Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 21, 2023 8:17:13 GMT 12
Denis Hall: MAORI CULTURE SHAPED BY EUROPEAN CULTURE.
That division is well entrenched now - and is counter to National unity.
The gruesome fact remains - and the thing we have to remember in this dynamic – is that the vast majority of immigrants come to join the New Zealand version of the Great Western European Culture and Civilization. (GWECC)
Well? They just do. They are not coming to live in Polynesia - they are coming to live in NEW ZEALAND. They are attracted here by the NEW ZEALAND BRAND, not hakas and poi dances.
Aotearoa is of no interest to them at any level - they are just confused and worried by it - and can’t believe we would be that stupid - and I know that from first-hand experience.
I suspect that all that may be unpalatable for some to see written down – but it is none the less a fact. The immigrants do not come here to live a Maori way of life. Yes - I do know – that is a blunt way to express that fact – but it sure makes the point.
“We are a nation of immigrants.” Says some smartarse politician - but then they show by their policies that they just see these recently immigrated people as fodder for the work force.
Then there’s this: The other very basic reality about that – is that the European New Zealanders do not need Maori Culture – but the Maori people sure do need European Culture – and that reality is a cause for some anger and resentment among some sectors of the population - and that manifests itself in a range of uncomfortable ways.
I have to repeat myself: As a sidebar to that is that by far the majority of all recent immigrants – white or whatever – want to move on from where they were and whatever that was - to NEW ZEALAND - to join and be part of the greater Global European Culture - not the indigenous Maori Culture - and that also is obvious and may just add to the Maori sense of resentment.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/08/denis-hall-maori-culture-shaped-by.html
That division is well entrenched now - and is counter to National unity.
The gruesome fact remains - and the thing we have to remember in this dynamic – is that the vast majority of immigrants come to join the New Zealand version of the Great Western European Culture and Civilization. (GWECC)
Well? They just do. They are not coming to live in Polynesia - they are coming to live in NEW ZEALAND. They are attracted here by the NEW ZEALAND BRAND, not hakas and poi dances.
Aotearoa is of no interest to them at any level - they are just confused and worried by it - and can’t believe we would be that stupid - and I know that from first-hand experience.
I suspect that all that may be unpalatable for some to see written down – but it is none the less a fact. The immigrants do not come here to live a Maori way of life. Yes - I do know – that is a blunt way to express that fact – but it sure makes the point.
“We are a nation of immigrants.” Says some smartarse politician - but then they show by their policies that they just see these recently immigrated people as fodder for the work force.
Then there’s this: The other very basic reality about that – is that the European New Zealanders do not need Maori Culture – but the Maori people sure do need European Culture – and that reality is a cause for some anger and resentment among some sectors of the population - and that manifests itself in a range of uncomfortable ways.
I have to repeat myself: As a sidebar to that is that by far the majority of all recent immigrants – white or whatever – want to move on from where they were and whatever that was - to NEW ZEALAND - to join and be part of the greater Global European Culture - not the indigenous Maori Culture - and that also is obvious and may just add to the Maori sense of resentment.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/08/denis-hall-maori-culture-shaped-by.html