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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 1, 2019 3:50:40 GMT 12
NEW ZEALAND WARS SOW THE SEED OF RACIAL DIVISION WE EXPERIENCE TODAY It is a study, as the title suggests, concentrating in detail on the major campaigns of the New Zealand Wars between 1845-1864, when so many lives were lost and so much land was confiscated, leaving, as Simons puts it, "an immense shadow across the nation's history". He goes on to argue the wars are "the origin of many of the issues that have caused ongoing friction between Māori and the Crown, and they continue to fuel anger and disaffection among various interest groups today". Moreover, it's a shadow that darkens contemporary politics as much as yesterday's, stretching from the recent past when a political party leader boosted his ratings sky high by rubbishing the Treaty of Waitangi to a re-elected city councillor who says it is all a joke. www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/116984332/new-zealand-wars-sow-the-seed-of-racial-division-we-experience-today
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