"What does it mean to 'acknowledge the ongoing colonisation of Aotearo New Zealand' and what are the practical implications of that?"

There will never be an acknowledgment of such a thing from the state. To do so would be the state putting its own head in the guillotine so to speak.

Just as much as some people in this discussion that assume that all Maori are on the dole...are most unlikely to acknowledge that the way state armed forces treated the people of Ruatoki during the raids last year is despicable to say the least let alone oppressive/racist etc etc. Even though if it had been a different location, say Ricarton, they would probably have been in the frontline of the protest against such an action.

In those cases I think most would agree to the premise that treating an entire community as proto-terrorist is oppressive. There will always be some that see oppression as necessary when it comes to maintaining the illusion of power.

There are many misinformations and myths concerning the Treaty that people have taken on as fact let alone, know no facts at all. Heres a few.

1/ The basic assumption that the Treaty was ever for one minute honoured by the Crown is the first rumour that needs dispelling. This is evidenced by the fact that many of the representatives that signed the Treaty found themselves 20+ years later either being attacked by the Crown forces or 'de-landed' by the forces of Colonisation.

2/ That paying out money whether to the tribe, or in a way of a service to Maori, for stolen land is an act of justice, and not just an attempt to solicit Maori silence.

3/ That colonisation is something that happened and ended 100 years ago. When we can easily see in 'other' countries that the process of colonisation is continuous to the point of complete extinction, in any event, its continuous and fervent.

4/ That confiscations ended some 100 years ago, yet the largest body of land and rights ever confiscated happened in 2004 with the Seabed and Foreshore Legislation.

5/ That the Treaty created rights for Maori when it in fact stripped all rights (since the English version is the forcefully recognised version by the State) is one of the greatest myths of all.

6/ That NZders own any rights is thee paramount myth of the millennia. Everything has been or is in the process of being sold off.