I’m Māori and I hate it. We are being manipulated by these Marxist as victims and paraded out when the majority of Maori don’t care. They are causing division and it’s embarrassing
I grew up with plenty of Maori friends, not one of them needed the victim card. If we only embraced each other (kiwis) and respected each cultural background and religion.
I’m a young maori male working hard and I’m disgusted by the decisive actions of the maori party. I’m proud of my culture and heritage but disgusted how it’s been radicalised to whip up hysteria. In some ways I view maori party radicalisation similar to ISIS
We have reached this sad state of social division thanks entirely to Adern and her fellow activists (Willie Jackson, Mahuta. Kiri Allen etc) introducing activist policies that were never disclosed to voters prior to the election and never endorsed by voters. The people Labour subsequently appointed to key positions in Wellington, including the Waitangi Tribunal, will no doubt continue to sow social division....
ruclips.net/video/V0meQxgIHu8/видео.html . Actual racial division. Other way around. Turns out it was just a sad old fella's dream. Thank God we can finally be civil.
Rubbish Maori have been aasserting their rights to their language and culture peacefully since the 60's certainly since the early 70's when the Kohanga movement started - pretty sure Ardern wasn't even alive then so stop with your rubbish. The only difference now is that we are more vocal than then, it has taken 50yrs for us to get to this point and unfortunately for you it is not due to a political party but more a social understanding which is only strengthening and growing. It's your choice whether you want to have a truly united NZ where we accept all cultures or not
Well said. I wonder why the hell I returned to NZ, if I had my time again I would leave for good. This country is a mess and our politicians don't have the balls to fix it.
Most Maori people I have met over the years just want equality and a good life.The needy ones despise work and that goes for all ethnicities. Just after handouts. The elite are greedy and have no intention of sharing with normal everyday Maori.
@mikimoto99 thanks again for your response even if you didn't answer the question. I was asking for your opinion specifically. I've heard many commentators talk about Māori elites over the years, so I'm just trying to understand who these people are from those who talk about them. I've been told I'm an elite Māori, but I don't think you're necessarily talking about me here.
@@Xashe You are best to ask similar people that have told me over conversation, everyday,working, Maori people that live a normal life and do an honest days work. There are many, take your pick. Elites around the world do little but clip the ticket of the average working person, then try to tell us they know whats best for us. This is obviously not just a Maori thing. Happens in all cultures, check out the WEF for eg.
@mikimoto99 why don't you want to name anyone in particular? Like surely there's at least one you can name? I tried looking up elite Māori and besides the Hori from Ōtaki I found a piece about Winston Peter's calling Te Pāti Māori elite Māori. Do you think any of these count as elite Māori? Winston Peters, Rawiri Waititi? Or maybe John Tamihere? I've named three for you now, which ones do you consider elite Māori, and why?
It’s no wonder so many good qualified people are moving overseas, most people have had a guts full of the government not sorting it out. Seymour is the only one with any balls.
Tried to destroy Maori culture in the past but we fought hard to keep it alive now you white people are scared lol wake up you tried to force Maori to be white but no
You don't even have the courage to say that out loud to your neighbour. Why not lead the way by saying your comments directly to John, Debbie, Tariana, Rawiri, Peeni, Dale.... Your problem is that more people do now have the courage to speak out what they think, and those people are Maori and true Kiwi's who don't want the division your fear is engendering
How many times do you deliberately watch anything with the title, Maori or treaty in it so you can feel a sense of anger, frustration and emotion toward an entire group of people that you don't interact with? You people keep talking about speaking out and speaking up but it's always about Maori. Our language, our children, our culture, land, our politicians, our business, our education system. Try to put yourself in a position where the majority constantly want you to give up your everything, put it away in a closet and never acknowledge you are anything more than a kiwi with no history, language or culture before colonisation. Astounding you can't inherently see how racist it is. I say this to all the racist, just watch rabbit proof fence then get back to me. I'll wait.
@@2wahineandadog Funny how you judge me without knowing anything about me. I do talk to people I know about what I think. But I don’t talk about things or people I don’t even know about.
What I don't understand is why Maori are called "indeginous" to New Zealand. As per their own understanding, they arrived in NZ on boats after having left their own countries/islands. After arriving in NZ they colonised the placxe. How is that different from Capain Cook having arrived here colonising the place he found?
Because we had already settled the land, we were the first people here. Moriori came over on the same waka and became their own distinct people around the 1500s when they moved to the Chatham islands, where they still are to this day (because I know some munter will bring it up). Your argument is the same as if I went to England today, colonised it, and said whats the difference, the Romans and Celts sailed there too?
Admittedly long time ago but isn’t the belief of being a superior race of people a common held belief of European people when they first arrived in NZ and all the other places around the world.. and because of that there were dire consequences for indigenous people everywhere …their views recorded in studies and journals ..not alll without admiration but still well held beliefs of being better .
I'm sick of listening to them blame colonizers for their sh!tty miserable lives..those colonizers are long gone so maori have had decades to better themselves & break cycles
If Dame Anne Salmon took the time to step outside her highly politicised, academic bubble she would encounter the reality that it is her views which are inherently racist because they are based on the concept of ethnic-supremacy.
I've just finished reading the book 'The Musket Wars,' by Ron Crosby. A fascinating expose of what life was 'really' like for the average Maori in the half-century leading up to the signing of the Treaty: Raiding Maori war parties, motivated by revenge (utu), cannibalism, the taking of slaves, and the forced displacement of people from their lands - Not really the pre-European paradise some would have us believe!
Lol pakeha are free to their own interpretations of reo however I would consider multiple perspectives as someone who has maori, english, irish, french, german, welsh, samoan, fijian, and portugese blood i would like to emphasis the message of our late Kīngi Tuiheitia which is Te Kotahitanga (Unity)
@@HamueraWilliams Well, that unity among Maori is a major improvement of pre 1840 infighting. However, unity would be better among all NZ'ers, which the racist pro-Maori excesses will not provide! The new form of racism will only delude, hold back, and create division.
@@HamueraWilliamsIam a maori and it always hurts when i see all these racists in comment sections and even the platform with there narrow views. The way Michael talks is as if Maori made all this crap up.
Yep - conflict arises when people think they are special and look down on others - white or black, (race, religion, gender etc). There is a lot to admire about Maori culture and history but the fact is they wiped out species (ie moa etc), wiped out other people (Moriori), lorded over the majority in a feudalistic way and with slave, and fought and ate and oppressed each other just like the rest of us though-out human history. There was also very good reason that so many adopted Christianity over the oppressive outright evil beliefs they had beforehand. So lets cut the crap. We are all tangata whenua and kaitiake - or none of us are! I support what David Seymour says and I support Michael Laws views here - because they are speaking the TRUTH!.
British wiped out 100's of thousands of native people all over the world, taking slaves from Africa and now want to take on Russia by supplying deadly weapons to unalive thousands in Ukraine. Don't see Maori wanting to use nuclear weapons to wipe out the WHOLE world.
@@mooselee902And what also is your point???? The Moriori were hunter-gatherers who lived on the Chatham Islands in isolation from the outside world until the arrival of HMS Chatham in 1791. They came to the Chathams from mainland New Zealand, which means they were descendants from the Polynesian settlers who had initially settled in New Zealand - the same Polynesians from which Māori had also descended. This was because Māori had also lived in isolation in New Zealand. Most of what else is known about the Moriori, their culture and their language, is a matter of speculation. This is because so much evidence has been lost. After the 1835 genocidal Māori invasion, all Moriori were either killed, enslaved or they succumbed to the deadly effects of newly introduced foreign diseases. The language and culture of those Moriori that did survive became intermingled with the Māori language and society before records were made by Europeans. This makes most of what we now know of the pre-contact Moriori the subject of conjecture.
@@wetawatcher What is your point??? The Moriori were hunter-gatherers who lived on the Chatham Islands in isolation from the outside world until the arrival of HMS Chatham in 1791. They came to the Chathams from mainland New Zealand, which means they were descendants from the Polynesian settlers who had initially settled in New Zealand - the same Polynesians from which Māori had also descended. This was because Māori had also lived in isolation in New Zealand. Most of what else is known about the Moriori, their culture and their language, is a matter of speculation. This is because so much evidence has been lost. After the 1835 genocidal Māori invasion, all Moriori were either killed, enslaved or they succumbed to the deadly effects of newly introduced foreign diseases. The language and culture of those Moriori that did survive became intermingled with the Māori language and society before records were made by Europeans. This makes most of what we now know of the pre-contact Moriori the subject of conjecture.
Don't forget about Europeans wanting to wipe out the world with their nuclear weapons like what's going on in Ukraine. Doesn't fit your narrative does it?
I can't help notice that there are people who make a career from being oppressed by a colonial system that they despise that hey are more that happy to accept titles like, 'Dame' from the very 'colonial oppressors' that they apparently despise.
@@jameskatte1175 ahhh know allot off them who ''Pretend'' too be Dirt farmers and Bumms and beggers 24/7 , and when ahh have Looked at their International Pass-ports , see that most have been too every nation/ island/ City , on God's creation.
