I escaped the criminal behavior that was poured into my mind as a child. And as a result I am alienated from my parents and siblings. They call me a coward for going to school and getting a degree. The pain from that is real. And deep. As a child I watched my parents in and out of jail. I watched us always being evicted. We knew real hunger. We never went to the same school twice. Alot of times we attended multiple schools in a year. I dropped out of school at the guidance of the school counselor and got my GED. I then went on to complete a formal 4 year carpenters apprenticeship. My firstborn just graduated from highschool and was awarded a full ride scholarship to attend university for a major in engineering. My wife and I are both orphaned. We have changed the direction of our lineage. It is possible. To make the choice to live for the good health and well being of mankind is the meditation that lends strength to the abandoned children of tomorrow. My children have always been told the truth. And they have never been hit or beat. They do what is correct because of the understanding that we want to build a better tomorrow. Not because they are afraid of being physically beatin.
@@patsyhodge9071 It is a program that allows you to get a highschool diploma early. Or,for those who drop out of school and want to go back later and finish,they can do so without having to go through years of makeup work.
@@MrKewlhanz But its not called a GED in NZ. There is no such thing. We have NCEA. GED is a certificate that is issued overseas, its an American thing. It is not recognised here?
It’s much harder to go each day to work than to steal, that’s for sure. But today we are living in very unfair times. 1% of population owns 99% of the worldwide riches. That’s also insane.
I was raised in Otara gang life was not in my home I’m 1 of 11 money was tight we sometimes didn’t have lunch to take to school, but we did have breakfast and tea. We didn’t have shoes even in the cold winter we survived. I’m a grandmother now and have had the opportunity to hold down great jobs, raise 4 great kids none of them gang related. Pushed to instil good habits they’re grown and I’m proud that they have understood you need to work to earn your way and you need to learn a trade to get good employment..... my eldest grandchild is 16 she graduates next year, we must be doing something right. We as Maori are seeing things differently and I’m proud of my Maori culture GIMME A AMEN
I grew up in Glasgow and like parents they did the same thing instilled values and gave us the strength to work hard and not to follow the bad influences around us but to think for ourselves. It all starts at home regardless of your social status
You must be so proud I have two sons and did the same made them do a trade they are now qualified and making great money as money is bad first couple of years kids get disheartened but parents must encourage and support during that period because in the end its all worth it and you know that your kids have a future
The warriors of old held mana, tribal wisdom and knowledge, they were highly educated and articulate, they had honour, placing the tribe the land above their own wellbeing. Do not insult our ancestors by calling these men warriors.
The ancestors know already they are wrongdoers; here is international reciprocity for the people of New Zealand to get recognition as a state---that maybe you get work in South America or Africa, by their leaders. Stop hiding those that wrong the white law, it is their means of expression of hatred of being white IS the ancestor. No one can say these men are not warriors.
Highly educated? There was no education back then. They were probably dumber than today's criminals. They were no better, organising themselves in groups and warring with each other for supremacy. Gang culture in New Zealand is just a modernised microchosm of Maori tribal war culture.
@@nreddy9980 shows what you know. Maori of old could recite their whakapapa to many generations back, and not just in one line, but to multiple people in the periphial. The British were stunned how much knowledge of whakapapa they held. Then there were many spiritual teachings; both esoteric and common knowledge. They memorised the land and seas, the stars, medicine from plants, learned history, created art and crafts, sang songs and chants, navigated across the seas, and had complex trade systems. You just arent taught any of this. I have a degree in Maori culture, by the way.
@@Sambo98199 best orators ever .. im white oldman but i remember even when i was young the speeches and memory of their family lines was amaxing .. had elders as friends even though was young and white .. didnt really think about colour then .. we were just kiwis .. they took time always to talk to me and explain and could answer anything you asked .. the old people were so differant then .. old ww1 and ww2 vets etc ....
I'm a kiwi in Sydney. Used to live in my car in Dunedin during tuff times. People showed me the good side of humanity, but I only moved forward when I was ready. We all are on our own journey. If we show people humility and give them time to heal, most will move forward at their own pace. Don't judge... Just help. Be who your mum would want you to be.
That as so beautiful...you don't judge your fellow man.....because they are people first....and their mistakes can be forgiven....there's a lot of ignorant and stupid remarks....from adult adolescents.....with age comes wisdom....eventually they'll catch up.
I absolutely understand your point about forgiveness and giving people chances. My struggle is when the domestic violence is so brutal and regular- Think back to the movie 'Once were Warriors' , it's the only movie I've seen that portrayed it realistically. The damage they cause, the trauma has a life long impact. I still flinch when someone moves quickly towards me. It's across NZ no matter what your background. Some things are so malicious that forgiveness seems impossible.
Real men make mistakes. Real men can work towards positive change. We've spent so long trying to make men strong, unhurtable, tough. Leading the family, the one who provides. Then we say no, not anymore, we can all do that now. And we can. But we have generations of men not having a place, no one to follow and no one to lead. This takes time and men need help. I have seen change in the man I love. We can't turn our backs on these humans, their children are in our communities. If their dad, uncle, grandad, brother can be shown the forgiveness and the patience then they have the ability to break the cycle. But the tolerance comes from us.
Makes me feel sad. Worked with some really solid Maori hard workers. Super friendly, often coming from not so great backgrounds. But they make a choice. They choose to do something better - often harder jobs. But 2-3 generations down the track, their grandkids are going to uni and have good lives. But it takes a strong people to change that.
Yes indeed, that whole maori thing is too valued. Imagine that I would overidenitify with my Germanic/Keltic heritage all the time. Tattooing everything like I am still a savage. Funnily, the west losing its morals is going to this savage diretion again.
@@doomrayer1714 he asked where is the warrior. So me being Maori I asked if they wanted a fight. So far only you have replied. I guess they don't want to come face this warrior then
@das wright Read his question properly. Then read mine properly. He asked where is the Maori warrior at and me being maori stepped up and layed the challenge like a warrior would. Now don't tuck tail when the game comes a calling. I'm the one to answer the challenge each and every time. So you know where I'm at. Rotorua, New Zealand born breed and still living the hard knock life :)
I have worked with youth involved in gang violence for over twenty-five years in Los Angeles. My critique of this film is that it focuses too much on the problem not the causes and solutions. It’s the same approach that many documentaries do to hook people in with focusing on sensationalism. What about focusing on what works? What is going to cease the high incarceration rate? I don’t think the film goes deep enough but it’s a start.
Fr like most people if you were chained to a tree your gonna have control issues as an adult and their are a lot of scum who don’t break laws that’s what people don’t understand the most social people end up in prison most of the time
Honestly, I don't think the solutions are a big secret. It takes a stable environment, loving parents, good jobs, education, healthcare, last but not least self respect.
There seems to be a commonality with places like this and Los Angeles; the prison industrial complex, the war on drugs , welfare and other failed liberal policies.
keep positive ! break the cycle , I did I am now in a senior management position with no financial worries and a happy family . you can do it ! love from Australia
"Once were Warriors", unfortunately not any more in too many cases. As a pakeha who has come to live in this earthly paradise, I scratch my head to know what can be done (and I endorse the film critic who said every New Zealander should see that film). Every New Zealander should also watch this excellent documentary: it seems as prescient now as when it was made 7 years ago. In any culture, Prison Doesn't Work. Perhaps the community outside the prison gates concept could be extended through into the first months of freedom and re-introduction into the community to help ex-inmates who can't cope on the outside after double-figure years of incarceration. The Marae culture does good work also. It has taken 3 generations to get to where we are and it may well take 3 generations to reverse the damage. Part of the problem is inequality. NZ scores high on quality of life studies but badly on inequality.
@Karen Dilday we only have winter for three months of the year, Spring is cool initially as well, but our summers are warm, and autumn is nice. ❤️ It's nice having the four seasons because the landscape and gardens are interesting with the changing seasons. 😊
Sir Henare Okeefe a legend, have you got your tite yet? ? has Jacinda acknowledged you yet? or is she blind what "we are all one means" Saying it and doing it is TRUTH! You are a very special person what a honour to have had the opportunity to see who you are! the "quiet ones" doing their work , but sorry you were spotted and plucked out to show us all what compassion empathy, kindness and love is to those who do not have those qualities..
"Once Were Warriors" was an excellent expose on the Maori peoples living in poverty and decadence. Despite its popularity (it beat "Jurassic Park" in 1995 to become the #1 film in the country's history) it did nothing to change the social structure of New Zealand. There is still so much crime and misery among the Maori as they express anger and frustration at their status among the populace. Comparing them to African-Americans living in the ghetto does not require belaboring.
@Over It Maori are not big on the link between actions and consequences .... then moan that the reason their incarceration rates are so high is due to racism. Sigh.
I visited NZ when I was 18. What I noticed was drugs & alcohol being the devastating factors with Maori and the reason they are involved with the justice system. Their use of these chemicals probably stems from their idea of self worth etc. Same thing (very sad) is happening with Native Americans. There is a horrible depression in the community, not knowing where they stand in society, and it leads to substance abuse, poverty and the cycle of incarceration begins.
The USA used to have BIA Schools that forced the Natives to think and act like Whites but it foolishly sent them back to the Rez! We need the same Schools but with a focus on getting them into the real world and off the Rez for good.
How are these guys labeled as "warriors". That's a disgrace to the men and women who fought and gave their life's, to give these scumbags some place to live. What a weak disgrace blaming the system
Sums it all up .... 1:08 "The corrections budget is 1.7billon so we spend more on our corrections system then we do on our early childhood education ... THATS THE WRONG WAY AROUND" "There can be no keener revolation of a societys soul than the way in which it treats its children"
Our poor tamariki cant escape that life! There is no examples set for them at home so they get lead into it and it continues until someone finally cuts that line.
