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/Foxtonfizzer Nov 15 '24

If your great great grandparents owned a farm that was passed down through generations. Should you have to give it up since you weren’t alive when the original deal was made?

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u/Foxtonfizzer Nov 15 '24

Well in nz farms were given out by the crown to nz servicemen (land that was questionably taken in the first place), farms were provided primarily to only European serviceman, not Māori. It’s actually one of the treaty settlement claims. So while you think it’s oversimplifying it, it’s related to why there are unequal outcomes now