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult! Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!
Thanks Michael as a part maori woman I totally agree with you. I thought being called a dirty black b------in the 60s was bad enough but what maori are demanding now and the victim hood that some maori have now is beyond me. I feel some should hear the saying get off the cross someone else needs the wood
Sue I’m white and even I’ve experienced racism and where I live xenophobia and it’s not nice but I accept that there will always be a certain amount of racism but I was brought up in New Zealand to be colourblind and treat as equally with respect regardless of race. Sadly now in New Zealand we’re taught to see the colour of skin and to think in racial terms.
You come from a time of hard work and good work ethic .Maori and non Maori stood side by side and had great laughter with each other. A Maori was a good friend to pakeha and vice versa but then greedy Maori radicals have wormed their way into politics and heir agenda isn’t for Maori it’s for elite Maori and it’s off the backs of hard working Maori who will see nothing . Then we have pakeha in government who are just greedy pathetic individuals who allow division to happen by feeding into nonsense . The pakeha and Maori who are just everyday New Zealanders need to stand togather as we once did and not let politicians and radicals divide us .
@@deanwitt7903 The sad thing is that I can see the point you are trying to make. But to assume that the environment you speak of was indicative of the entire country is simply untrue. There were area's in Auckland where even in the 1970's Maori were not allowed to shop at certain stores or on the main streets of some suburbs. To not understand that that isn't any different now try watching while an adult Maori walk into ANY jewellers shop around the country. The only difference is that as a Maori I didn't grow up seeing any difference up North either, my best friend was and still is white with blue eyes - the difference in how I see the world and more importantly how the world sees me happened when I moved to Auckland for my career. I didn't make the differences but I can't change my skin colour nor my culture and I don't think I should have to. I also refuse to accept that my children should be treated differently or looked at suspiciously because of their skin colour or because they are fluent in another language. We NZer's don't berate Asian's for celebrating Diwali or Chinese New Year - we all wander along and watch the festivities and partake of the food - but it's only the Maori that so many are bashing
I would probably have more sympathy for Maori if it wasn’t for the fact that they are crying about what three of there relations did to the other one. I’d have more sympathy if most of those crying were not 90% of the colonisers blood. The whole thing is a scam perpetrated by a few so they can become extremely rich at the expense of the rest of the population, there so called own people included.
What a load of BS - no Maori are striving to achieve equity in language and culture and personal rights for financial gains. Since you don't know every Maori nor their genetic makeup your are just spouting racist nonsense.
@@KNWBDY.important It's only going to continue to get stronger - perhaps you should consider your Maori side as much as your European side and be proud of both
He is speaking nonsense. Reminds me of a bratty, ignorant 12 year old. Knows who to raak up all the people on here though. A shame he is just a shock jock looking for clicks...
Everybody I talk to wants truth-telling. But our politicians have shown themselves to be weak and spineless. But the real reason there is no truth-telling from our politicians is that our politicians stopped working for us a long time ago.
User try reading the treaty and the historic comments about maori understanding and accepting the treaty as it was meant to be. Try reading all history then see if you can critique Michael.
Of course....That would explain the fortified Pa's ....The haka, crude weapons, lack of animal husbandry, no understanding of crop management...widespread cannibalism, inter-tribal warefare....and as you said...hadn't discovered the wheel ffs.....definitely not special....on the contrary
Sailed the pacific ocean on the first catamarans? cultivated kumara and other root vegetables. People say they hadnt discovered the wheel, but they used to move waka over land by rolling them over round dunnage to mitigate friction. Adapted quickly from 'stick' fighting to modern warfare and if they were equally provisioned would have won... protected and fed the first settlers...
And Saint Mike and Sean are not peddling propaganda?! Sean has a go at everyone that listens to him too. He thinks most are nuts I'm pretty sure. He did craft together a fine aggrievement platform for the easily led, got to hand it to him. He shows that hand quite a bit yet no one who hangs on his every word even flinches.
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult! Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!
They were ran out of Peru to avoid being exterminated by the "natives" in the Americas too, settled in ancient New Zealand, and were then attacked by more "natives."
Maori is a made up word by pakeha for the indigenous and Moriori haven't been wiped out, colonial lies. We all might get wiped out by your European made nuclear weapons soon and you'll still blame Maori I suppose.
My thoughts are that I totaly agree with you Mr. Laws. And that there are any awful lot more of us that agree with you, but years of being accused of being racist are too frightened to speak up.
I haven't seen anyone that worried about speaking up against the 'other' (indigenous) culture here in NZ. I think they are quite bold and feel very entitled to be heard. I wonder what damage that fear has done to our international reputation?
@@KNWBDY.important And what does it matter if you are somewhat racist. I've never met anyone who hasn't inadvertently uttered or done something considered racist in this modern era. Just say what's on your mind and try not being an a***hole with it.
100 % right Michael, you know yesterday I attended a citizen ceremony in Nelson fronted by Nick Smith and Mel Courtney, to members of the NCC, and all through the ceremony language I don’t recall them ever referring to New Zealand has New Zealand it was predominantly referred to Aotearoa so way are they getting NZ citizenship maybe one day soon it will be called Aotearoa citizenship instead. The whole ceremony was skewed in my opinion more towards Māori values than European values so yes Michael there are the power’s to be definitely trying to undermine the New Zealand that we all use to know.😢
What did it say on their citizenship Certificates, New Zealand is my guess. That's what is says on mine. Maybe because of the inaccurate references the ceremony is either null and void or just a total waste of time and money.
Your best opinion piece ever. You captured the situation exactly and articulated it well. It's essential listening and should be made mandatory for all university degrees.🎉
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult! Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!
Unfortunately it's not that straightforward any more. "Democracy" has been responsible for George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Brexit, every mediocre NZ Prime Minister for 30 years culminating in Jacinda Ardern and so it goes....
We do. It's called an election. It happens every three years. And when you minority Pakeha can't handle the result of that election, you cry that the rules aren't fair.
Yeah... its amazing how the politically correct brigade can't help but use inaccurate terms... Indigenous when they are not, Native when they are not, First Nations when they are not. If we called them something accurate such as "first settlers" they would blow their stack. Then of course even first settlers is inaccurate because the majority of Maori have a large amount of European blood... so that means they are just settlers like the rest of us. Perhaps "Biracial and multiracial mixed first and second wave settlers"
Yeah... its amazing how the politically correct brigade can't help but use inaccurate terms... Indigenous when they are not, Native when they are not, First Nations when they are not. If we called them something accurate such as "first settlers" they would blow their stack. Then of course even first settlers is inaccurate because the majority of Maori have a large amount of European blood... so that means they are just settlers like the rest of us. Perhaps "multiracial mixed first and second wave settlers"
Which Maori? Any names or are you just generalising a tiny bit? I don't know anyone like that. Only one complaining are you and your fellow cookers in this post
@@Brucemcleod2345 Yeah well he is a dick but that's only one person. The government is full of 'golden handshakes', that's how they roll. Plenty of that going on with this government as well. But you are putting all Maori in your comments and that's just dumb. I don't get no special whatever that's in your head.
@@townyboy3540 The previous Labour government made probably the most concessions to Māori of any government in recent history, from renaming government departments to teaching Te Reo in primary schools, I don’t begrudge the Labour government for those ideas and policies, they come from a place of empathy for less fortunate people who can not seem to help themselves. So the solution was to rebrand and put some spin on the history of Māori and hope that they can achieve more virtuous ideals in society. Are we all willing to just go along with that?
@@Brucemcleod2345 One person?? Okay got it, sounds like you enjoy playing the victim thinking you're missing out on something that isn't even there you silly cooker 😂
This “noble savage” idea was around at least fifty years ago, because I heard it when I was a schoolboy at primary school. Gradually over the years I’ve heard the truth, filtering through. Forests burned off, animals hunted to extinction, cannibalism, endless tribal warfare, witchcraft…. There never was a “noble savage”. They were in desperate need of help.
yes indeed, and yet I never had strong feelings about it until the Jacinda rabble came along and terminated every statement with the words "especially Maori", which equated to me, except youse people who are paying for it. Give them an inch they will take a mile, sigh
@@AKenton apparently everyone sick of this woke stuff are heading over to aussie Victoria state..think it be good to be part of like minded people there...this woke stuff here is gonna get worse so might be a good idea
@@MuzorewaRatshikuni since when!! all around the world it’s called New Zealand My passport says NZ just cause you think it should be Aotearoa why should you force it on NZ people!!
@@Rogsmith4 Pot calling the kettle black, hey? It's amazing how you don't stop to think that at one time, "New Zealand" was forced down others' throat.
So well spoken Michael, thank you. The fact there are straightforward, honest, educated and brave people like you speaking out makes me proud to be a New Zealander. My only wish is that the main stream media offered a more balanced view of such issues. What on earth has happened to their integrity? P
That's easy, the public interest journalism fund. 55 million slush fund for media that behave, they cannot speak out or criticise the treaty or Maori, otherwise no extra pay outs. Bribery in other words
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult! Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult! Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT AND OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!!