Then they die out and nobody cares? Its not the govts job to hold peoples hand up to their mouth and act like they're a baby even if they're stupid. If they dont teach ot at home.....thats just too bad and typical primitives gone spoiled
sure he roughs his old lady up, maybe the government should focus on getting him a job. instead of putting him in a tax funded cell. Splitting up the family unit, creating more drain on the economy and making some offshore human services company larger on the stock market.
@@tiatowilder5510 "sure he rounds his old lady up"? There in lies the issue Tiato. Making this acceptable and common place is totally the wrong action. His family would be far better off without him ever returning. Another gutless wonder blaming every other person other the one in the mirror.
I live in perth Australia, i have met heaps of Maori people and i think they are awesome, so polite and have a very polite way of speaking, none have ever tried intimidation or anything else, its a shame to see this happening in Zealand , drop the biker bullshit and love each other, we are all brothers
Fark mate - you should do a tour of duty in new xiland and meet some of the ones here mate. Then you can tell everyone how farkin awesome you think they are. But it's their country mate until the Chinese move them all to the Chathams.
It's the same statistics in every colonized country by the Anglos: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand- The indigenous are grossly over-represented in their prison systems
@@duaruatolu9248 If you hold people to strict standards in what basically amounts to nothing more than a text message, methinks the irony is lost on you.
@@duaruatolu9248 Here is an example for you to muse on, if stephen hawking made a spelling or grammatical mistake did it totally negate his intelligence?
Yes he appears to be a great asset to his community... Unfortunately after sixty odd years on this planet, I'm somewhat wary about "judging any book by it's cover"...
This is quite sad. Visited NZ last year and the first thing i noticed is the beautiful landscape. Nice beaches and lakes and hiking trails. But when we went to the rural areas like Matamata and Rotorua, you can clearly see some people struggling.
Henare Okeefe, He is the living example of what it means to be a warrior! Full of wisdom and understanding. Brave, courageous and compassionate just are a few of the attributes of a real warrior. He has no identity crisis! He doesnt bother lookin at himself to work out who he is! He sees the desperate needs of others and positions himself to be a pillar that upholds the blessings for others to come under. Now imagine how the recipients of Henare's love, compassion, and hard work would identify and describe him? He just goes out and loves on all people. Not just the ones who look like him, speak like him or has the same interests as him. He loves on them not because they do things the way he likes it to be done, but purely because he knows that these precious lives have great worth and are worth investing his time, his talents and his treasures. Doin tha Do's! Luke 6:31 John 3:16-17 The Warrior Spirit! Mauri Ora!
First you are never going to fix people that hurt other people unless you require them to take responsibility for their actions! Did not seem like alot of that in this story! The absolute base issue is fatherless homes that teach kids responsibility and the right thing to do! We have same issue in black neighborhoods as well as poor white neighborhoods!
Firstly, you need to stay in your lane - this isn’t your people so sit down and stfu!! Secondly, individual responsibility isn’t going to fix anything unless and until there is a collective responsibility. That is the government, have to let each iwi, hapu and their whanau (words you don’t know because again NOT your culture) govern in accordance to each own. Many things could be addressed when it comes to Maori but being as it’s none of your business I won’t bother getting into it. One last thing, the issues faced by poor black neighborhoods hold similarities but are not the same in that it’s different cultures and that requires a unique internal solution per said culture and not from an external source like government. Also those poor white people - thats by choice. They have privilege and they have the world and their institutions built upon lots and lots of stolen lands - in the words of Paul Mooney - what a waste of white skin!
@@ClearPower there was a showdown between a Ginger and a Brown boy outside public library and weird ginger d did the runner. Too hard to gel with the brown world especiaaly for those real white Ginger heads. Think Gingers are the Demon breed as they never back off and allways atracted too darker breeds
Since when did NZ have an indigenous people??? - the producers have not done their homework. How many other fundamental errors are there in this programme. There are only settlers in NZ from different eras.
I came from NZ but left, and being overseas. Not all maoris are like this, playing rugby they play with real heart. The ones at my rugby club in England are really good people. Every society has a “lower class” to some extent, in NZ the Maori are in a vicious cycle. You saw that the parents,well the fathers were not really dads. So it’s a cycle. They are a naturally excitable people, ie they like the adrenaline that comes from conflict, it excites them. These young men are bored. And gangs is an exciting thing to get into, and gives them purpose. Unfortunately their attributes are not the ones that are going to be beneficial in a modern world. It’s the old saying, you must move with the times but I think they are still in an old mentality we’re being able to intimidate people is part of a social hierarchy. That won’t work in a modern society. To be harsh they must conform or continue down that road. Japanese culture confirmed very quickly when europeans came to them. But I guess the ultimate question is what do the Maori want and what do they consider quality of life?
Well said ! & to be honest l'm a Maori boy who also has Pakeha Genealogy like most of Maori today hence why l have red hair & fair skin but l don't consider myself a New Zealander , why . Because Pakeha New Zealanders , not all of them but most , look down on us like where 2nd glass citizens in our own lands . But here's the thing we fought each other in battle & we fought side by side as brothers in the 1st & 2nd World Wars & nothing changed . But people forget that our grandfather's from the 2nd NZ Division/ 28th Maori Battlion where actually the front line for the British Bulldog Winston Churchill Greece/Crete/North Africa/ltaly - The Price of Citizenship . We are the Mokopuna of these men .
@@winiataamopiu3590most White New Zealanders don't look down on Maori. If maori are concerned about what people think of them they need to look at how they act.
@@winiataamopiu3590 No, You're a white kid who thinks he's a maori..... Grow up and get a life... Useless losers like you are what is taking our race down....
I pray things get better for the Maori people 🙏 Lord knows the struggle has been real for Native Americans, Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and other minority groups living in America 🇺🇸 🗽
Maori make up about 17% of New Zealand's population but are way overrepresented in all the negative statistics like crime, poverty, unemployment and poor health. Drive through any poor neighbourhood and it's predominantly Maori. Auckland has a huge homeless problem and majority of the homeless you see are Maori. I went to a restaurant and in the foyer were photographs of people who left without paying their restaurant bill and they were all Maori. Go into shops and behind the counter are photos of shoplifters and again they're predominantly Maori.
I come from a very low socioeconomic back ground in Australia but I didn't take an easy road of violence or crime to let rule my life, until they take the challenge to heart to make themselves better than that no one can, the world is full of stories of self made men, the ones who rose up to greatness, these refused to take the easy road to life and be type cast, they really have the warrior heart, so how about it you so called warriors show us who is the real thing, what would the ancestors think of your actions, would they approve
TKSS Maori people seem to be a higher percentage of the NZ population than the Australian aborigines or the North American natives, but being colonised and having to follow a completely different way of life can literally ruin the self esteem and the self confidence and feelings of belonging to a modern nation. The immediate priority of the US, Canadian, Australian and NZ authorities should be to try to promote the original cultures and to actively help address the damage that has been inflicted on the indigenous people of these countries. Celebrating the Haka as a national symbol is not enough, having Tiki images on coins and stamps is not enough. The Pakheha community has to admit that the past treatment of the Maori hasn't been good enough.
Simon Yip you don’t know what your talking about. No simple solutions. NZ had a treaty they weren’t colonised like other places. Drugs and Alcohol is a major factor
Simon Yip - The haka preformed most commonly by New Zealanders was composed by Te Raparaha. Te Raparaha was a tribal war lord who formed large war parties that raped and pillaged the length of New Zealand's South Island. At Kaiapoi alone his men annihilated a settlement of over 2500 people, killing or enslaving the entire population. By his own admission, the victor's spent 3 days feasting on the corpses of their victims until the smell of rotting flesh forced them to leave. This was just one example , there were many more. How does teaching someone to perform a war dance that honours a slave owning cannibal rapist make them less likely to reoffend?
Billionaires invest into politics in different countries, who influence companies and the news to make it look like there's a problem, then they step in and offer a "solution". It's a business. Race is a little bit of a factor, but for the most part it's globalism. All of this was America in the 1990's. 20 bucks says a heroin and cocaine epidemic will be next to help fill those prisons.
@TheIommisg if only it was that easy, your more likely to be let go from police for just being white, I did community service with a white guy that had a 50 pot grow and he didn't even get jail, brown skinned people were coping the same hours for half a joint on them
It all comes down to better parenting. At least the Maori guy that does the community barbecue admitted that and wasn’t blaming external factors. The mothers and fathers are failing their children, it’s that simple.
And not at all about social engineering? No, let’s ignore First Nations in USA, Canada and Australia as having the same issues as Maori and one common thread - colonization. Don’t come on here and blame/judge people who went from being great peoples to what we see now, then say they did it to themselves.
Alexis Colby more excuses, it’s pathetic. Extremely condescending too. They aren’t mindless fools with no free will. What about all the good Maori that make good life decisions and lead productive lives. “don’t judge someone by the colour of their skin but the content of their character”.
Villa Admin we are all human and need to take responsibility for our own lives. Nobody else can live it for us. Somebody needs to break the chain of substance abuse and violence. In short, be a better person. It really is that simple.
@@alexiscolby9415 As a white European, I can tell you we were also colonised and invaded many times over the centuries. Our ancestors were brutally murdered, they beliefs destroyed, their property and lands stolen, but we don't complain and blame the invaders...
