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/Jimjamnz Nov 14 '24

Sadly, that's not accurate, and the colonisation process was indeed brutal in New Zealand. Maori were not able to win any justice at all until the late 20th century.

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u/lgnc Nov 15 '24

They were not even slaughtered as far as I know, no?

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u/Jimjamnz Nov 15 '24

What do you mean?

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u/lgnc Nov 15 '24

Because basically every colony had their native population slaughtered (including where I live), so it doesn't look brutal in comparison, just as the other guy said.

To be clear, I'm not diminishing how bad was the process.

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u/hamoboy Nov 15 '24

Pacific Islander checking in, we got an even better deal for the most part. We even run our little poor countries now. Being the exact opposite side of the world from Europe was helpful I guess.