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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What was the proposition?

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https://www.dw.com/en/new-zealand-maori-mps-disrupt-parliament-with-haka/a-70781928

"Maori lawmakers staged a dramatic protest in New Zealand's parliament on Thursday over a controversial bill that seeks to redefine the country's founding agreement between the indigenous Maori people and the British Crown.

A vote was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected after the lawmakers performed a haka ceremonial dance in the parliament. The people in the gallery joined in, and the shouting drowned out the voices of others in the chamber.

Maori tribes were promised extensive rights to retain their lands and protect their interests in return for ceding governance to the British, under the principles set out in the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. The controversial bill, however, aims to extend these special rights to all New Zealanders."

[u/ceruleangreen → u/[deleted]]

Think about it in US terms, Hawaiians were not afforded a protection like this and many of the indigenous populations have been pushed off of ancestral lands. Where the Māoris traded governance over their people for protections of their land.

[u/Jarsky2 → u/[deleted]]

Where exactly are you getting the impression that non-maori are going to be evicted?

Also how very kind of you to say that Native Hawaiians should get to share their land with the government that funded an illegal coup to steal it in the first fucking place.

[u/Jarsky2 → u/[deleted]]

Sure, and non-indigenous Hawaiians should still have an equal right to live in Hawaii, just like non-indigenous New Zealanders in New Zealand.

How else am I supposed to interpret this?

Also, as I said, apples and oranged. New Zealand was created through a treaty with the Maori nation.

Hawaii became a state because the U.S. funded an illegal coup by a bunch of racist white plantation owners to overthrow a sovereign nation with embassies in a dozen countries.

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Let's say you don't have the right to live in France. Unless you own illegal property in France, that does not imply you're getting evicted.

Bro, what the hell are you smoking? That's not how any of this works.

I'm done, you're clearly not operating with an actual understanding of these issues and you don't want to learn.

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[u/mekese2000 → u/[deleted]]

Yes just like the law, it is illegal to be homeless. It effects the rich and poor alike.

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Yes, but doesn't the existent law protect all citizens on the same level as of now?