Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 25, 2023 18:06:42 GMT 12
Barrie Davis: A FAIRYTALE OF NEW ZEALAND.
An often used claim is that the Maoris have been disadvantaged by Europeans in some way. Maoris must therefore be compensated for these ‘wrongs’. But is this true? Did the Europeans really somehow wrong the Maoris?
A couple of statistics suggest not. It is often mentioned that Maoris presently have a lower life expectancy than Europeans. But that can also be considered historically. Maori life expectancy has more than doubled since the time of the Treaty and that is almost certainly due to the good that Europeans brought to New Zealand, such as medical science. Everything the Maoris have today, from the food they eat, the clothes they wear and the houses they live in, to the devices they thumb, the SUVs they drive and the internationally used language they speak and can now write, they have because Europeans came to New Zealand. As a consequence, there were about 100,000 Maoris at the time of the Treaty and about 800,000 part-Maoris now. The fact is, the Maoris flourished under colonialism, as did the colonists and now the Islanders and Asians…..
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/barrie-davis-fairytale-of-new-zealand.html
An often used claim is that the Maoris have been disadvantaged by Europeans in some way. Maoris must therefore be compensated for these ‘wrongs’. But is this true? Did the Europeans really somehow wrong the Maoris?
A couple of statistics suggest not. It is often mentioned that Maoris presently have a lower life expectancy than Europeans. But that can also be considered historically. Maori life expectancy has more than doubled since the time of the Treaty and that is almost certainly due to the good that Europeans brought to New Zealand, such as medical science. Everything the Maoris have today, from the food they eat, the clothes they wear and the houses they live in, to the devices they thumb, the SUVs they drive and the internationally used language they speak and can now write, they have because Europeans came to New Zealand. As a consequence, there were about 100,000 Maoris at the time of the Treaty and about 800,000 part-Maoris now. The fact is, the Maoris flourished under colonialism, as did the colonists and now the Islanders and Asians…..
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/barrie-davis-fairytale-of-new-zealand.html