Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 11, 2017 6:01:07 GMT 12
OH TO BE A PROUD NZer
Is it time to talk radical Maori .. Most of my Maori friends have never seen or received any of the money's given them over the years.
People put Maori as all one race, Yet from what I've seen and heard Maori see themselves as tribal, as does the government giving out megga bucks to one tribe over the others. IS this tribal racism?
Radical Maori are adamant NZ is theirs ......
How can we tell them they were colonized? We could say we saved them from themselves tribes were killing each other and apparently eating each other.
I really don't know you see I wasn't there at the time and I don't know anybody who was ... there's been stuff written about the time reflecting the writers interpretation ... and the Maori stories handed down through the ages highly resembling Chinese whispers.
Three cheers for our Governments instead of calling all NZ born peoples NZers they lump us into categories ... nz european,/pakeha ... nz Maori ... Tongan, Asian, Fijian etc etc ... could it be our Government is racist ? ... OH to be a proud NZer just like Irene Van Dyke. (slightly edited)
By J B
Is it time to talk radical Maori .. Most of my Maori friends have never seen or received any of the money's given them over the years.
People put Maori as all one race, Yet from what I've seen and heard Maori see themselves as tribal, as does the government giving out megga bucks to one tribe over the others. IS this tribal racism?
Radical Maori are adamant NZ is theirs ......
How can we tell them they were colonized? We could say we saved them from themselves tribes were killing each other and apparently eating each other.
I really don't know you see I wasn't there at the time and I don't know anybody who was ... there's been stuff written about the time reflecting the writers interpretation ... and the Maori stories handed down through the ages highly resembling Chinese whispers.
Three cheers for our Governments instead of calling all NZ born peoples NZers they lump us into categories ... nz european,/pakeha ... nz Maori ... Tongan, Asian, Fijian etc etc ... could it be our Government is racist ? ... OH to be a proud NZer just like Irene Van Dyke. (slightly edited)
By J B