Yep! that is why I am leaving, the final straw was seeing my local council put in the local paper there only hiring people of diverse back grounds and females and we all know who there excluding but nobody says a bloody word, WEAK!!!
What race are the majority of poachers, crayfish, paua, as detailed in the newspapers when prosecuted? Some do not care about the enviroment, some do in all races.
The race that wiped out approximately 22 species of native nz birds, and burnt off 16% of the South Island's native bush. All before the white man even showed up.
That’s dead right, notice how they are trying there best to get ride of police ten -7 and coast watch, always way over represented in a bad way by part Māori, best we sweep that under the carpet A! Bro.
@@mooselee902 No. Just pointing out that the claim that maori as a race are not the only group that cares for the enviroment of NZ. Some, a few, have no respect for nature let alone the laws. Just as it is untrue to infer that other NZ'ers do not care about the enviroment. We all live here and generally get on together. Unfortunately there is always a poisonous minority stirring.
@@michaelcornell55 and all the gig European industrial countries of the world were all about conservation and the enviorment and whales and so on and not just in their own countries but others as welll nuclear testing in the pacific and you more worried that the cuzi who got no rubbish stickers dumps his bag down by your favorite picnic spot?
Written by a white colonist with a white perspective on Maori people - must be correct because everyone knows that white colonisers in the 1840's had a great understanding of the language and culture of the indigenous population - it probably includes that old rubbish narrative that women had no say in anything and were subservient to their men blah blah
Question: Why do we no longer hear about the stone age Maori keeping slaves and eating their rivals? Maori cannibalism was widespread throughout New Zealand until the mid 1800s but has largely been ignored in more recent history books.
NZ was known as the Cannibal Isles. Check Wikipedia. This was due to the ship The Boyd, where the crew and passengers were murdered and eaten, a few were taken as slaves.
@@gloriahooper5023 It was known by that in a brief period of time as named by colonisers who got their butts handed to them. I love how you fail to mention the Captain of the Boyd was a known murderer and that they killed many Maori - little bit one sided there Gloria
I stand with this guy. Māori we have already paid you millions of dollars just accept history and Colonization this happened in several places around the world, your free handouts are done it is everyone’s land not just yours and stop committing crimes and abusing the benefit from our tax money.
@benji4840 u have not even scratched the surface my man lol use made billions n trillions ova the past 150 years since the treaty was signd use got caught out on ur own paper work and words use created and signd! hence reason y they dont teach the treaty at schools b cos truth hurts and then the nz youth will kno jst how our history is ?? People was taking advantaged off now that use are getting audited ?? karmaz a b$tch lol
@jackdeniston6150 remember use tryd to eradicate maori like the abbo's but instead use wanted a peace treaty wth them and all the Maoris had was sticks n stones and English had muskets now who wer the warriors??? lol 1st natives to hv Eva had peace treaty n the world wth the English monarch on paper !! Do ur research and il wait for ur reply .haha
@@TeMana-vy5qu Maybe if you learned to write decently and intelligibly your life outcomes would be better. It is OK to be angry with your mother, she has failed you.
Obviously my comment has cut Mr jackdeniston6150 deeeeep lol now he's gone as low as bringn my mother into it ??haha guess ur muma raised u proper??must b proud 😆of a key bored warrior..bt gud come bk tho (winning) u must of done ya research!! Haha p.s I'm happy with my mother she raised a huntergatherer /fishermen providing for my family while u most likely stl buyn grocery's from the supermarket hws cost of living doing for yas n.e waaayyy 😂
We are all equal, (all human too), so don't get too excited. Don't let Michael lead you astray. Imagine not feeling aggrieved and trying to get along with each other, (on an equal footing). I don't think the 'us and them' thing has worked at all.
South African here. I was scrolling through to find some New Zealand insights into the weekend's rugby. Came across this rsther interesting opinion piece. Now I might not be an exlert on New Zealand, but we do have a very awkward history when it comes to race and how to luve in changing times. The problem from what I can see is that the government creates a protected class; whether its the Maori, the black people in South Africa, homosexuals, Muslims, whatever. Want to redress the mistakes of the past? Fine. But usually this ends up in nothing more than lip service. We will see here a lot of business and departments proudly proclaiming that they've now got the first woman, homosexual or person of colour into a certain role, while doing absolutely for the wider community. In South Africa for example, we see absolutely shocking service delivery in predominantly black areas - while we have a few of the elite in the highest posts, the wider community suffers. While we are all getting pats on our back for being more inclusive, very little is done to tackle crime, poverty, corruption, alcoholism and drug use. Even worse, because we've got a protected class now, vreating legislation around the challenges that a certain community faces now becomes a racial issue. Yet here we are, repeating the same mistakes tike after time. We have seen this in South Africa play out over the last thirty years, we are seeing it in the US and Britain with their immigration issues and we are seeing it in Australia and New Zealand with their struggling indigenous communities. The government loves to play the "look at me, how virtuous am I" card, but hardly ever spends any time or resources on actually building towards upliftment.
Completely agree, the coming of the modern world was inevitable. They should be extremely grateful it was the British. Others were much harsher. It should be noted the British were keen to avoid previous mistakes. The treaty was an attempt to avoid that. Finally, the colonizers have created one of the best and most caring societies in the world where all people have access to healthcare, education and social support. Young Maori need to be taught to value and embrace the opportunities available to them. Unfortunately, Dame Ann Salmon and Co would have them wallowing in grievance.
"They" that is the exact problem. You seperate us from yourselves by calling us they - no we, no us, you and them. Then you further it by telling us we should be grateful to have been murdered in our thousands because the British bought us alcohol...The colonizers did not create this society - WE all did. if this society was truly the "best and most caring" then why are you dividing us in to groups of Maori and non Maori - why do you not understand the basic medical facts that we are genetically different - we don't have a problem with white people getting better skin cancer treatments than we do so why do you have to begrudge Maori the right to have their genetic medical needs attended to in a way that is different from yours? Your narrowmindedness is the reason Young Maori are being taught to value and embrace the opportunities available to them and why they are refusing to accept that their only options are warehouse picker & potato planter
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult! Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!
@@69mopar20 Its not what you say but how you say it. They way he words it, the demenour, and in such negative and even at points childish ways to getting a point across. Going on about the wheel not being used? i dont know why he goes there. Sad little man.
Hes to stupid to be frightened- hes exposed his true self as the Maori King dies. Like the snake he is. Its a thin veil of hatred toward the new Maori Queen. He stops short of saying it because he aint that brave
This has played out in schools with entitled Maori students. Talking to some young fullas who said gang related children basically hold the college hostage everyday.
Reason why ahh walked out off Lindisfarne boarding school in Hastings City. H.B.- @@@@ 'Brown's'' Had the bigg Mouth's and - ''Controll- Freaked'' the school 24/7.''
@@seanodwyer4322 Sorry to hear mate, it seams like it changed a lot with my generation when corporal punishment was taken away. I think the "strap" stopped a lot of people from having a pack mentality and singled out those who didn't even have the basic respect of physical punishment as consequences for their own actions towards others.
Which college - are you saying that all Maori youths are gang related children - seriously you don't see the inherent damage in this kind of rhetoric where you reduce an entire population of young people to "gang related" individuals
@@seanodwyer4322 Be honest you left because they wouldn't let you get away with your BS and you didn't want to conform to the school's rules - that's on you bully O'liar
@@2wahineandadog ahh left cause ahh could not stand the school maels and waas too use too Moms Cooking , and zero masturbation rules and Policy under the wild thing's Roof.'''
Some excellent points made that many of us, probably the majority of us, agree with. We all have the responsibility to protect our place - not just just one set of folks that have a certain set of parents. No one group is more special than anyone else and I get that people like Hitler, people like Pol Pot may have a different opinion but their opinion does not make for fact.
Yous are disgusting people. Maori people do not spout this crap but white politicians do,so why the Hate towards a whole culture?. As a Maori, I've never heard maori say they are better than others. We all know the statistics. When i see Platform upload content, i come here to see how many and what kind of racists show up in the comment section. So SAD we have these types of people.
@@alastairdow4400I don't know how one would know that considering the many cultures in the world but you make a very interesting observation all the same. Quite incredible.
Quote: “Even when black youth gangs target white strangers on the streets and spew out racial hatred as they batter them and rob them, mayors, police chiefs and the media tiptoe around their racism and many in the media either don't cover these stories or leave out the race and racism involved.” Direct quote from Thomas Sowell, equally applies here in NZ including by TPM.
Rubbish - you immediately attribute all crime to Maori anyway so why bothering to confirm which type of brown or white it was you just throw everything back at ALL Maori.
I’m sick of the wokeness. I lived away for 17 years, came back in 2019. Only 5 years ago NZ was largely the same as when I left. 2024 however - it makes me wish I never came back.
