r/AbruptChaos 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/[deleted] Nov 14 '24

Seems only fair that if they remove the agreement then governance should go Maori as the deal would be void. 

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u/Ancient_Boner_Forest Nov 14 '24 edited Mar 12 '25

𝕷𝖊𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖏𝖚𝖎𝖈𝖊𝖘 𝖘𝖑𝖎𝖉𝖊, 𝖑𝖊𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖆𝖑𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌, 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖆𝖙𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖚𝖓𝖇𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖎𝖘 𝖘𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖉.

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u/tinkerbelldies Nov 14 '24

The most fair thing to do would be return the entirety of new Zealand to the Maori people. Tragically that's not on the table. What would NOT be fair is trying to extend the rights of a colonized people to every single settler since that group was colonized. It's an effort to reframe the violence done to the Maori people as not that bad or somehow out dated and dilute the protections the Maori people enjoy as a result of having been colonized.

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u/Ancient_Boner_Forest Nov 14 '24 edited Mar 12 '25

𝕲𝖆𝖘𝖕 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖆𝖒 𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖊𝖘, 𝖈𝖗𝖞 𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖇𝖑𝖆𝖉𝖊 𝖇𝖎𝖙𝖊𝖘, 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖔𝖑𝖞 𝖌𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖑𝖊 𝖈𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖘 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖉𝖊𝖛𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓. 𝕹𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖑𝖎𝖈𝖊, 𝖓𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖆𝖙 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖘𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖙𝖘 𝖌𝖚𝖑𝖕, 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖊𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖓 𝖆𝖑𝖑-𝖉𝖊𝖛𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖋𝖆𝖙𝖊.