Witnessing opening shots in a new civil war in New Zealand

Article the first:

The Chiefs of the Confederation of the United Tribes of New Zealand and the separate and independent Chiefs who have not become members of the Confederation cede to Her Majesty the Queen of England absolutely and without reservation all the rights and powers of Sovereignty which the said Confederation or Individual Chiefs respectively exercise or possess, or may be supposed to exercise or to possess over their respective Territories as the sole sovereigns thereof.

 

Some would have you believe that the Treaty Of Waitangi Article The First did not cede sovereignity and have defaced the English version of the Treaty display at Te Papa.  

Protesters have climbed an exhibit at Te Papa Museum in Wellington and defaced the English translation of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

The group, Te Waka Hourua, entered the museum around midday on Monday, making their way to level four, where they used spray paint and a power tool to damage the exhibit.

We have just witnessed the opening salvo of a new civil war.  Also in other news the rogue tribunal at Waitangi says Ngapuhi sovereignity was never ceded.

Bring it on.  A discussion long overdue.