to speak.

    • @dossnone4554
      @dossnone4554 2 дня назад +2

      If we have straight talk and you have less to be confused about, the subject becomes very small and significant.

    • @zweed69
      @zweed69 2 дня назад

      @@dossnone4554 💯 progressive 'diversity' has always been a psy op

  • @judithvickery1584
    @judithvickery1584 День назад +3

    Would be good Shaun if you also have a video telling people what is happening with our tax payers money being used for trans operations.
    Family first give a detailed factual account of what’s happening that most people don’t know about

    • @Freeeedumb
      @Freeeedumb День назад

      @judithvickery1584 😂 farrrrout! The govt gave any tax money to landlords.. which the taxpayer now has to repay with interest cos it was a loan (10 billion to be exact).. and you're worried about this? Dissapointingly I'm not shocked or surprised. Roll on the outrage

  • @checormack
    @checormack 2 дня назад +6

    What is the quote in question?

    • @zweed69
      @zweed69 2 дня назад

      thats what I wondered

    • @kungfutzu3779
      @kungfutzu3779 День назад +1

      according to another post above: "a quote from historian John Seeley, which famously described the
      British Empire being 'acquired in a fit of absence of mind'."

  • @beneagleson3026
    @beneagleson3026 День назад

    Official information act request a list of speakers and whose travel costs were paid and whose weren’t - it would be interesting to see if its policy or not

  • @jasonkoia8027
    @jasonkoia8027 2 дня назад +4

    Wuold helping he gave the quote so we cuold determine the context of whakapapa because I whakapapa before the waka migrations

    • @CitizenofAucklandSilentAudits
      @CitizenofAucklandSilentAudits День назад +1

      Whats a whakapapa?

    • @ecosus2038
      @ecosus2038 День назад +2

      i would like to hear your story of whakapapa before the waka migrations. is there a publication you can lead me to, i get the feeling i am being lied to about our history both colonial and pre - colonial.

    • @jasonkoia8027
      @jasonkoia8027 День назад +1

      @@CitizenofAucklandSilentAudits genealogy

    • @jasonkoia8027
      @jasonkoia8027 День назад

      @ecosus2038 wai 3276 my treaty claim in public record, my brief of evidence gives the history of my tribe and land rights before the migrations, you might also be interested in my submission on the treaty principles bill

  • @mikebutler2761
    @mikebutler2761 18 часов назад

    I hope Santa drops off a personality on xmas day for porky plunket😂

  • @Stupenz
    @Stupenz 4 часа назад

    The unelected bureaucrats attack on academic freedom continues (sigh)

  • @korowheke3182
    @korowheke3182 2 дня назад +2

    so what was the phrase he used? was it just the word whakapapa?

    • @kungfutzu3779
      @kungfutzu3779 День назад +1

      according to another post above: " a quote from historian John Seeley, which famously described the
      British Empire being 'acquired in a fit of absence of mind'."

  • @arirahall6918
    @arirahall6918 19 часов назад

    Libraries used to be the sacred spaces of colonialists.

  • @jinjaman101
    @jinjaman101 День назад +1

    Gone fishing.

  • @sueedwards9334
    @sueedwards9334 14 часов назад

    It would be both interesting and informative to know the context of the use of the word 'whakapapa', as it is a word now used by every woke person in the country, so why wouldn't they want to include it? However, perhaps it is a simple matter of a non-woke person wanting to use only English words in the summary of the speech, so that it is understood by everyone?

  • @jasonedwardledburynewzeala9897
    @jasonedwardledburynewzeala9897 День назад

    What does Sean Hat Say?

  • @hextoken
    @hextoken День назад +2

    Paul Moon is more an activists than a truthful historian.

  • @pgreen8531
    @pgreen8531 День назад

    Is he a moony

  • @pgreen8531
    @pgreen8531 День назад +1

    Does he moon people from the window of his car 😂😂😂