Talk:Āpirana Ngata

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Assessment[edit]

I've dropped the assessment back to Start class. There are hardly any sources with this article, let along inline references. As a politics article, it is missing basic elements like a NZ parlbox and a succession box. I'll add to the article myself as I find some time and inclination. Schwede 66 17:47, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More sources:Schwede 66 19:09, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Prominent supporter" of land confiscations[edit]

I have again reverted the subjective opinion by an IP editor that Ngata was "a prominent supporter" of the 1860s land confiscations. Such a statement needs to be sourced to a reliable published source. It is not up to Wikipedia editors to decide which individuals were prominent in holding a particular view. The same editor has tried to similarly impose his/her own view of history at [1]. Please stop your disruptive editing. BlackCab (talk) 10:47, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]