Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 11, 2019 17:15:24 GMT 12
COOK ARRIVAL TO AOTEAROA EVENT 'ENCOURAGES AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS', MP SAYS
A $23 million event marking 250 years since Europeans arrived on Māori shores has been labelled "tone-deaf" by indigenous rights activists.
An online petition asking to stop replica Captain James Cook ship Endeavour coming to Aotearoa shores has more than 1800 signatures.
"They came here, they killed our people and claimed our land, and we're still reeling from that."
Māori Crown Relations Minister Kelvin Davis understood the differing reactions to the event ... "We know that the first encounters weren't a fairytale. People died."
Māori stories would have prominence, he said......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/114126602/cook-arrival-to-aotearoa-event-encourages-awkward-conversations-mp-says
A $23 million event marking 250 years since Europeans arrived on Māori shores has been labelled "tone-deaf" by indigenous rights activists.
An online petition asking to stop replica Captain James Cook ship Endeavour coming to Aotearoa shores has more than 1800 signatures.
"They came here, they killed our people and claimed our land, and we're still reeling from that."
Māori Crown Relations Minister Kelvin Davis understood the differing reactions to the event ... "We know that the first encounters weren't a fairytale. People died."
Māori stories would have prominence, he said......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/114126602/cook-arrival-to-aotearoa-event-encourages-awkward-conversations-mp-says