Absolutely true and I respect the change of my people back home. My hapu is Ngati Ranginui and my Iwi Tainui. I have been living across the Tasman for nearly two decades. The upside you see are the true values of why education, positive aspirations and creative innovations is a virtue much needed for my people. I was raised like many Maori children from the day we were born to be strong, tough, and hold our ground. Today these abilities have driven me to positive places all around the world. To me we as a Maori People are naturally embedded with the Warrior Instinct has been part of our spiritual aspect for centuries. Yes many negatives and I have lived through it all negative and positive while growing up. I came from very humble beginnings and I believe moving to a different part of the world showed me realism in how we as a Maori can handle ourselves...it takes time and balance, I have learned in my education, innovation, and now development it doesn't matter who we are or where we come from, it takes motivation, sacrifice, and strength to move forward to succeed. Without passion there is never results. One day I will be heading home to share my ideas, identity, and technological innovation to my people like the positive teachers in this video. Showing all people can change for the betterment of any race. Times have changed what we are seeing globally is that change. If we all can focus on building and helping in a positive world every continent will have that change. The Power of Love always conquers all, even in dark days where chaos and hate is the alter ego that needs to change in all.
You need to shame them out of crime instead of glorifying it. It’s the same for all races in all areas. If the elders say jail is for cool people the kids wanna go to jail.
Why is there so much concern with the criminals...what about the victims, hard working, tax paying people who try to make a honest living, away with the gangs world wide, don't waste time on criminals , teach children right from wrong no matter what heritage and the Haka is for sure not a friendly thing looks mean and what does that create????
Exactly. They all just think they’re cool and hard. Victims everywhere but the Gov still throws them money after money. Forget the Hakka they’re not warriors. Alcohols a huge problem.
Sorry but what youre saying is pretty naive. "Dont waste time with criminals". Oh ok lets just lock the criminals up, let them serve their time, and we're all hunky dory. No. If we want to reduce the impact of criminal activity in our country, if we want to reduce the chances of recidivism, if we want to reduce the amount of money we are spending on keeping people locked up in the long term, we need to develop a method to re-institutionalize criminals back into society. Because if we don't, if they dont have knowledge or support to live a decent life, of course they will just keep doing what they grew up doing.
TimSManual - Sorry but what you are saying is pretty naive, "re-institutionalize back into society", how are you going to do that? The belief that society can somehow "rehabilitate"people who have chosen to hurt, exploit and kill there fellow human beings is nothing more than a warm fuzzy dream.
The Haka was created after the European brought peace it goes "Once we were warriors now we are peaceful, not many people realise this because we never get the English translation
My son lives and works in Auckland as a prisoner guard moved from the UK 5 years ago And now as made a difference to some of the prisoners they look up to him he wants the job as governer he deserves it he's at the north Auckland prison I have been to new Zealand lots off times beautiful country the moaris are lovely people I agree with my son they need something to look forward to wen they are released and support wen they are out I have been all over the world I have met gangs cape town Los Angeles south America Asia and its the same problem poverty and drugs I blame the governments not doing anything about its very sad
These poor kids i thought like that as a kid it got me locked up at 11 have done over 10 years kids you will get nothing but misery stop it right now only you can help im good now 😢😢😢😢
there is a stigma that blinds our brothers and sisters into criminal activity and forces them into a world of negative and proverty surroundings. for those of us like our elders here, should support there community project and in force more love than critism
David Saintloth what supremacy though? If there was a white supremacy then the All blacks team would be the All whites. Those men got there through hard work and dedication. If you think white supremacy exists in such a tiny country then why not move and see how your fair in another part of the world? On the other side, let's say that all the issues that these people have is from the colonies around 150 years ago are all systemic from that event. What's your solution? Because blaming others doesn't actually seem to be productive in anyway, so what would be the next step if you were in charge?
LOL, I was born in West Auckland (one of the dodgiest areas), and they are WAY over dramatising things, yea there is a high imprisonment rate but that is entirely because of self-actions (with some exceptions), Gangs are not a huge problem, for the most part, they hold community events and are actually quite friendly
good on you uncle David, I'm blessed to be part of your whakapapa... when I get back in the gym I'll let you know, maybe send a few boys down my way for some jujitsu and kickboxing training , in return you can teach me that beautiful Tiaha wero I heard about so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤
New Zealand isn't as bad as this video portrays. Many Maori people do extremely well and have good jobs and inspire others to do great in life. However NZ as a whole has poverty and crime throughout the country like most other places, there is some troubles also with domestic violence and drugs and it seems it is so very hard to get out of those ruts. It's a very complex issue and it's hard to know the answer. But as I said NZ is not all bad and even "bad" people have a good side.
We have systematically failed Maori. I am Pakeha, and proud of my ancestry. Nevertheless, I am proud of my Maori mates, and their people. We need to address the basic issues pertaining to poverty, and deprivation. This causes problems for us all, regardless, of race. However, one irks me, the idea Maori are getting an easy ride - utter bullshit. Social Policy, directed at Maori, actually helps us all. Yup, some Maori's are assholes; Nevertheless, so are numerous tax dodging Pakeha. Kia Kaha, we can and must work together. In failing Maori, we also fail ourselves. Arohanui!
Kia Ora tautoko to your korero mate we as a MAORI race have failed ourselves our and our tamariki, worst of all we trampled on the wairua and mana of our ancestors... they gave their lives to fight for the whenua we walk on! an have equal if not full rights to governing our country. all of their efforts will have been for nothing 😢 if our ancestors could come together and unify as a MAORI race people as ONE then we today can as well and be the strong and proud race with a rich and beautiful heritage that we is in our BLOOD! mauri ora ✊☝ one love, an respect and love one another 👊👍 PEACE ✌
@@mrx-gn2zj thank you. To a certain extent I feel like it’s a form of child abuse to bring a kid in the world and not be able to financially take care of him/her especially since a child didn’t ask to be here…
I'm an Australian and I can tell you a sausage sizzle really does help. No one wants a job. People are crying out for freedom and real life family experiences
They have been TRYINg to rehab these fellas for 40 years that I know of and yet MAORI still act tough and violence rules. How about the good Maori sort it out!!!
Well I’m not from nz but I’ve study there for a year best people I have meet Maori people and I have so many friends they are Maori and they all good at the end of the day we’re all born equal but we aren’t all treated equally ....straight from Saudi 🇸🇦
Ty Everybody in NZ is treated equally, people like yourself are always twisting it to a race thing... and that just makes things a thousand times worse!!
We are not treated equally. Institutional racism is deeply entrenched in all parts of NZ legislation and our country. Our grandparents were beaten for speaking our language and I'm a second generation to not speak it from birth. My grandfather was deeply scared of us embracing anything Maori. My Nan had to apply for rentals in Christchurch because in the 60s my grandfather was considered too black and she was a fair skinned Maori. Colonisation of the British destroyed our whole culture. And yet there are people like the one above who think the world is equal. Treated equally is a privilege afforded to non Maori. But mostly Pakeha.
Miss Clark That May of happened in small pockets here and there like all cultures and religions around the world, but there’s no denying today Maori have way more opportunities than non Maori, and Maori aren’t even native to this country... they arrived by boat like everybody else. They are not caretakers of the land that’s a myth! they are responsible for the deforestation through massive fires that swept this land.. Moa, Hast Engel and many other including the redheaded Parackus people from before, all gone, as a result of the foreign Maori invaders!! and that’s a fact!!!
Stephen Williams then so are you. Then all humans are. But, humans came from animals, like other animals came from other animals and other animals came from small small parts of life. That then created larger things. Meaning by what you have said, Moa is bad too, Moa ate animals. Tuatara eats other Tuatara. It’s all normal, Human were smart enough to travel across water so they have the right to survive where they stop. This is the way Māori survived, calling them the destroyers is very rude and inappropriate especially since, the British have done worse. But it’s all just life, and you seem to be on he end that doesn’t think things through, because your statement is incorrect and just flat out rude
Dibrae Jarden it’s not rude, its fact and people don’t like the truth, because they like to build up a narrative that suits them financially! I can remember in the seventies, it was common knowledge The there were redheaded people here before Maori, today it’s all hidden away!!!. What happened to these people? Completely shut down?
The guy at about 1:30..a lot of Maoris are locked up..but it's not their fault, it's the "system"..what a joke..for every car you steal, every person you rob, there is a victim
Born and breed in NZ. Have Maori nieces and nephews they love and respect this old white man. Maori are not too proud to share their homes their lives and lives with others. Their love and humility shame me. Maori given respect, honour, and dignity are the best people.
Once Were Warriors is like the best movie ever. The two star actors nailed it. Jake the muss and his wife. Who are two nice bright people in real life. I saw them in an interview. Check it out if you haven't yet. And Smiley from Training Day is in it too.
What the young need is a DAD and MUM they ,the children can look up to and be proud of Drugs and Alcohol Stealing a beating another is NOT to be proud of. Sorry you are Not an adult.
I’ve never been able to understand why some people deliberately make themselves so ugly . Amazing how one’s ego leads them up their garden path never to return. 🙏🇦🇺
This hurts my heart seeing these kids talk about crimes and ending up in jail so proudly. They just need someone to love them, and to nurture their (legal) talents before they get their wish, or worse, wind up dead.
Well tnere are too many and right down the street are kids trying to be good so lets focus on the good and not waste time on dumb dead that are a waste of their own time.
The result of generational disposition, trauma forced on them since NZ Land companys treason to the British Crown. Narrator is incorrect about the largest gang in NZ. That honour belongs to the NZ land companies private thugs the NZ police.
Do you think your people are the only ones that was being killed whilst being called a ni66a? My friend we are nothing but thieves, thugs, liars, ni66as and self proclaimed land owners in our own country. Learn our history and you'll answer your own questions.
@@deoaldi2854 I mean hypothetically, but what I don't understand is why one side calls itself "white power" and calls the other side N words? they appear to be just as brown as the rest? are they just confused or do they really hate black people and think they're white somehow? I dunno if they're confused but i'm sure that im confused. lol
Oh my gosh!! That poor little boy predicting he will end up in jail, committing crimes and had already burned down a house. It is heart crushing to hear such a young boy speak like that about his own future.
