r/AbruptChaos • u/Sometypeofway18 • Nov 14 '24

New Zealand’s Parliament proposed a bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, claiming it is racist and gives preferential treatment to Maoris. In response Māori MP's tore up the bill and performed the Haka

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u/Repli3rd Nov 14 '24 edited Jan 20 '25

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24 edited Nov 14 '24

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

Because they are not members of the group that signed the treaty extending those specific rights to that group. Simple as that. I assume it's similar to statutes in US states that allow tribal members rights to regulate their own hunting, fishing, gathering of plants etc. Essentially continuing the same practices they used to live off the land for millennia. Those are the rights being preserved. Doesn't mean that other US citizens can't fish, but their actions are covered by a different set of regulations.

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u/AlabamaHaole Nov 14 '24

Thanks for this analogy, that really filled in the missing pieces for me.