Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 31, 2020 15:45:59 GMT 12
Mike Butler: HIDDEN SLAUGHTER REVEALED
Unrestrained slaughter – The Maori Musket Wars 1800-1840 is a brief account of a gruesome chapter in New Zealand history in which Maori killed about one third of their people.
Maori tribes have a long history of fighting each other since they arrived in New Zealand around 1250AD. Each new influx of arrivals from the islands found numerous people living here, many of whom were killed so that the newcomers could take over.
In Maori society, there were many reasons to take up arms. Tribes needed to hold on to their land and food resources so had to repel attacks. Young men were trained for war and lived to establish a reputation by success on the battlefield.
There was also the culture of violent revenge for deaths and insults. Revenge could be exacted by taking action against people totally unrelated to the source of the insult......
...........Fighting in the Musket Wars created a genocide which left a harmed and struggling population. Robinson’s account undermines the official narrative, that Maori lived in a peaceful and superior wonderland until the wicked white coloniser came along and wrecked it all. .....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2020/03/unrestrained-slaughter-maori-musket.html
Unrestrained slaughter – The Maori Musket Wars 1800-1840 is a brief account of a gruesome chapter in New Zealand history in which Maori killed about one third of their people.
Maori tribes have a long history of fighting each other since they arrived in New Zealand around 1250AD. Each new influx of arrivals from the islands found numerous people living here, many of whom were killed so that the newcomers could take over.
In Maori society, there were many reasons to take up arms. Tribes needed to hold on to their land and food resources so had to repel attacks. Young men were trained for war and lived to establish a reputation by success on the battlefield.
There was also the culture of violent revenge for deaths and insults. Revenge could be exacted by taking action against people totally unrelated to the source of the insult......
...........Fighting in the Musket Wars created a genocide which left a harmed and struggling population. Robinson’s account undermines the official narrative, that Maori lived in a peaceful and superior wonderland until the wicked white coloniser came along and wrecked it all. .....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2020/03/unrestrained-slaughter-maori-musket.html