I have never been able to understand how people don't understand that breaking the law of the society they live in results in being punished by the same law?Regardless of what the back story is they are educated in the laws and choose to break them.
They don’t “choose” a life of crime... where else would you turn if your family were poor, in and out of jail and you as a young kid were bored out your mind with no opportunities or a society that is bent on demoralising you as a people
What's the message here from the documentary makers? They won't show the faces of the imprisoned offenders who are a long way down the road of self destruction, yet kids are shown and interviewed promoting their involuntary imprisonment into a life cycle of violence and hate. A parent or guardian with any "compos mentis" in the care of children would never permit them being identified around this mess further solidifying their bond to a life of dispare. This is only the opinion of 1 man, but as a father, a brother and a lover of the greater human cause I feel the executives behind documentaries like this should evaluate the long term impact it no doubt has on the vulnerable.
I'm a proud kiwi women! How about if we treat all these people with love ❤ they will LEARN love..The feeling of hope and support, possibilities that a different way of life WILL BRING!......
MOST prison inmates have spent years in crime and have had multiple trips to court and numerous opportunities to ask for help. Prisons had FULL TIME teachers and work, guess what, didn't change them. Rehabilitation is to put back into original condition. Prison is NOT for anything but time out. Hundreds of like minded incarcerated together, never going to change the attitudes. PARENTINGS IS THE ONLY ANSWER,
these are descendants of warriors. The warriors that defeated the british and forced them to request a treaty. The only people in the world to do so and the reason Aotearoa/New Zealand is the beautiful place that it is today. Show some respect.
Maori are amazing people i just love there hospitality they are just like me and you. Helpful and generous loving and kind. I wish I could spend more time there.
What we maoris need to do is assemble the chiefs. Get the iwis back in line and institute a proper form of united leadership by either reforming the current maori monarchy or dissolve it and re-establish a new one that we can follow and look to properly. We could use the chiefs to properly reform the iwis. Bring the young ones in and teach them the right way. Teach them about whanau, respect, and honour. Doing this would help get rid of all these foolish gangs. Or atleast get maoris out of them and allow them to be properly guided. We could help our children focus on school, family, and building an education. Only doing this can we truly rebuild our peoples image and our lost honor.
Could start with doing something about cleaning up the drug problem #1 then this will deal with the issue of gang violence #2. Gangs by nature are turf oriented and recognize each other by the colors and patches they aren’t much different from gangs of LA. #3 Moms need to discipline their kids more.
My dads a black power and was in and out of jail my whole life my mums a mentality unwell psycho and talks to herself all my brothers are patched up and all in jail........ Me however I own 3 houses and a takeaway cafe buisness I have a pastime job on a charter boat.... I dont have to worry about money anymore... I hate It when people have excuses as to why they ended up the way they are......
I'm from a crime cukture in Australia. Alot of friends dead and in jail. It's might be systems fault. It's culture. And u are 100% right. It's up to each man to break the chains.
I hate it when people beat the odds, become successful despite the obstacles stacked against them, know that making it to where they are took hard work and luck, but have the vanity to look back at the people facing the same obstacles they stumbled their way over and say "I hate It when people have excuses as to why they ended up the way they are". Congratulations on your success and i hope it continues, but at the end of the day Maoris being disadvantaged in modern-day society has statistically become more and more obvious. you, if what you said is true, are an outlier or an anomaly not only in your own family by the sounds of it; but Maori in general. Which is the problem, call it an excuse if you want its just facts and hard stats, for some reason we just don't seem to prosper as an ethnicity as a whole, in the system that governs our own country.
@@pholse I hope you do well in life bro.... yeah i beat the odds but I'm still me... I am tane nicholas a good friend a dad a uncle a role model in our community and hapu lol
it doesn't surprise me that the prison rates are high, the gangs here in NZ are extremely violent and the come in all ages and sizes, my high school alone has dozens of student that are a part of a gang.
Cookie and Henare O'Keeffe had it nailed. Cookie was so real about how it is. How can you do 9 to 5 after a life spent this way. Trying to rehabilitate inside a structure that aided in these people ending up this way anyway. I hope he's okay and that the little one finds another thing to aspire to. Which is really hard for him considering what he's seeing, and let's be honest 9 to 5 isn't attractive. How do you do that well when you've suffered these traumas too. The nanny was right too. This was very well done and highlighted the reality of how it is. It's very sad too. The government doesn't really have any interest in handing the reigns to maori unless it goes inside their structure and to incompetants that will fk it up. The whole reason we have government is because of colonisation anyway. Government's aren't really in the business of healing. They want cheap labour in the jails.
Maori make up about 17% of NZ's population but are way over represented not only in crime and prison numbers but almost every negative statistic i.e poverty, unemployment, poor health. Auckland has a huge homeless problem and majority of the ones you see are Maori.
I escaped the criminal behavior that was poured into my mind as a child. And as a result I am alienated from my parents and siblings. They call me a coward for going to school and getting a degree. The pain from that is real. And deep. As a child I watched my parents in and out of jail. I watched us always being evicted. We knew real hunger. We never went to the same school twice. Alot of times we attended multiple schools in a year. I dropped out of school at the guidance of the school counselor and got my GED. I then went on to complete a formal 4 year carpenters apprenticeship. My firstborn just graduated from highschool and was awarded a full ride scholarship to attend university for a major in engineering. My wife and I are both orphaned. We have changed the direction of our lineage. It is possible. To make the choice to live for the good health and well being of mankind is the meditation that lends strength to the abandoned children of tomorrow. My children have always been told the truth. And they have never been hit or beat. They do what is correct because of the understanding that we want to build a better tomorrow. Not because they are afraid of being physically beatin.
You are a true warrior. I admire your courage.
@@lisaandco9176 I appreciate that very generous compliment. I am now wondering why did you use a brown thumb? You look very caucasian.
@@MrKewlhanz We dont have GED in NZ. What is that?
@@patsyhodge9071 It is a program that allows you to get a highschool diploma early. Or,for those who drop out of school and want to go back later and finish,they can do so without having to go through years of makeup work.
@@MrKewlhanz But its not called a GED in NZ. There is no such thing. We have NCEA. GED is a certificate that is issued overseas, its an American thing. It is not recognised here?
Real warriors get up every morning and go to work to put food on the table for their family.....not steal stuff or deal drugs ..
That's for sure.
It’s much harder to go each day to work than to steal, that’s for sure. But today we are living in very unfair times. 1% of population owns 99% of the worldwide riches. That’s also insane.
@John Muhleisen That's for sure.
Real Warriors are light
I'm sure you're white
I was raised in Otara gang life was not in my home I’m 1 of 11 money was tight we sometimes didn’t have lunch to take to school, but we did have breakfast and tea. We didn’t have shoes even in the cold winter we survived. I’m a grandmother now and have had the opportunity to hold down great jobs, raise 4 great kids none of them gang related. Pushed to instil good habits they’re grown and I’m proud that they have understood you need to work to earn your way and you need to learn a trade to get good employment..... my eldest grandchild is 16 she graduates next year, we must be doing something right. We as Maori are seeing things differently and I’m proud of my Maori culture GIMME A AMEN
I grew up in Glasgow and like parents they did the same thing instilled values and gave us the strength to work hard and not to follow the bad influences around us but to think for ourselves. It all starts at home regardless of your social status
Amen? Hardly Maori culture. Don't tell me you picked up that bs from your conquerors.
@@nznegativeions like your comment NO ONE BELIEVES IN YOU 😂
You must be so proud I have two sons and did the same made them do a trade they are now qualified and making great money as money is bad first couple of years kids get disheartened but parents must encourage and support during that period because in the end its all worth it and you know that your kids have a future
That’s awesome Amen!
The warriors of old held mana, tribal wisdom and knowledge, they were highly educated and articulate, they had honour, placing the tribe the land above their own wellbeing. Do not insult our ancestors by calling these men warriors.
Truth x
The ancestors know already they are wrongdoers; here is international reciprocity for the people of New Zealand to get recognition as a state---that maybe you get work in South America or Africa, by their leaders. Stop hiding those that wrong the white law, it is their means of expression of hatred of being white IS the ancestor. No one can say these men are not warriors.
Highly educated? There was no education back then. They were probably dumber than today's criminals. They were no better, organising themselves in groups and warring with each other for supremacy. Gang culture in New Zealand is just a modernised microchosm of Maori tribal war culture.
@@nreddy9980 shows what you know. Maori of old could recite their whakapapa to many generations back, and not just in one line, but to multiple people in the periphial. The British were stunned how much knowledge of whakapapa they held. Then there were many spiritual teachings; both esoteric and common knowledge. They memorised the land and seas, the stars, medicine from plants, learned history, created art and crafts, sang songs and chants, navigated across the seas, and had complex trade systems. You just arent taught any of this. I have a degree in Maori culture, by the way.
@@Sambo98199 best orators ever .. im white oldman but i remember even when i was young the speeches and memory of their family lines was amaxing .. had elders as friends even though was young and white .. didnt really think about colour then .. we were just kiwis .. they took time always to talk to me and explain and could answer anything you asked .. the old people were so differant then .. old ww1 and ww2 vets etc ....
I'm a kiwi in Sydney. Used to live in my car in Dunedin during tuff times. People showed me the good side of humanity, but I only moved forward when I was ready. We all are on our own journey. If we show people humility and give them time to heal, most will move forward at their own pace. Don't judge... Just help. Be who your mum would want you to be.
Yeahh Dunedin!
Dunedin!
I heard the hood in Dunedin is pretty merciless.
That as so beautiful...you don't judge your fellow man.....because they are people first....and their mistakes can be forgiven....there's a lot of ignorant and stupid remarks....from adult adolescents.....with age comes wisdom....eventually they'll catch up.