Feel free to go again, you weren't missed when you left, you contributed nothing, not even taxes and now you come back with your woke idea's and complain that we won't do what you want...yeah huge loss to the country
There are NO indigenous people of NZ. To label themselves alongside aboriginal and inuit is wrong. In my personal experience of Maori having lived here for 18 years, they are the most openly racist people I have ever encountered outside of South Africa. They are also the most wonderful and inviting people I have met. I have found those who represent Maori in the best light possible are not racist, they consider themselves a Kiwi first and Maori is their heritage.
Many Māori believe they get and continue to get a poor deal from the Crown. This leads to a mindset of defensiveness and cynicism around the NZ political, legal and health systems If you live in areas of NZ where there are high numbers of Māori population you find that relations are usually cordial between the communities. Where there are few Māori you will find racist opinions often quite prevalent because they are not formed by personal experience but more by the media they consume. The best record of the colonial impact on Māori is contained in the Waitangi reports. These are public records that are compiled and then debated on by experts, lawyers and historians. Not surprisingly many people who deny that Māori have received poor treatment have never read any of these authoritative tomes. People today prefer simplistic assessments when these issues are actually complex and nuanced in reality.
european needs to bend a knee let te tiriti o waitangi take it course for the better of every citizen of Aotearoa european way is just for the selective few how it’s been for 200yrs history says it all grifters choose to ignore the facts but only going on their emotions mentalities haven’t got solid foundation i guess🎉🎉
@@logicalanswer3529 ahh say 'Gypsy's are superior. ahh was on queen Street with a big sign.- Work Wanted.- signed Sean O'Dwyer. - along comes a Gypsy lady from England in full regalia .- ahh pretented too be full irish , but she knew my mothers father came from Wales. and my mothers mother- The French Royal Family. No matter how hard ahh bullshitted too be full blood Irish She insisted her readings were correct and She was. For about 7 months before She turned upp ahh had a feeling someone was Going too go on about the Royal in me-
PART MAORI, last full blooded maori died in 1950's according to history classes in 1980's. Maori are one of the few cultures to never discover pottery, the wheel, or writing. they could not boil water either and had lost most of their farming skills, and had killed over many of NZ native species including the Moa. They were colonisers like everyone else here. Time for a great leveling back to a normal multicultural country where no one has extra rights based on race. One NZ, one people who are all the same.
start by calling them Part Maori Michael, start there, start by acknowledging they ALL have other heritage they need to recognise if your race is so important
Read a book you racist idiot. Maori have pottery musical instruments in many Museum's around the world. Your right we didn't write in the english language we utilised our own version similar to hieroglyphs - see any Marae or Museum and the history is written on every carving and now adays it is in ta moko on many Maori faces - it is not the Maori's problem that you are too ignorant to learn the language. What a shock NZ schools just after the Native Schools Act saying no full bloodied Maori left, well there you go that couldn't possibly colonial rhetoric it must be fact as you learnt it in school in the 1980's - what school was that KKK Primary School. We are not all the same - as Maori aren't beating you for mispronouncing our language, we also aren't making your schools and medicines illegal - there has never been one people in NZ and we are not nor will we ever be all the same. There is nothing wrong with being unique. The only problems that arise are when one people think decide that they are superior to another race so go online and regurgitate incorrect unsubstantiated nonsense about one side while trying to make out that they are soooo magnanimous
I don’t understand what you mean. If you are referring to the fact that Māori has survived to attempted destruction of the race hell yeah. Bag me haha😅
Welcome to the hate channel people. Some of the comments here are disturbing, I don’t know what rock you’ve been hiding under. Māori have had to fight hard to regain their culture. We are very lucky to have those that are out spoken.
Before we go about calling Michael racist and divisive, there are a number of books that back him up. Have a look at: The Maori - The history and Legacy of New Zealand's Indigenous people, Moriori, - A people rediscovered, The Forgotten Wars - why the musket wars matter today. There is a lot of researched written information out there if one is willing to seek balance...
I am Pakeha married to a Maori. I used to have respect for the leaders of the Maori Party. But not the clowns who are running it now. I think they are one of the reasons, there was such a swing towards National. I am also a supporter of New Zealand First, who often put the entitled maori's in there place.
100% agree with Michael Laws. Maori just need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps; its not the 1800s anymore, this is a white mans society and we should treat everyone equally, like white people are known to do. My white great grandad came here from the UK, starting working at our family business at 14, became the business owner at 18 and had 3 houses by 25. I have also worked hard in this business and am now the business owner, inheriting and renting out my dad's apartment block in Auckland and am now a multi-millionaire. All Maori do is complain right, Michael Laws? They should just do what my grandad did and get successful by working harder. It's simple, yet they seem to think they can't because they're Maori. Like come on guys, its not that hard, I inherited my first houses when I was 24, you can too, just work harder and stop complaining that society is rigged for us white folks.
I agree with you ML and I am 1 eight Maori, the rest English, Scottish and Irish. I've learnt everything through my British learnings. One NZ, One rule for all. NZ run by a elected Gvt and elected local bodies.
@@davidthomson692 You took land and resources then paid pittance for it. And still Māori give you money. But not for long, we have a new Queen and all you have is Luxon. Best of luck.
I'm NZ'er on business in Germany today. I look at MSM and its JUST Maori Maori Maori as if nothing else is important in NZ. Sorry but NZ has to celebrate technology and business successes in the media if we want to stand tall on the international stage = ie business success to improve the country / raise salaries / generate more tax. Nervous to fly home to get pounded by Maori this and that.
Then you should stay there. If your main concern is for your field of employment and how you can make it more profitable for yourself then you should focus on that. But if you want the entire country to back you and what you want perhaps you should consider that some parts of the country have priorities different to your own irrespective of culture and that they have the right to be heard also. Maori are not responsible for what MSM report - but it might be an idea to listen with a more open mind and recognise exactly how the world is seeing the divisions in NZ because I personally think we ALL could benefit from some changes
@@2wahineandadog I am well travelled in my business and spend a lot of time in different cultures around the world. I specialize in SE Asian countries and EU languages.I know very little Te Reo as there are no words for my engineering field and its only used in NZ. Also my Bhasa and French means I am worth more to NZ than being a weak Te Reo speaker. I generate a lot of tax revenue for NZ - that's my strength. Others in NZ are more than happy to be users of tax income. I would love to see NZ standard of education go right up so we can compete on the international market and make the country wealthier. I dream of MSM leading about improvements in maths and entrepreneurship. But that means more $ in the country to pay for schools , reduce poverty etc and I am working hard for the country I love to pull that money in
@@seddy69I doubt you will ever see the standard of education go up! Having worked in this field most of my career NZ do not recognise any qualifications gained outside of NZ!! It’s pretty shocking how closed minded this country is..!
Oh at least be original with your racist diatribe. Lots of things go extinct for a variety of reasons, it happens every day. Believe it or not white people did this also as they were hungry too - you insist on judging a race on today's standards whilst bringing up historic events. Educate yourself
Well said.. Inherent problems within Maori culture and instilling a wrong historical wrong doing into youth so that nothing is their own fault is making it worse. They need look inwards at problems within Maori not blame other kiwis.
@2wahineandadog Happy with my life.... Fact 51% prisons filled with an ethnicity of only 16% population is not fault of other kiwis. Other statistics like child abuse, drugs, gangs and all other social issues is never gonna improve until people like you stop blaming others. Plenty of other immigrants come here from colonised countries and do very well.. Maori culture of blaming pakeha is badly flawed.
@@2wahineandadog Where have you been bro, Maori are consistently blaming the white man for their problems, don't try to turn it around. It's called the grievance culture and victimhood, all to suck more money out from the trough.
preach brother we Maori need to wake up. new Zealand is for all who legally abide here. we weren't the first people here. these think tank members need to hoop out of the tank. what they sow is discord and division. look into who funds them and you will have an answer
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I’m Māori and I hate it. We are being manipulated by these Marxist as victims and paraded out when the majority of Maori don’t care. They are causing division and it’s embarrassing
I feel the same way, they all need to get real job’s and contribute to NZ society instead of taking from society.
@stuartburrows2744 Thats how I feel, but still alot of racists on this channels comment sections
@olliemoose2020 you need to get a life with such negative words. You ain't even on topic, buddy.
Hhahaha 'Marxist'. Oh boy.
I grew up with plenty of Maori friends, not one of them needed the victim card.
If we only embraced each other (kiwis) and respected each cultural background and religion.
I’m a young maori male working hard and I’m disgusted by the decisive actions of the maori party. I’m proud of my culture and heritage but disgusted how it’s been radicalised to whip up hysteria. In some ways I view maori party radicalisation similar to ISIS
Well said... We all should be all working together as one people for the betterment of everybody.
Same here I am sick of copping all this shit that a handful of radical are creating for there own benefit and not mine.
Me too Bro 🙏
Hard out bro
????? But someone has to campaign on behalf our māori, or else we’re constantly trampled on
as a half cast maori.... ive received more racism from maori than i ever have from any other ethnicity
According to the "elite" maori that is also white peoples fault.
