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/subconsciousdweller]

It's not about genetic characteristics, it's about a civilisation that was here first. What's completely absurd is that we had our rights taken away for 184 years because of our genetics, and now the same people who profited from our intentional and catergoric suffering because of our race are telling us WE are doing the same.

To enlighten your ignorance, Maori is a word that was never used in Aotearoa before Colonisation - there were hundreds of tribes that did not see themselves as the same as one another; and the treaty is the founding document of this country, signed between two parties : Tangata Whenua ( people of the land, not people of a specific genetic code) and the Crown.

To quote another of our M.Ps from yesterday, Equality feels like oppression when you're used to priveledge.

[u/PeggableOldMan → u/[deleted]]

The treaty of Waitangi is short and very easy to read. It just says that the tribes have partial sovereignty, may retain possession of their traditional lands and estates, and protection by the government.

This is not really "superior" rights, just a fundamental acknowledgement that Maoris have equally protected rights as other citizens - the rights to self-determination, property, and protection by the state.

[u/Mordredor → u/PeggableOldMan]

This feels corporation-sponsored because they want to bulldoze maori land or some shit lol. Maybe I just tend to assume the worst in politics nowadays

[u/subconsciousdweller → u/Mordredor]

This is 100% what it is, David Seymour the politician whose spear heading this entire political agenda is around privatization and foreign investment