I absolutely understand your point about forgiveness and giving people chances. My struggle is when the domestic violence is so brutal and regular- Think back to the movie 'Once were Warriors' , it's the only movie I've seen that portrayed it realistically. The damage they cause, the trauma has a life long impact. I still flinch when someone moves quickly towards me. It's across NZ no matter what your background. Some things are so malicious that forgiveness seems impossible.
Definitely shouldn't be compared to warriors, warriors don't act like idiots
Warriors? They're like naughty little boys!
Look up the greek definition of warrior, it means wild, feral, ferocious and savage
Real man respect and helps others
Real men aren't criminals
Real men aren't violent
Real man knows this
Real men make mistakes.
Real men can work towards positive change.
We've spent so long trying to make men strong, unhurtable, tough. Leading the family, the one who provides. Then we say no, not anymore, we can all do that now. And we can. But we have generations of men not having a place, no one to follow and no one to lead. This takes time and men need help. I have seen change in the man I love. We can't turn our backs on these humans, their children are in our communities. If their dad, uncle, grandad, brother can be shown the forgiveness and the patience then they have the ability to break the cycle. But the tolerance comes from us.
Scientifically men are aggressive
What a load of verble diarrhoea lol
STAY's Potato can always do boxing, kick boxing or MMA. Don’t have to fight on the street and get arrested.
Real men aren't socialists....just big women
Makes me feel sad. Worked with some really solid Maori hard workers. Super friendly, often coming from not so great backgrounds. But they make a choice. They choose to do something better - often harder jobs. But 2-3 generations down the track, their grandkids are going to uni and have good lives. But it takes a strong people to change that.
Best comment I've read on here so far. Thank you
cocosongo1 I agree but you gotta admit the system isn’t 100% fair on us
They do the crim the pay the time
Gangs is the easiest way of man to become women
Yes indeed, that whole maori thing is too valued. Imagine that I would overidenitify with my Germanic/Keltic heritage all the time. Tattooing everything like I am still a savage. Funnily, the west losing its morals is going to this savage diretion again.
Grown men with issues who commit crimes gets locked up. Where's the warrior culture there?
Come let's have a fight then loud mouth ^,..,^
@@tewairuapohoiwi2604 u trolling
@@doomrayer1714 he asked where is the warrior. So me being Maori I asked if they wanted a fight. So far only you have replied. I guess they don't want to come face this warrior then
So you are trolling
@das wright Read his question properly. Then read mine properly. He asked where is the Maori warrior at and me being maori stepped up and layed the challenge like a warrior would. Now don't tuck tail when the game comes a calling. I'm the one to answer the challenge each and every time. So you know where I'm at. Rotorua, New Zealand born breed and still living the hard knock life :)
I have worked with youth involved in gang violence for over twenty-five years in Los Angeles. My critique of this film is that it focuses too much on the problem not the causes and solutions. It’s the same approach that many documentaries do to hook people in with focusing on sensationalism. What about focusing on what works? What is going to cease the high incarceration rate? I don’t think the film goes deep enough but it’s a start.
Luis Ruan NZ could use your services.
Fr like most people if you were chained to a tree your gonna have control issues as an adult and their are a lot of scum who don’t break laws that’s what people don’t understand the most social people end up in prison most of the time
Nga mihi
Honestly, I don't think the solutions are a big secret. It takes a stable environment, loving parents, good jobs, education, healthcare, last but not least self respect.
There seems to be a commonality with places like this and Los Angeles; the prison industrial complex, the war on drugs , welfare and other failed liberal policies.
My family every time they get outta jail they always seem to make there way bk in jail 2 weeks later nothing to be proud of
keep positive ! break the cycle , I did I am now in a senior management position with no financial worries and a happy family . you can do it ! love from Australia
"Once were Warriors", unfortunately not any more in too many cases. As a pakeha who has come to live in this earthly paradise, I scratch my head to know what can be done (and I endorse the film critic who said every New Zealander should see that film). Every New Zealander should also watch this excellent documentary: it seems as prescient now as when it was made 7 years ago.
In any culture, Prison Doesn't Work. Perhaps the community outside the prison gates concept could be extended through into the first months of freedom and re-introduction into the community to help ex-inmates who can't cope on the outside after double-figure years of incarceration. The Marae culture does good work also.
It has taken 3 generations to get to where we are and it may well take 3 generations to reverse the damage. Part of the problem is inequality. NZ scores high on quality of life studies but badly on inequality.
What caught my eye is the land in the back ground of this video !(There land is beautiful) all green.
Their*
@Karen Dilday we only have winter for three months of the year, Spring is cool initially as well, but our summers are warm, and autumn is nice. ❤️
It's nice having the four seasons because the landscape and gardens are interesting with the changing seasons. 😊
And yes, our landscape is incredibly beautiful. ❤️
@Verbally Abusive Clown I don't know where you live, but I feel sorry for you with your negative view...
Where I live, I stand by my statement. :-)
@@GypsyGirl317 3 months? Winter in New Zealand feels like forever lol
They are not warriors they are criminals. Our ancestor were warriors.
Not great ones apparently since they were conquered pretty easily.
By "our ancestors " you mean ???
@@baret9146 they were not conquered, the British made a treaty with them. They have a better deal than the Hawaiians.
I agree lets not confuse these thugs for being nothing more than that...they're an embarrassment to Maori.
Amen
“He dreams of becoming president....” (Oh that’s nice!) “Of the Mongrol Mob.” (Ohhh ok... Nevermind then)
Haha good one...
OmegaMan 😂👍🏾
Hahahaha
They're the only presidents here.
Lmao
Sir Henare Okeefe a legend, have you got your tite yet? ? has Jacinda acknowledged you yet? or is she blind what "we are all one means" Saying it and doing it is TRUTH! You are a very special person what a honour to have had the opportunity to see who you are! the "quiet ones" doing their work , but sorry you were spotted and plucked out to show us all what compassion empathy, kindness and love is to those who do not have those qualities..
"Once Were Warriors" was an excellent expose on the Maori peoples living in poverty and decadence. Despite its popularity (it beat "Jurassic Park" in 1995 to become the #1 film in the country's history) it did nothing to change the social structure of New Zealand.
There is still so much crime and misery among the Maori as they express anger and frustration at their status among the populace. Comparing them to African-Americans living in the ghetto does not require belaboring.
@Over It Maori are not big on the link between actions and consequences .... then moan that the reason their incarceration rates are so high is due to racism. Sigh.
'''Good Riddance''' - '''Haaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaa haaaa Ha ha Haaaaaaa - black power.
It beaks my heart when the young boy said he will end up in jail
I hope Henare gets the help he deserves in his endeavours. Good work sir.
I visited NZ when I was 18. What I noticed was drugs & alcohol being the devastating factors with Maori and the reason they are involved with the justice system. Their use of these chemicals probably stems from their idea of self worth etc. Same thing (very sad) is happening with Native Americans. There is a horrible depression in the community, not knowing where they stand in society, and it leads to substance abuse, poverty and the cycle of incarceration begins.
Same the indigenous people of Australia
The USA used to have BIA Schools that forced the Natives to think and act like Whites but it foolishly sent them back to the Rez! We need the same Schools but with a focus on getting them into the real world and off the Rez for good.
Same thing with black Americans
This is the story of European imperialism.
all due to colonisation...worldwide
How are these guys labeled as "warriors". That's a disgrace to the men and women who fought and gave their life's, to give these scumbags some place to live. What a weak disgrace blaming the system
Hats off to the Sausage Sizzle dude, the world needs more like him!!
Sums it all up ....
1:08 "The corrections budget is 1.7billon so we spend more on our corrections system then we do on our early childhood education ... THATS THE WRONG WAY AROUND"
"There can be no keener revolation of a societys soul than the way in which it treats its children"
It is right, but we need money to keep our society safe.
Our poor tamariki cant escape that life! There is no examples set for them at home so they get lead into it and it continues until someone finally cuts that line.
Then they die out and nobody cares? Its not the govts job to hold peoples hand up to their mouth and act like they're a baby even if they're stupid. If they dont teach ot at home.....thats just too bad and typical primitives gone spoiled
when you take the man out of the house the system replaces him.
sure he roughs his old lady up, maybe the government should focus on getting him a job. instead of putting him in a tax funded cell. Splitting up the family unit, creating more drain on the economy and making some offshore human services company larger on the stock market.
Gray Franklin I agree it is up to him .
@@tiatowilder5510 "sure he rounds his old lady up"? There in lies the issue Tiato. Making this acceptable and common place is totally the wrong action. His family would be far better off without him ever returning. Another gutless wonder blaming every other person other the one in the mirror.
I live in perth Australia, i have met heaps of Maori people and i think they are awesome, so polite and have a very polite way of speaking, none have ever tried intimidation or anything else, its a shame to see this happening in Zealand , drop the biker bullshit and love each other, we are all brothers
Much love from armadale my bro✊🏽
It's because Aussie has such strict laws on zero crime from kiwis they call them 504s, any crime and they are deported straight back to NZ.
The ones in aus are the ones that come form better backgrounds who could make it out.
Fark mate - you should do a tour of duty in new xiland and meet some of the ones here mate. Then you can tell everyone how farkin awesome you think they are. But it's their country mate until the Chinese move them all to the Chathams.
But God shows his love for us in that the while we were sinners, Christ died for us.
Lack of parenting. So true. Sad
Dysfunctional family.
Are we just skipping thru burning down kindergarten
Yes... Yes we are 😪
These gangs that use the swatika should realize the nazis would never even break bread with them.
Average Joe what is "the swatika"
if by chance you mean swastika you would be correct but that shows the intelect of mm
Average Joe more than one mean for it ya fck
the sticker originates in Mongolia and it was one of king ghangaskhans symbols, it doesnt originate in germany..... idiots
@Fear Monger actually mongolians look it up
@Fear Monger its comes from a heap of ancient societies
It's the same statistics in every colonized country by the Anglos: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand-
The indigenous are grossly over-represented in their prison systems
thats right,
And under represented in the high IQ department.