Ank you for your honesty
@Chopper650 elaborate on that one seeing all Maori are of European descent.
@@Chopper650 Did they call you hori? 😆
Poor widdle you.😢
We have reached this sad state of social division thanks entirely to Adern and her fellow activists (Willie Jackson, Mahuta. Kiri Allen etc) introducing activist policies that were never disclosed to voters prior to the election and never endorsed by voters. The people Labour subsequently appointed to key positions in Wellington, including the Waitangi Tribunal, will no doubt continue to sow social division....
ruclips.net/video/V0meQxgIHu8/видео.html . Actual racial division. Other way around. Turns out it was just a sad old fella's dream. Thank God we can finally be civil.
NEVER forget New Zealanders VOTED the Marxist fanatic Adern into power. VOTED HER IN???
Rubbish ! They amplified it key didn’t start it but he certainly pushed it along so his mates could feed off it
Rubbish Maori have been aasserting their rights to their language and culture peacefully since the 60's certainly since the early 70's when the Kohanga movement started - pretty sure Ardern wasn't even alive then so stop with your rubbish. The only difference now is that we are more vocal than then, it has taken 50yrs for us to get to this point and unfortunately for you it is not due to a political party but more a social understanding which is only strengthening and growing. It's your choice whether you want to have a truly united NZ where we accept all cultures or not
Not to forget Simon Dallow and Melissa's contributions.
Well said. I wonder why the hell I returned to NZ, if I had my time again I would leave for good. This country is a mess and our politicians don't have the balls to fix it.
Most Maori people I have met over the years just want equality and a good life.The needy ones despise work and that goes for all ethnicities. Just after handouts. The elite are greedy and have no intention of sharing with normal everyday Maori.
@mikimoto99 kia ora e hoa, thanks for your comments. Im curious, in your opinion, who are the elite Māori? And who are the normal everyday Māori?
@@Xashe If you dont know that by now, shame on you! It is the same people in every culture around the world. Look it up.
@mikimoto99 thanks again for your response even if you didn't answer the question. I was asking for your opinion specifically. I've heard many commentators talk about Māori elites over the years, so I'm just trying to understand who these people are from those who talk about them.
I've been told I'm an elite Māori, but I don't think you're necessarily talking about me here.
@@Xashe You are best to ask similar people that have told me over conversation, everyday,working, Maori people that live a normal life and do an honest days work. There are many, take your pick.
Elites around the world do little but clip the ticket of the average working person, then try to tell us they know whats best for us. This is obviously not just a Maori thing. Happens in all cultures, check out the WEF for eg.
@mikimoto99 why don't you want to name anyone in particular? Like surely there's at least one you can name? I tried looking up elite Māori and besides the Hori from Ōtaki I found a piece about Winston Peter's calling Te Pāti Māori elite Māori. Do you think any of these count as elite Māori? Winston Peters, Rawiri Waititi? Or maybe John Tamihere? I've named three for you now, which ones do you consider elite Māori, and why?
It’s no wonder so many good qualified people are moving overseas, most people have had a guts full of the government not sorting it out. Seymour is the only one with any balls.
@@MaxMoetu Touche e hoa ☺
Tried to destroy Maori culture in the past but we fought hard to keep it alive now you white people are scared lol wake up you tried to force Maori to be white but no
Big ones too.!
@@peterselling7879 Yes, leave Aotearoa.
Moan moan and complaining, stop playing the victim
Thank you so much for stating what is obviously right but is absurdly labeled racist. More people should have courage to speak out what they think.
You don't even have the courage to say that out loud to your neighbour. Why not lead the way by saying your comments directly to John, Debbie, Tariana, Rawiri, Peeni, Dale.... Your problem is that more people do now have the courage to speak out what they think, and those people are Maori and true Kiwi's who don't want the division your fear is engendering
How many times do you deliberately watch anything with the title, Maori or treaty in it so you can feel a sense of anger, frustration and emotion toward an entire group of people that you don't interact with? You people keep talking about speaking out and speaking up but it's always about Maori. Our language, our children, our culture, land, our politicians, our business, our education system. Try to put yourself in a position where the majority constantly want you to give up your everything, put it away in a closet and never acknowledge you are anything more than a kiwi with no history, language or culture before colonisation. Astounding you can't inherently see how racist it is. I say this to all the racist, just watch rabbit proof fence then get back to me. I'll wait.
@@2wahineandadog Funny how you judge me without knowing anything about me. I do talk to people I know about what I think. But I don’t talk about things or people I don’t even know about.
@@2wahineandadogbut Debbie is Irish 😮
You need a lot of therapy.
Maybe the Maori who enslaved other Maori should pay reparations to them.
@@andrewgraham6953 maybe you should pay first, to the Black.
And who are they? Any names or a you just making a generalisation like the majority of cookers on this post?
That's like saying English shld pay reparations to all the other cultures thy enslaved and colonized ova the years of history now imagen that!!! Lol😂
@@TeMana-vy5qu why not, it will be the End of the World, too righteous no more hates? Yeah right, lol
@@TeMana-vy5qu They should - instead of Kiwis paying for it.
What I don't understand is why Maori are called "indeginous" to New Zealand. As per their own understanding, they arrived in NZ on boats after having left their own countries/islands. After arriving in NZ they colonised the placxe. How is that different from Capain Cook having arrived here colonising the place he found?
They are just trying to make them selves sound more entitled for Treaty claim’s.
Firstly you can't even spell the word 'indigenous' and secondly Maori is a made up word for the 'indigenous'
Because we had already settled the land, we were the first people here. Moriori came over on the same waka and became their own distinct people around the 1500s when they moved to the Chatham islands, where they still are to this day (because I know some munter will bring it up). Your argument is the same as if I went to England today, colonised it, and said whats the difference, the Romans and Celts sailed there too?
You can’t colonize a country that don’t have a indigenous population already ?
Admittedly long time ago but isn’t the belief of being a superior race of people a common held belief of European people when they first arrived in NZ and all the other places around the world.. and because of that there were dire consequences for indigenous people everywhere …their views recorded in studies and journals ..not alll without admiration but still well held beliefs of being better .
I'm sick of listening to them blame colonizers for their sh!tty miserable lives..those colonizers are long gone so maori have had decades to better themselves & break cycles
When I was a boy, a lifetime ago, no cycles were broken... But many were stolen. And nothing has changed.
blaming colonization while embracing all its fruits
Why dont you FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST THIEVING BASTARDS!!!!
@@Chopper650 You realise technology trade and colonisation (theft) arent the same thing right?
FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST THIEVING BASTARDS!!!!
If Dame Anne Salmon took the time to step outside her highly politicised, academic bubble she would encounter the reality that it is her views which are inherently racist because they are based on the concept of ethnic-supremacy.
She is a disgrace to New Zealanders and should be made to apologise or hand in her resignation immediately.
Dame Anne Salmon does not speak for the vast majority of New Zealanders. She is a left wing racist Labour Party stalwart.
@@olliemoose2020
woke piece shit you are lol she’s more qualified than you ever be lol
Is that the 'bad' supremacy? The other one is the good one right?
Bravo!!
I've been waiting 60 years now to see any sign of this mystical wonderfulness.
Hey else is the world is Māori culture and people?????
Let me guess, You met a Maori once and now you base your entire knowledge base on this?
Like everyone else
@@saregama-r8td HAHAHAHA.....the joker. get over it there are only those with some small amount of Maori.
i think you'll be waiting a lot longer !!
I've just finished reading the book 'The Musket Wars,' by Ron Crosby. A fascinating expose of what life was 'really' like for the average Maori in the half-century leading up to the signing of the Treaty: Raiding Maori war parties, motivated by revenge (utu), cannibalism, the taking of slaves, and the forced displacement of people from their lands - Not really the pre-European paradise some would have us believe!
Lol pakeha are free to their own interpretations of reo however I would consider multiple perspectives as someone who has maori, english, irish, french, german, welsh, samoan, fijian, and portugese blood i would like to emphasis the message of our late Kīngi Tuiheitia which is Te Kotahitanga (Unity)
@@HamueraWilliams Well, that unity among Maori is a major improvement of pre 1840 infighting. However, unity would be better among all NZ'ers, which the racist pro-Maori excesses will not provide! The new form of racism will only delude, hold back, and create division.
@@HamueraWilliamsIam a maori and it always hurts when i see all these racists in comment sections and even the platform with there narrow views. The way Michael talks is as if Maori made all this crap up.
I suggest read : Some Account of New Zealand by John Savage published in 1807
And we won't mention the english slave traders taking africans out of their own country for slaves lol
Yep - conflict arises when people think they are special and look down on others - white or black, (race, religion, gender etc). There is a lot to admire about Maori culture and history but the fact is they wiped out species (ie moa etc), wiped out other people (Moriori), lorded over the majority in a feudalistic way and with slave, and fought and ate and oppressed each other just like the rest of us though-out human history. There was also very good reason that so many adopted Christianity over the oppressive outright evil beliefs they had beforehand. So lets cut the crap. We are all tangata whenua and kaitiake - or none of us are! I support what David Seymour says and I support Michael Laws views here - because they are speaking the TRUTH!.
Read Michael Kings book 🎉The History of New Zealand published by Penguin. That will correct your view of Moriori. Bet you won’t.😎
Please name the ethnicity of the people who live on the Chatham Islands.
British wiped out 100's of thousands of native people all over the world, taking slaves from Africa and now want to take on Russia by supplying deadly weapons to unalive thousands in Ukraine. Don't see Maori wanting to use nuclear weapons to wipe out the WHOLE world.
@@mooselee902And what also is your point???? The Moriori were hunter-gatherers who lived on the Chatham Islands in isolation from the outside world until the arrival of HMS Chatham in 1791. They came to the Chathams from mainland New Zealand, which means they were descendants from the Polynesian settlers who had initially settled in New Zealand - the same Polynesians from which Māori had also descended. This was because Māori had also lived in isolation in New Zealand. Most of what else is known about the Moriori, their culture and their language, is a matter of speculation. This is because so much evidence has been lost. After the 1835 genocidal Māori invasion, all Moriori were either killed, enslaved or they succumbed to the deadly effects of newly introduced foreign diseases. The language and culture of those Moriori that did survive became intermingled with the Māori language and society before records were made by Europeans. This makes most of what we now know of the pre-contact Moriori the subject of conjecture.
@@wetawatcher What is your point??? The Moriori were hunter-gatherers who lived on the Chatham Islands in isolation from the outside world until the arrival of HMS Chatham in 1791. They came to the Chathams from mainland New Zealand, which means they were descendants from the Polynesian settlers who had initially settled in New Zealand - the same Polynesians from which Māori had also descended. This was because Māori had also lived in isolation in New Zealand. Most of what else is known about the Moriori, their culture and their language, is a matter of speculation. This is because so much evidence has been lost. After the 1835 genocidal Māori invasion, all Moriori were either killed, enslaved or they succumbed to the deadly effects of newly introduced foreign diseases. The language and culture of those Moriori that did survive became intermingled with the Māori language and society before records were made by Europeans. This makes most of what we now know of the pre-contact Moriori the subject of conjecture.
Maori never cared about the environment, they wiped out many species including the moa before European arrived 🙄
Don't forget about Europeans wanting to wipe out the world with their nuclear weapons like what's going on in Ukraine. Doesn't fit your narrative does it?
The old Maori ate the moa argument.hahahahahahah
they still don't.
Not true but I guess that is justification to not care about the environment these days. That is if you are right wing, sorry I shouldn't assume...
Yeah - back then. Guess who's raping our seas now, the Asians.
Guess who's ripping our forrests out.
Go fking take it out on them.
I can't help notice that there are people who make a career from being oppressed by a colonial system that they despise that hey are more that happy to accept titles like, 'Dame' from the very 'colonial oppressors' that they apparently despise.
They also tend to like their big salaries, company cars, and other perks.
Exactly, that woman is a disgrace to the NZ dam hood, but then Labour did hand it to her so go figure 😂.
Maori are on the take when it suits them
There are hustlers of every race and cree😂
@@jameskatte1175 ahhh know allot off them who ''Pretend'' too be Dirt farmers and Bumms and beggers 24/7 , and when ahh have Looked at their International Pass-ports , see that most have been too every nation/ island/ City , on God's creation.
You say what most New Zealanders are thinking
The silent majority.
"Most" is a misrepresentation for sure
@@standbytogo123 You don't seem very silent - backstabbing but not silent.
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult!
Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!
@@cyhermann7147 so most nzlders are racists...maybe most nzlders will find it better living elsewhere as it will get worse
Thanks Michael as a part maori woman I totally agree with you. I thought being called a dirty black b------in the 60s was bad enough but what maori are demanding now and the victim hood that some maori have now is beyond me. I feel some should hear the saying get off the cross someone else needs the wood
Sue I’m white and even I’ve experienced racism and where I live xenophobia and it’s not nice but I accept that there will always be a certain amount of racism but I was brought up in New Zealand to be colourblind and treat as equally with respect regardless of race. Sadly now in New Zealand we’re taught to see the colour of skin and to think in racial terms.
You come from a time of hard work and good work ethic .Maori and non Maori stood side by side and had great laughter with each other. A Maori was a good friend to pakeha and vice versa but then greedy Maori radicals have wormed their way into politics and heir agenda isn’t for Maori it’s for elite Maori and it’s off the backs of hard working Maori who will see nothing . Then we have pakeha in government who are just greedy pathetic individuals who allow division to happen by feeding into nonsense . The pakeha and Maori who are just everyday New Zealanders need to stand togather as we once did and not let politicians and radicals divide us .
@@deanwitt7903 The sad thing is that I can see the point you are trying to make. But to assume that the environment you speak of was indicative of the entire country is simply untrue. There were area's in Auckland where even in the 1970's Maori were not allowed to shop at certain stores or on the main streets of some suburbs. To not understand that that isn't any different now try watching while an adult Maori walk into ANY jewellers shop around the country. The only difference is that as a Maori I didn't grow up seeing any difference up North either, my best friend was and still is white with blue eyes - the difference in how I see the world and more importantly how the world sees me happened when I moved to Auckland for my career. I didn't make the differences but I can't change my skin colour nor my culture and I don't think I should have to. I also refuse to accept that my children should be treated differently or looked at suspiciously because of their skin colour or because they are fluent in another language. We NZer's don't berate Asian's for celebrating Diwali or Chinese New Year - we all wander along and watch the festivities and partake of the food - but it's only the Maori that so many are bashing
@@deanwitt7903well said😊
Oh poor Sue.. do you even know how to korero i te reo
Let's have a referendum on the issues let the people sort it out
you can't have the uneducated vote on a referendum
NZ is too woke, ya won't get the result we need
Sorry to burst your bubble...ruclips.net/video/V0meQxgIHu8/видео.html . Turns out it was just a racist fantasy. Cat's out of the bag now.
@@AKentonYou’re correct; The United Kingdom & Ireland are shockingly worse these Days; Regions Dave McC
Why so white agendas can be rewarded and Maori can be further marganilised ?
I would probably have more sympathy for Maori if it wasn’t for the fact that they are crying about what three of there relations did to the other one.
I’d have more sympathy if most of those crying were not 90% of the colonisers blood.
The whole thing is a scam perpetrated by a few so they can become extremely rich at the expense of the rest of the population, there so called own people included.
Exactly it always has been, plus I cannot believe the amount of Kiwis that get sucked in by it.
What a load of BS - no Maori are striving to achieve equity in language and culture and personal rights for financial gains. Since you don't know every Maori nor their genetic makeup your are just spouting racist nonsense.
@@KNWBDY.important It's only going to continue to get stronger - perhaps you should consider your Maori side as much as your European side and be proud of both
@brakyosaurus uncle google calls Maori a race and Maori have a culture. You sound like someone who has or wants to get your snout in the trough
@@KNWBDY.important Are you a victim in saying 'we'? Or are you saying all Maori? Don't put me or my family in your we category
l wish there were more people that spoke the truth.
He is speaking nonsense. Reminds me of a bratty, ignorant 12 year old. Knows who to raak up all the people on here though. A shame he is just a shock jock looking for clicks...
Everybody I talk to wants truth-telling. But our politicians have shown themselves to be weak and spineless. But the real reason there is no truth-telling from our politicians is that our politicians stopped working for us a long time ago.
@@JimmyJenks-u8v Nailed it! He's still an irrelevant little twerp.
User try reading the treaty and the historic comments about maori understanding and accepting the treaty as it was meant to be. Try reading all history then see if you can critique Michael.
For years, we have been under the foot of being called a racist. Only the elites attack every Kiwi as the money laundering is going to finally stop.
Of course....That would explain the fortified Pa's ....The haka, crude weapons, lack of animal husbandry, no understanding of crop management...widespread cannibalism, inter-tribal warefare....and as you said...hadn't discovered the wheel ffs.....definitely not special....on the contrary
At least Māori never ate all the mummies *wink wink
Sailed the pacific ocean on the first catamarans? cultivated kumara and other root vegetables. People say they hadnt discovered the wheel, but they used to move waka over land by rolling them over round dunnage to mitigate friction. Adapted quickly from 'stick' fighting to modern warfare and if they were equally provisioned would have won... protected and fed the first settlers...
Maori, if we had D N A ,tests and 51 % was the pass mark to be Maori, their would be none .
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@@mooselee902creative thinking on your part, but.... nah I don't think so.
It is called propaganda Michael. And if there is one thing Maori are good at it is indeed propaganda.
They offer nothing hence get nothing in return, so they use propaganda as the lubricant to get away with grabbing.
And Saint Mike and Sean are not peddling propaganda?! Sean has a go at everyone that listens to him too. He thinks most are nuts I'm pretty sure. He did craft together a fine aggrievement platform for the easily led, got to hand it to him. He shows that hand quite a bit yet no one who hangs on his every word even flinches.