@@bretttobin9632 ... *under-represented (oh, the irony).
@@duaruatolu9248 If you hold people to strict standards in what basically amounts to nothing more than a text message, methinks the irony is lost on you.
@@duaruatolu9248 Here is an example for you to muse on, if stephen hawking made a spelling or grammatical mistake did it totally negate his intelligence?
The Communities need more people like Henare O'Keefe. What a Saint !!
Yes he appears to be a great asset to his community... Unfortunately after sixty odd years on this planet, I'm somewhat wary about "judging any book by it's cover"...
This is quite sad. Visited NZ last year and the first thing i noticed is the beautiful landscape. Nice beaches and lakes and hiking trails. But when we went to the rural areas like Matamata and Rotorua, you can clearly see some people struggling.
Well you ought to see it today in 2022.... its a disgrace.
@@dansuperbee3321 it must be so different up north, I have done very little travel up north but this is not really the case in the South Island
Henare Okeefe, He is the living example of what it means to be a warrior! Full of wisdom and understanding. Brave, courageous and compassionate just are a few of the attributes of a real warrior. He has no identity crisis! He doesnt bother lookin at himself to work out who he is! He sees the desperate needs of others and positions himself to be a pillar that upholds the blessings for others to come under. Now imagine how the recipients of Henare's love, compassion, and hard work would identify and describe him? He just goes out and loves on all people. Not just the ones who look like him, speak like him or has the same interests as him. He loves on them not because they do things the way he likes it to be done, but purely because he knows that these precious lives have great worth and are worth investing his time, his talents and his treasures. Doin tha Do's! Luke 6:31 John 3:16-17 The Warrior Spirit! Mauri Ora!
There is no need to be in a gang to be a strong man.
First you are never going to fix people that hurt other people unless you require them to take responsibility for their actions! Did not seem like alot of that in this story! The absolute base issue is fatherless homes that teach kids responsibility and the right thing to do! We have same issue in black neighborhoods as well as poor white neighborhoods!
Firstly, you need to stay in your lane - this isn’t your people so sit down and stfu!! Secondly, individual responsibility isn’t going to fix anything unless and until there is a collective responsibility. That is the government, have to let each iwi, hapu and their whanau (words you don’t know because again NOT your culture) govern in accordance to each own. Many things could be addressed when it comes to Maori but being as it’s none of your business I won’t bother getting into it. One last thing, the issues faced by poor black neighborhoods hold similarities but are not the same in that it’s different cultures and that requires a unique internal solution per said culture and not from an external source like government. Also those poor white people - thats by choice. They have privilege and they have the world and their institutions built upon lots and lots of stolen lands - in the words of Paul Mooney - what a waste of white skin!
Alexis Colby you just triggered cause he’s right
@@ClearPower there was a showdown between a Ginger and a Brown boy outside public library and weird ginger d did the runner. Too hard to gel with the brown world especiaaly for those real white Ginger heads. Think Gingers are the Demon breed as they never back off and allways atracted too darker breeds
Since when did NZ have an indigenous people??? - the producers have not done their homework. How many other fundamental errors are there in this programme. There are only settlers in NZ from different eras.
I came from NZ but left, and being overseas. Not all maoris are like this, playing rugby they play with real heart. The ones at my rugby club in England are really good people. Every society has a “lower class” to some extent, in NZ the Maori are in a vicious cycle. You saw that the parents,well the fathers were not really dads. So it’s a cycle. They are a naturally excitable people, ie they like the adrenaline that comes from conflict, it excites them. These young men are bored. And gangs is an exciting thing to get into, and gives them purpose. Unfortunately their attributes are not the ones that are going to be beneficial in a modern world. It’s the old saying, you must move with the times but I think they are still in an old mentality we’re being able to intimidate people is part of a social hierarchy. That won’t work in a modern society. To be harsh they must conform or continue down that road. Japanese culture confirmed very quickly when europeans came to them. But I guess the ultimate question is what do the Maori want and what do they consider quality of life?
Well said ! & to be honest l'm a Maori boy who also has Pakeha Genealogy like most of Maori today hence why l have red hair & fair skin but l don't consider myself a New Zealander , why . Because Pakeha New Zealanders , not all of them but most , look down on us like where 2nd glass citizens in our own lands . But here's the thing we fought each other in battle & we fought side by side as brothers in the 1st & 2nd World Wars & nothing changed . But people forget that our grandfather's from the 2nd NZ Division/ 28th Maori Battlion where actually the front line for the British Bulldog Winston Churchill Greece/Crete/North Africa/ltaly - The Price of Citizenship . We are the Mokopuna of these men .
@@winiataamopiu3590❤
@@winiataamopiu3590most White New Zealanders don't look down on Maori.
If maori are concerned about what people think of them they need to look at how they act.
@@Stephen-bq4nq Don't we all!
@@winiataamopiu3590 No, You're a white kid who thinks he's a maori..... Grow up and get a life... Useless losers like you are what is taking our race down....
I pray things get better for the Maori people 🙏 Lord knows the struggle has been real for Native Americans, Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and other minority groups living in America 🇺🇸 🗽
tom gong 👀 ☝
The struggle? The struggle is brought on by their own actions!
that last group can leave if they find it too tough - go back to their own sweet homelands.
Maori make up about 17% of New Zealand's population but are way overrepresented in all the negative statistics like crime, poverty, unemployment and poor health. Drive through any poor neighbourhood and it's predominantly Maori. Auckland has a huge homeless problem and majority of the homeless you see are Maori. I went to a restaurant and in the foyer were photographs of people who left without paying their restaurant bill and they were all Maori. Go into shops and behind the counter are photos of shoplifters and again they're predominantly Maori.
Your pray does not work.
I come from a very low socioeconomic back ground in Australia but I didn't take an easy road of violence or crime to let rule my life, until they take the challenge to heart to make themselves better than that no one can, the world is full of stories of self made men, the ones who rose up to greatness, these refused to take the easy road to life and be type cast, they really have the warrior heart, so how about it you so called warriors show us who is the real thing, what would the ancestors think of your actions, would they approve
“A sadness that becomes a cloak.” That’s deep.
TKSS Maori people seem to be a higher percentage of the NZ population than the Australian aborigines or the North American natives, but being colonised and having to follow a completely different way of life can literally ruin the self esteem and the self confidence and feelings of belonging to a modern nation.
The immediate priority of the US, Canadian, Australian and NZ authorities should be to try to promote the original cultures and to actively help address the damage that has been inflicted on the indigenous people of these countries.
Celebrating the Haka as a national symbol is not enough, having Tiki images on coins and stamps is not enough.
The Pakheha community has to admit that the past treatment of the Maori hasn't been good enough.
Simon Yip you don’t know what your talking about. No simple solutions. NZ had a treaty they weren’t colonised like other places. Drugs and Alcohol is a major factor
Simon Yip - The haka preformed most commonly by New Zealanders was composed by Te Raparaha. Te Raparaha was a tribal war lord who formed large war parties that raped and pillaged the length of New Zealand's South Island. At Kaiapoi alone his men annihilated a settlement of over 2500 people, killing or enslaving the entire population. By his own admission, the victor's spent 3 days feasting on the corpses of their victims until the smell of rotting flesh forced them to leave. This was just one example , there were many more.
How does teaching someone to perform a war dance that honours a slave owning cannibal rapist make them less likely to reoffend?
@@The0Matador0 do your research man.
Don't Do the crime if you can't do the time. Are we supposed to feel sorry for criminals ?
Nothing to do with race, it's their attitude that gets them locked up.
Bullshit it's been reported that Maori have a bias against them, pakeha hate to admit that becaus3 it threatens your peivilege
Billionaires invest into politics in different countries, who influence companies and the news to make it look like there's a problem, then they step in and offer a "solution". It's a business. Race is a little bit of a factor, but for the most part it's globalism. All of this was America in the 1990's. 20 bucks says a heroin and cocaine epidemic will be next to help fill those prisons.
@@TheUnholyPosole meth epidemic bro,
Or it could be parent abuse
@TheIommisg if only it was that easy, your more likely to be let go from police for just being white, I did community service with a white guy that had a 50 pot grow and he didn't even get jail, brown skinned people were coping the same hours for half a joint on them
"The barbeque is a bridge that they will walk across from their heart to mine"
It all comes down to better parenting. At least the Maori guy that does the community barbecue admitted that and wasn’t blaming external factors. The mothers and fathers are failing their children, it’s that simple.
And not at all about social engineering? No, let’s ignore First Nations in USA, Canada and Australia as having the same issues as Maori and one common thread - colonization. Don’t come on here and blame/judge people who went from being great peoples to what we see now, then say they did it to themselves.
Alexis Colby more excuses, it’s pathetic. Extremely condescending too. They aren’t mindless fools with no free will. What about all the good Maori that make good life decisions and lead productive lives. “don’t judge someone by the colour of their skin but the content of their character”.
Better parenting is the answer, but how does a child raised in the gang become a parent then their own. There is nothing simple about it at all
Villa Admin we are all human and need to take responsibility for our own lives. Nobody else can live it for us. Somebody needs to break the chain of substance abuse and violence. In short, be a better person. It really is that simple.
@@alexiscolby9415 As a white European, I can tell you we were also colonised and invaded many times over the centuries. Our ancestors were brutally murdered, they beliefs destroyed, their property and lands stolen, but we don't complain and blame the invaders...
great documentary, thank you!