Well they have underestimated the gulliblity of the majority of this country. We are not falling for it.
Give me an example of Maori using propaganda and for what purpose, and who is this Maori?
You are plain sad racists lmao
You are right Michael..... thank expressing my thoughts.
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult!
Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!
The maori are not the Indigenous race of New Zealand, that distinction belongs to the Moriori whom the maori killed off
Don’t mention the Moriori because we’ll just deny they ever existed 😅.
Maori is a word made up by the invaders the english
They were ran out of Peru to avoid being exterminated by the "natives" in the Americas too, settled in ancient New Zealand, and were then attacked by more "natives."
Maori is a made up word by pakeha for the indigenous and Moriori haven't been wiped out, colonial lies. We all might get wiped out by your European made nuclear weapons soon and you'll still blame Maori I suppose.
You will find Tiako mentions when Maori arrived, there were six other tribes here.
My thoughts are that I totaly agree with you Mr. Laws. And that there are any awful lot more of us that agree with you, but years of being accused of being racist are too frightened to speak up.
Just speak your mind bro, I think majority of people will be able to tell you're not racist.
I haven't seen anyone that worried about speaking up against the 'other' (indigenous) culture here in NZ. I think they are quite bold and feel very entitled to be heard. I wonder what damage that fear has done to our international reputation?
What a load of bollocks your speaking up now
@@KNWBDY.important And what does it matter if you are somewhat racist. I've never met anyone who hasn't inadvertently uttered or done something considered racist in this modern era. Just say what's on your mind and try not being an a***hole with it.
@@jakovhard4140 uhhhh yeah bro that's pre much what I said
100 % right Michael, you know yesterday I attended a citizen ceremony in Nelson fronted by Nick Smith and Mel Courtney, to members of the NCC, and all through the ceremony language I don’t recall them ever referring to New Zealand has New Zealand it was predominantly referred to Aotearoa so way are they getting NZ citizenship maybe one day soon it will be called Aotearoa citizenship instead. The whole ceremony was skewed in my opinion more towards Māori values than European values so yes Michael there are the power’s to be definitely trying to undermine the New Zealand that we all use to know.😢
Exactly
What did it say on their citizenship Certificates, New Zealand is my guess. That's what is says on mine. Maybe because of the inaccurate references the ceremony is either null and void or just a total waste of time and money.
Oh poor little racist has to share New Zealand -
Yes, they are. The name of New Zealand will be gone, as will Auckland.
Haha Nelson, say no more
Your best opinion piece ever. You captured the situation exactly and articulated it well. It's essential listening and should be made mandatory for all university degrees.🎉
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult!
Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!
his account of history is false
Public vote problem solved it's called Democracy!!!!!!
A thing imposed that is called something else. It's a sham. Imposed by invaders and called fair
Unfortunately it's not that straightforward any more. "Democracy" has been responsible for George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Brexit, every mediocre NZ Prime Minister for 30 years culminating in Jacinda Ardern and so it goes....
We do. It's called an election. It happens every three years. And when you minority Pakeha can't handle the result of that election, you cry that the rules aren't fair.
Māori are not indigenous
Yeah... its amazing how the politically correct brigade can't help but use inaccurate terms... Indigenous when they are not, Native when they are not, First Nations when they are not. If we called them something accurate such as "first settlers" they would blow their stack. Then of course even first settlers is inaccurate because the majority of Maori have a large amount of European blood... so that means they are just settlers like the rest of us. Perhaps "Biracial and multiracial mixed first and second wave settlers"
Neither are you - you go home first and then the Maori might follow
Yeah... its amazing how the politically correct brigade can't help but use inaccurate terms... Indigenous when they are not, Native when they are not, First Nations when they are not. If we called them something accurate such as "first settlers" they would blow their stack. Then of course even first settlers is inaccurate because the majority of Maori have a large amount of European blood... so that means they are just settlers like the rest of us. Perhaps "multiracial mixed first and second wave settlers"
Skeletons in the cupboard
@brakyosaurus It's a doco btw.
The more entitled Maori get, the more they keep complaining
Which Maori? Any names or are you just generalising a tiny bit? I don't know anyone like that. Only one complaining are you and your fellow cookers in this post
@@townyboy3540 Let’s start with John Tamihere accepting a "golden handshake" from the Waipareira Trust after stating that he would not take one.
@@Brucemcleod2345 Yeah well he is a dick but that's only one person. The government is full of 'golden handshakes', that's how they roll. Plenty of that going on with this government as well. But you are putting all Maori in your comments and that's just dumb. I don't get no special whatever that's in your head.
@@townyboy3540 The previous Labour government made probably the most concessions to Māori of any government in recent history, from renaming government departments to teaching Te Reo in primary schools, I don’t begrudge the Labour government for those ideas and policies, they come from a place of empathy for less fortunate people who can not seem to help themselves. So the solution was to rebrand and put some spin on the history of Māori and hope that they can achieve more virtuous ideals in society. Are we all willing to just go along with that?
@@Brucemcleod2345 One person?? Okay got it, sounds like you enjoy playing the victim thinking you're missing out on something that isn't even there you silly cooker 😂
This “noble savage” idea was around at least fifty years ago, because I heard it when I was a schoolboy at primary school. Gradually over the years I’ve heard the truth, filtering through. Forests burned off, animals hunted to extinction, cannibalism, endless tribal warfare, witchcraft…. There never was a “noble savage”. They were in desperate need of help.
Mason Clinic future 'inmates
same as here in Australia with our 'noble savages' Only difference is there is no method of when the aboriginality stops ie how many generations?
noble savage is a european term from a people who seem to forget they come from savage barbarians and tribal people
We are all sick to death of it! Bring on a treaty referendum....
yes indeed, and yet I never had strong feelings about it until the Jacinda rabble came along and terminated every statement with the words "especially Maori", which equated to me, except youse people who are paying for it. Give them an inch they will take a mile, sigh
Every time a coconut.
Marxism 101. Divide and rule. Or in today's parlance, identity politics.
No, it's because people like Michael get kicks out of inflaming racial hatred and you're stupid enough to fall for it.
Yeah im sick of this woke bs too
@@AKenton apparently everyone sick of this woke stuff are heading over to aussie Victoria state..think it be good to be part of like minded people there...this woke stuff here is gonna get worse so might be a good idea
@@AKenton sick of being asleep, better woke than being forced lies ae 😂
@@yurrrrr6081 woke = retarded
I’m with you fully totally over their tyranny in New Zealand.
Yup white people are just gonna have to accept that there are many cultures here in NZ
hahaha after 180 years of Maori being treated like second class citizens you want to be equals lmao
You are not the only one that is sick and tired of their antics sickening
It’s New Zealand
It's actually called Staten landt until Cooker changed it
Aotearoa mate!
@@MuzorewaRatshikuni since when!! all around the world it’s called New Zealand
My passport says NZ just cause you think it should be Aotearoa why should you force it on NZ people!!
@@Rogsmith4
Pot calling the kettle black, hey?
It's amazing how you don't stop to think that at one time, "New Zealand" was forced down others' throat.
@@MuzorewaRatshikuni when was that 300years ago, what was it called then before !!!
So well spoken Michael, thank you. The fact there are straightforward, honest, educated and brave people like you speaking out makes me proud to be a New Zealander. My only wish is that the main stream media offered a more balanced view of such issues. What on earth has happened to their integrity?
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That's easy, the public interest journalism fund. 55 million slush fund for media that behave, they cannot speak out or criticise the treaty or Maori, otherwise no extra pay outs. Bribery in other words
Thank you for saying this. NZ is in a woke decline
Perfectly said
Just brilliant Mr Laws, well said!!!!! Keep on fighting the good fight.
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult!
Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult!
Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT AND OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!!
Maori want it all, including the infrastructure many New Zealanders have work in difficult conditions to achieve.
A truer word never said.
Yep! that is why I am leaving, the final straw was seeing my local council put in the local paper there only hiring people of diverse back grounds and females and we all know who there excluding but nobody says a bloody word, WEAK!!!
Probably because the wealth generated for that infrastructure came from stolen land.
Only the greedy maori, most get nothing, they are used as pawns for the elitists.
Yes dairy farming and toxic factories have done great things for this country's beautiful clean green image
What race are the majority of poachers, crayfish, paua, as detailed in the newspapers when prosecuted? Some do not care about the enviroment, some do in all races.
The race that wiped out approximately 22 species of native nz birds, and burnt off 16% of the South Island's native bush. All before the white man even showed up.
That’s dead right, notice how they are trying there best to get ride of police ten -7 and coast watch, always way over represented in a bad way by part Māori, best we sweep that under the carpet A! Bro.
so you blame an entire race for the actions of individuals?
@@mooselee902 No. Just pointing out that the claim that maori as a race are not the only group that cares for the enviroment of NZ. Some, a few, have no respect for nature let alone the laws. Just as it is untrue to infer that other NZ'ers do not care about the enviroment.