Absolutely true and I respect the change of my people back home. My hapu is Ngati Ranginui and my Iwi Tainui. I have been living across the Tasman for nearly two decades. The upside you see are the true values of why education, positive aspirations and creative innovations is a virtue much needed for my people. I was raised like many Maori children from the day we were born to be strong, tough, and hold our ground. Today these abilities have driven me to positive places all around the world. To me we as a Maori People are naturally embedded with the Warrior Instinct has been part of our spiritual aspect for centuries. Yes many negatives and I have lived through it all negative and positive while growing up. I came from very humble beginnings and I believe moving to a different part of the world showed me realism in how we as a Maori can handle ourselves...it takes time and balance, I have learned in my education, innovation, and now development it doesn't matter who we are or where we come from, it takes motivation, sacrifice, and strength to move forward to succeed. Without passion there is never results. One day I will be heading home to share my ideas, identity, and technological innovation to my people like the positive teachers in this video. Showing all people can change for the betterment of any race. Times have changed what we are seeing globally is that change. If we all can focus on building and helping in a positive world every continent will have that change. The Power of Love always conquers all, even in dark days where chaos and hate is the alter ego that needs to change in all.
You need to shame them out of crime instead of glorifying it. It’s the same for all races in all areas. If the elders say jail is for cool people the kids wanna go to jail.
Is that what cheesus told you?
The only positive thing I've got to say is that the landscape is spectacular indeed
Why is there so much concern with the criminals...what about the victims, hard working, tax paying people who try to make a honest living, away with the gangs world wide, don't waste time on criminals , teach children right from wrong no matter what heritage and the Haka is for sure not a friendly thing looks mean and what does that create????
Exactly. They all just think they’re cool and hard. Victims everywhere but the Gov still throws them money after money. Forget the Hakka they’re not warriors. Alcohols a huge problem.
Sorry but what youre saying is pretty naive. "Dont waste time with criminals". Oh ok lets just lock the criminals up, let them serve their time, and we're all hunky dory. No. If we want to reduce the impact of criminal activity in our country, if we want to reduce the chances of recidivism, if we want to reduce the amount of money we are spending on keeping people locked up in the long term, we need to develop a method to re-institutionalize criminals back into society. Because if we don't, if they dont have knowledge or support to live a decent life, of course they will just keep doing what they grew up doing.
TimSManual - Sorry but what you are saying is pretty naive, "re-institutionalize back into society", how are you going to do that? The belief that society can somehow "rehabilitate"people who have chosen to hurt, exploit and kill there fellow human beings is nothing more than a warm fuzzy dream.
The Haka was created after the European brought peace it goes "Once we were warriors now we are peaceful, not many people realise this because we never get the English translation
My son lives and works in Auckland as a prisoner guard moved from the UK 5 years ago And now as made a difference to some of the prisoners they look up to him he wants the job as governer he deserves it he's at the north Auckland prison I have been to new Zealand lots off times beautiful country the moaris are lovely people I agree with my son they need something to look forward to wen they are released and support wen they are out I have been all over the world I have met gangs cape town Los Angeles south America Asia and its the same problem poverty and drugs I blame the governments not doing anything about its very sad
These poor kids i thought like that as a kid it got me locked up at 11 have done over 10 years kids you will get nothing but misery stop it right now only you can help im good now 😢😢😢😢
there is a stigma that blinds our brothers and sisters into criminal activity and forces them into a world of negative and proverty surroundings. for those of us like our elders here, should support there community project and in force more love than critism
It's called white supremacy...and you see this same pattern every where colonizers have set their foot. It's sad.
David Saintloth what supremacy though? If there was a white supremacy then the All blacks team would be the All whites. Those men got there through hard work and dedication. If you think white supremacy exists in such a tiny country then why not move and see how your fair in another part of the world?
On the other side, let's say that all the issues that these people have is from the colonies around 150 years ago are all systemic from that event. What's your solution? Because blaming others doesn't actually seem to be productive in anyway, so what would be the next step if you were in charge?
LOL, I was born in West Auckland (one of the dodgiest areas), and they are WAY over dramatising things, yea there is a high imprisonment rate but that is entirely because of self-actions (with some exceptions), Gangs are not a huge problem, for the most part, they hold community events and are actually quite friendly
West Auckland is paradise compared to otara in South auckland
good on you uncle David, I'm blessed to be part of your whakapapa... when I get back in the gym I'll let you know, maybe send a few boys down my way for some jujitsu and kickboxing training , in return you can teach me that beautiful Tiaha wero I heard about so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤
New Zealand isn't as bad as this video portrays. Many Maori people do extremely well and have good jobs and inspire others to do great in life. However NZ as a whole has poverty and crime throughout the country like most other places, there is some troubles also with domestic violence and drugs and it seems it is so very hard to get out of those ruts. It's a very complex issue and it's hard to know the answer. But as I said NZ is not all bad and even "bad" people have a good side.
After watching this breaks my heart. All the maori here in melb australia are the most loving kindest people you will ever meet!
They move to Australia to get better jobs and say away from crime.
@Shane Steel the ones I've met are good people
Yes they are just like us now but they were once marauding crazy savages
Pfft... Try visiting Cranbourne at night...
If they are kind why they are in prisons?
*Left my scooter outside the dairy, Nek Minnut*
We have systematically failed Maori. I am Pakeha, and proud of my ancestry. Nevertheless, I am proud of my Maori mates, and their people. We need to address the basic issues pertaining to poverty, and deprivation. This causes problems for us all, regardless, of race. However, one irks me, the idea Maori are getting an easy ride - utter bullshit. Social Policy, directed at Maori, actually helps us all. Yup, some Maori's are assholes; Nevertheless, so are numerous tax dodging Pakeha. Kia Kaha, we can and must work together. In failing Maori, we also fail ourselves. Arohanui!
+SMC01ful tautoko
Poverty n crime hurts all,you dont want gated communitys n barred windows like usa.
and guns every place.
Kia Ora tautoko to your korero mate we as a MAORI race have failed ourselves our and our tamariki, worst of all we trampled on the wairua and mana of our ancestors... they gave their lives to fight for the whenua we walk on! an have equal if not full rights to governing our country. all of their efforts will have been for nothing 😢 if our ancestors could come together and unify as a MAORI race people as ONE then we today can as well and be the strong and proud race with a rich and beautiful heritage that we is in our BLOOD! mauri ora ✊☝ one love, an respect and love one another 👊👍 PEACE ✌
"If you give my people welfare, you will destroy them" - Apirana Ngata
And the state gave them welfare....
Unemployed parents can’t control their kids or don’t choose to?
No one should have children if they can't afford them !
@@mrx-gn2zj i always say that cheers bro...i thought I was the only 1 who thinks like that
Exactly!!!
@@mrx-gn2zj thank you. To a certain extent I feel like it’s a form of child abuse to bring a kid in the world and not be able to financially take care of him/her especially since a child didn’t ask to be here…
I'm an Australian and I can tell you a sausage sizzle really does help. No one wants a job. People are crying out for freedom and real life family experiences
They have been TRYINg to rehab these fellas for 40 years that I know of and yet MAORI
still act tough and violence rules.
How about the good Maori sort it out!!!
Well I’m not from nz but I’ve study there for a year best people I have meet Maori people and I have so many friends they are Maori and they all good at the end of the day we’re all born equal but we aren’t all treated equally ....straight from Saudi 🇸🇦
Ty Everybody in NZ is treated equally, people like yourself are always twisting it to a race thing... and that just makes things a thousand times worse!!
We are not treated equally. Institutional racism is deeply entrenched in all parts of NZ legislation and our country. Our grandparents were beaten for speaking our language and I'm a second generation to not speak it from birth. My grandfather was deeply scared of us embracing anything Maori. My Nan had to apply for rentals in Christchurch because in the 60s my grandfather was considered too black and she was a fair skinned Maori.
Colonisation of the British destroyed our whole culture. And yet there are people like the one above who think the world is equal.
Treated equally is a privilege afforded to non Maori. But mostly Pakeha.
Miss Clark That May of happened in small pockets here and there like all cultures and religions around the world, but there’s no denying today Maori have way more opportunities than non Maori, and Maori aren’t even native to this country... they arrived by boat like everybody else. They are not caretakers of the land that’s a myth! they are responsible for the deforestation through massive fires that swept this land.. Moa, Hast Engel and many other including the redheaded Parackus people from before, all gone, as a result of the foreign Maori invaders!! and that’s a fact!!!
Stephen Williams then so are you. Then all humans are. But, humans came from animals, like other animals came from other animals and other animals came from small small parts of life. That then created larger things. Meaning by what you have said, Moa is bad too, Moa ate animals. Tuatara eats other Tuatara. It’s all normal, Human were smart enough to travel across water so they have the right to survive where they stop. This is the way Māori survived, calling them the destroyers is very rude and inappropriate especially since, the British have done worse. But it’s all just life, and you seem to be on he end that doesn’t think things through, because your statement is incorrect and just flat out rude
Dibrae Jarden it’s not rude, its fact and people don’t like the truth, because they like to build up a narrative that suits them financially! I can remember in the seventies, it was common knowledge The there were redheaded people here before Maori, today it’s all hidden away!!!. What happened to these people? Completely shut down?
I'm on a ten year streek next year...that's a decade out after spending a decade in and out
The guy at about 1:30..a lot of Maoris are locked up..but it's not their fault, it's the "system"..what a joke..for every car you steal, every person you rob, there is a victim
Born and breed in NZ. Have Maori nieces and nephews they love and respect this old white man. Maori are not too proud to share their homes their lives and lives with others. Their love and humility shame me. Maori given respect, honour, and dignity are the best people.
see how no one like this
these people are more racist then I thought
@MrKewlhanz...so loved your direction of a positive life for you and your family kapai👍
Once Were Warriors is like the best movie ever. The two star actors nailed it. Jake the muss and his wife. Who are two nice bright people in real life. I saw them in an interview. Check it out if you haven't yet. And Smiley from Training Day is in it too.
THAT MOVIE WAS CRACKUPS🤣🤣
2019 and little has changed.
Sadly the indigenous of New Zealand are the same as the indigenous in Australia, USA, Canada. Alcohol and drugs get them at a young age.
Yes, their parents allow it.
What the young need is a DAD and MUM they ,the children can look up to and be proud of Drugs and Alcohol Stealing a beating another is NOT to be proud of. Sorry you are Not an adult.
Maori are more integrated into New Zealand society (myself included). Indigenous peoples in Australia, USA and Canada are far worse off.
IAM so glad I'm not like them / far out
I’ve never been able to understand why some people deliberately make themselves so ugly .
Amazing how one’s ego leads them up their garden path never to return.
🙏🇦🇺
This hurts my heart seeing these kids talk about crimes and ending up in jail so proudly. They just need someone to love them, and to nurture their (legal) talents before they get their wish, or worse, wind up dead.
Well tnere are too many and right down the street are kids trying to be good so lets focus on the good and not waste time on dumb dead that are a waste of their own time.
Love cures a lot of problems.
Well, i like his honesty. Should make a fund me for his first rifle haha ;)
The result of generational disposition, trauma forced on them since NZ Land companys treason to the British Crown. Narrator is incorrect about the largest gang in NZ. That honour belongs to the NZ land companies private thugs the NZ police.
Black power tatoo guy whiter than me
Pablito Eskobar Black Power is the name of the gang, you don’t have to be black to join
@Mauri Mela & neglected kids
Thats why they're fkd up. They went confused to go be more confused....
dosnt matter and hes prolly got maori bood in him
Do you think your people are the only ones that was being killed whilst being called a ni66a? My friend we are nothing but thieves, thugs, liars, ni66as and self proclaimed land owners in our own country. Learn our history and you'll answer your own questions.
Education,education,education,reading writing,arithmetic, cultural awareness,empathy,honesty,pride,humility.
Why are they called Black Power and why do the other side call them N words?
Are they just confused or what?
They don't look dark enough to be black to you?
@@deoaldi2854 Clearly they're brown, not black. Lots of people here in New Zealand think it's stupid when none of them are black.
They are not black they are wannabes
@@deoaldi2854 I mean hypothetically, but what I don't understand is why one side calls itself "white power" and calls the other side N words? they appear to be just as brown as the rest? are they just confused or do they really hate black people and think they're white somehow? I dunno if they're confused but i'm sure that im confused. lol
@@reggierushmore208 And the rest want to be white...?
An interesting and insightful documentary!
Oh my gosh!! That poor little boy predicting he will end up in jail, committing crimes and had already burned down a house. It is heart crushing to hear such a young boy speak like that about his own future.
I have never been able to understand how people don't understand that breaking the law of the society they live in results in being punished by the same law?Regardless of what the back story is they are educated in the laws and choose to break them.
regardless of what the back story is - that doesnt excist
That's exactly right. And before European settlement, the Maoris would have had there laws. I wonder how severe there punishments were.
Kia-ora Aotearoa/NZ 🇹🇱💛🇳🇿👍👍👍
If you choose a life of crime, then you should deal with the consequences.
They don’t “choose” a life of crime... where else would you turn if your family were poor, in and out of jail and you as a young kid were bored out your mind with no opportunities or a society that is bent on demoralising you as a people
@@stephenturney6879 What I did was get a job. Problem solved.
Wow New Zealand looks beautiful!💓🙏💕
It is! Come and see us sometime!!!
It is amazing :)
@@rikkigillespie1386 bro
The bloke running the free barbecues is a saint
What's the message here from the documentary makers?
They won't show the faces of the imprisoned offenders who are a long way down the road of self destruction, yet kids are shown and interviewed promoting their involuntary imprisonment into a life cycle of violence and hate. A parent or guardian with any "compos mentis" in the care of children would never permit them being identified around this mess further solidifying their bond to a life of dispare.
This is only the opinion of 1 man, but as a father, a brother and a lover of the greater human cause I feel the executives behind documentaries like this should evaluate the long term impact it no doubt has on the vulnerable.
I'm a proud kiwi women! How about if we treat all these people with love ❤ they will LEARN love..The feeling of hope and support, possibilities that a different way of life WILL BRING!......
Their Maori families never gave them love so don't go down that path girl.
@@Longtack55 what path is that... Love is love! Race doesn't matter boi...
MOST prison inmates have spent years in crime and have had multiple trips to court and numerous opportunities to ask for help. Prisons had FULL TIME teachers and work, guess what, didn't change them. Rehabilitation is to put back into original condition. Prison is NOT for anything but time out. Hundreds of like minded incarcerated together, never going to change the attitudes. PARENTINGS IS THE ONLY ANSWER,
MAORI WARRIORS - 28th MAORI BATTALION!
grow up.
Really?
@Demz Soutz you are very gullible that's a old wife's tail
Henry Gourlay willie apiata is a Maori who received the VC
No comparison
That kid dropping the n bomb is comical and wrong at the same time
Why is it wrong?
these are descendants of warriors. The warriors that defeated the british and forced them to request a treaty. The only people in the world to do so and the reason Aotearoa/New Zealand is the beautiful place that it is today. Show some respect.
Maori were breaking every sacred la of God until the Missionaries were sent in by God Himself - have a bit of respect for the Most High!!
Maori are amazing people i just love there hospitality they are just like me and you.
Helpful and generous loving and kind.
I wish I could spend more time there.
Sunny Shairani yeah you should totally ask the Moriori how wonderful and peace loving they are lmao
space cadette lol that was back in the day
children need to feel safe with feeling all thiere emotions
Conflicting to a business world that is cold.Dead entities.
WE will make a change
For the better.
I love my Country
I love my People
So many smart and capable men wasted.
Their choice
When there's no family to guide you,you find a family
Not true my Mum spent years in prison and Ive never been to prison
Aint no Warriors just a bunch of hodlems
What we maoris need to do is assemble the chiefs. Get the iwis back in line and institute a proper form of united leadership by either reforming the current maori monarchy or dissolve it and re-establish a new one that we can follow and look to properly. We could use the chiefs to properly reform the iwis. Bring the young ones in and teach them the right way. Teach them about whanau, respect, and honour. Doing this would help get rid of all these foolish gangs. Or atleast get maoris out of them and allow them to be properly guided. We could help our children focus on school, family, and building an education. Only doing this can we truly rebuild our peoples image and our lost honor.
Could start with doing something about cleaning up the drug problem #1 then this will deal with the issue of gang violence #2. Gangs by nature are turf oriented and recognize each other by the colors and patches they aren’t much different from gangs of LA. #3 Moms need to discipline their kids more.
@Delibes Flair Thanks to the white man for breeding with our women. What honorable men they were.... Not
Or maybe you could just feed your kids, send them to school, get a job and be a generally useful member of society.
@@kiriwest165 too true - Maori women should the property of Maori men, with no say in their own lives.
@29Feb sober u wish haha
Army reserves or farm work really helps these young fellas who get into trouble in the cities. Prisons are no place for the youth of any culture.
My dads a black power and was in and out of jail my whole life my mums a mentality unwell psycho and talks to herself all my brothers are patched up and all in jail........
Me however I own 3 houses and a takeaway cafe buisness I have a pastime job on a charter boat.... I dont have to worry about money anymore...
I hate It when people have excuses as to why they ended up the way they are......
Tane To the line Respect bro. It’s not what you get that makes you but what you make with what you get.
I'm from a crime cukture in Australia. Alot of friends dead and in jail. It's might be systems fault. It's culture. And u are 100% right. It's up to each man to break the chains.
I hate it when people beat the odds, become successful despite the obstacles stacked against them, know that making it to where they are took hard work and luck, but have the vanity to look back at the people facing the same obstacles they stumbled their way over and say "I hate It when people have excuses as to why they ended up the way they are".
Congratulations on your success and i hope it continues, but at the end of the day Maoris being disadvantaged in modern-day society has statistically become more and more obvious. you, if what you said is true, are an outlier or an anomaly not only in your own family by the sounds of it; but Maori in general. Which is the problem, call it an excuse if you want its just facts and hard stats, for some reason we just don't seem to prosper as an ethnicity as a whole, in the system that governs our own country.
@@pholse I hope you do well in life bro.... yeah i beat the odds but I'm still me... I am tane nicholas a good friend a dad a uncle a role model in our community and hapu lol
it doesn't surprise me that the prison rates are high, the gangs here in NZ are extremely violent and the come in all ages and sizes, my high school alone has dozens of student that are a part of a gang.
Cookie and Henare O'Keeffe had it nailed. Cookie was so real about how it is. How can you do 9 to 5 after a life spent this way. Trying to rehabilitate inside a structure that aided in these people ending up this way anyway. I hope he's okay and that the little one finds another thing to aspire to. Which is really hard for him considering what he's seeing, and let's be honest 9 to 5 isn't attractive. How do you do that well when you've suffered these traumas too. The nanny was right too. This was very well done and highlighted the reality of how it is. It's very sad too. The government doesn't really have any interest in handing the reigns to maori unless it goes inside their structure and to incompetants that will fk it up. The whole reason we have government is because of colonisation anyway. Government's aren't really in the business of healing. They want cheap labour in the jails.
Once were Worries meets Boy
Talk about poor life choices
Amen. There it is, *choices*
No worries mate.
ANZAC.
God Bless America 🗽🇺🇸
They just know hopers
Maori make up about 17% of NZ's population but are way over represented not only in crime and prison numbers but almost every negative statistic i.e poverty, unemployment, poor health. Auckland has a huge homeless problem and majority of the ones you see are Maori.
They can´t be helped........because they are too busy blaming white folk for their problems.