We all live here and generally get on together. Unfortunately there is always a poisonous minority stirring.
@@michaelcornell55 and all the gig European industrial countries of the world were all about conservation and the enviorment and whales and so on and not just in their own countries but others as welll nuclear testing in the pacific and you more worried that the cuzi who got no rubbish stickers dumps his bag down by your favorite picnic spot?
Couldn't have said it better keep it coming Michael 🎉
well very articulated bravo bravo bravo
Excellent summary of the situation Michael
Spot on Michael!
Keep going Michael. I am on my third book set in Maori times in the 1840's. .Maori history view? Bullshit !!!
We need you Michael.
You better hurry up before all the true history books disappear and are taken away by the rascal radical’s 😮.
Written by a white colonist with a white perspective on Maori people - must be correct because everyone knows that white colonisers in the 1840's had a great understanding of the language and culture of the indigenous population - it probably includes that old rubbish narrative that women had no say in anything and were subservient to their men blah blah
Question: Why do we no longer hear about the stone age Maori keeping slaves and eating their rivals? Maori cannibalism was widespread throughout New Zealand until the mid 1800s but has largely been ignored in more recent history books.
Keep bringing it up it was part of life AND....do you have a point or do you just want to trigger some more racist banter???
NZ was known as the Cannibal Isles. Check Wikipedia. This was due to the ship The Boyd, where the crew and passengers were murdered and eaten, a few were taken as slaves.
@@gloriahooper5023 It was known by that in a brief period of time as named by colonisers who got their butts handed to them. I love how you fail to mention the Captain of the Boyd was a known murderer and that they killed many Maori - little bit one sided there Gloria
@2wahineandadog what's your evidence for that, please? Very interested to know. Thank you.
infanticide was common
I stand with this guy. Māori we have already paid you millions of dollars just accept history and Colonization this happened in several places around the world, your free handouts are done it is everyone’s land not just yours and stop committing crimes and abusing the benefit from our tax money.
Maori were once warriors. And lost.
So, failed at that too.
@benji4840 u have not even scratched the surface my man lol use made billions n trillions ova the past 150 years since the treaty was signd use got caught out on ur own paper work and words use created and signd! hence reason y they dont teach the treaty at schools b cos truth hurts and then the nz youth will kno jst how our history is ?? People was taking advantaged off now that use are getting audited ?? karmaz a b$tch lol
@jackdeniston6150 remember use tryd to eradicate maori like the abbo's but instead use wanted a peace treaty wth them and all the Maoris had was sticks n stones and English had muskets now who wer the warriors??? lol 1st natives to hv Eva had peace treaty n the world wth the English monarch on paper !! Do ur research and il wait for ur reply .haha
@@TeMana-vy5qu Maybe if you learned to write decently and intelligibly your life outcomes would be better.
It is OK to be angry with your mother, she has failed you.
Obviously my comment has cut Mr jackdeniston6150 deeeeep lol now he's gone as low as bringn my mother into it ??haha guess ur muma raised u proper??must b proud 😆of a key bored warrior..bt gud come bk tho (winning) u must of done ya research!! Haha p.s I'm happy with my mother she raised a huntergatherer /fishermen providing for my family while u most likely stl buyn grocery's from the supermarket hws cost of living doing for yas n.e waaayyy 😂
Best rant yet Michael, could not agree more
Well said, pleased to hear someone say what so many of us white people believe
@ianstollery4922 Well, you know it's white people who created these conundrums right? And please don't hate Maori because of it.
We are all equal, (all human too), so don't get too excited. Don't let Michael lead you astray. Imagine not feeling aggrieved and trying to get along with each other, (on an equal footing). I don't think the 'us and them' thing has worked at all.
South African here. I was scrolling through to find some New Zealand insights into the weekend's rugby. Came across this rsther interesting opinion piece.
Now I might not be an exlert on New Zealand, but we do have a very awkward history when it comes to race and how to luve in changing times.
The problem from what I can see is that the government creates a protected class; whether its the Maori, the black people in South Africa, homosexuals, Muslims, whatever.
Want to redress the mistakes of the past? Fine. But usually this ends up in nothing more than lip service. We will see here a lot of business and departments proudly proclaiming that they've now got the first woman, homosexual or person of colour into a certain role, while doing absolutely for the wider community. In South Africa for example, we see absolutely shocking service delivery in predominantly black areas - while we have a few of the elite in the highest posts, the wider community suffers. While we are all getting pats on our back for being more inclusive, very little is done to tackle crime, poverty, corruption, alcoholism and drug use. Even worse, because we've got a protected class now, vreating legislation around the challenges that a certain community faces now becomes a racial issue.
Yet here we are, repeating the same mistakes tike after time. We have seen this in South Africa play out over the last thirty years, we are seeing it in the US and Britain with their immigration issues and we are seeing it in Australia and New Zealand with their struggling indigenous communities.
The government loves to play the "look at me, how virtuous am I" card, but hardly ever spends any time or resources on actually building towards upliftment.
Completely agree, the coming of the modern world was inevitable. They should be extremely grateful it was the British. Others were much harsher. It should be noted the British were keen to avoid previous mistakes. The treaty was an attempt to avoid that. Finally, the colonizers have created one of the best and most caring societies in the world where all people have access to healthcare, education and social support. Young Maori need to be taught to value and embrace the opportunities available to them. Unfortunately, Dame Ann Salmon and Co would have them wallowing in grievance.
"They" that is the exact problem. You seperate us from yourselves by calling us they - no we, no us, you and them. Then you further it by telling us we should be grateful to have been murdered in our thousands because the British bought us alcohol...The colonizers did not create this society - WE all did. if this society was truly the "best and most caring" then why are you dividing us in to groups of Maori and non Maori - why do you not understand the basic medical facts that we are genetically different - we don't have a problem with white people getting better skin cancer treatments than we do so why do you have to begrudge Maori the right to have their genetic medical needs attended to in a way that is different from yours? Your narrowmindedness is the reason Young Maori are being taught to value and embrace the opportunities available to them and why they are refusing to accept that their only options are warehouse picker & potato planter
well said
I would rather it was the French to be honest. Much more chic and better teeth 😁
Well said Michael we all need to stand up and speak the truth about these issues.
You should start by using your own name and saying it directly to known Maori figure.
When Hone Heke cut your British flag down in 1845 to insult your Queen and millitary by terminating the treaty! symbolizing that we did NOT cede sovereignty! Is a direct ACT of insult!
Thats when we ended your invitation here back in 1845! What the FARK are you still doing here on my land??? I kicked you out pakeha! You were not wanted here 200 years ago and you are still not wanted here now! GO!!! GET THE FARK OUT OFF MY LAND NOW!!! WE DONT WANT YOU HERE EVER PAKEHA!!! FARK OFF BACK TO ENGLAND WHERE YOU COME FROM PAKEHA YOU RACIST LYING THIEVING FARKEN BASTARDS!!!!!!
This was said in hate, guy has no class at all.
@kazaekapri5892 it was spoken in true honesty as it should there is a huge percentage of this country that would agree on this to.
@@69mopar20 Its not what you say but how you say it. They way he words it, the demenour, and in such negative and even at points childish ways to getting a point across. Going on about the wheel not being used? i dont know why he goes there. Sad little man.
Thankyou Michael for voicing what others are frightened to
Hes to stupid to be frightened- hes exposed his true self as the Maori King dies. Like the snake he is. Its a thin veil of hatred toward the new Maori Queen. He stops short of saying it because he aint that brave
This has played out in schools with entitled Maori students. Talking to some young fullas who said gang related children basically hold the college hostage everyday.
Reason why ahh walked out off Lindisfarne boarding school in Hastings City. H.B.- @@@@ 'Brown's'' Had the bigg Mouth's and - ''Controll- Freaked'' the school 24/7.''
@@seanodwyer4322 Sorry to hear mate, it seams like it changed a lot with my generation when corporal punishment was taken away.
I think the "strap" stopped a lot of people from having a pack mentality and singled out those who didn't even have the basic respect of physical punishment as consequences for their own actions towards others.
Which college - are you saying that all Maori youths are gang related children - seriously you don't see the inherent damage in this kind of rhetoric where you reduce an entire population of young people to "gang related" individuals
@@seanodwyer4322 Be honest you left because they wouldn't let you get away with your BS and you didn't want to conform to the school's rules - that's on you bully O'liar
@@2wahineandadog ahh left cause ahh could not stand the school maels and waas too use too Moms Cooking , and zero masturbation rules and Policy under the wild thing's Roof.'''
Some excellent points made that many of us, probably the majority of us, agree with. We all have the responsibility to protect our place - not just just one set of folks that have a certain set of parents. No one group is more special than anyone else and I get that people like Hitler, people like Pol Pot may have a different opinion but their opinion does not make for fact.
I miss Billy T James soo much !! . He was a unifier and a realist and self made and many other good things. Miss you Billy....
Funny how they never used the wheel in their civilisation
And as someone else pointed out recently - or pottery making.
Only culture to have no drum or percussion instrument.
Yous are disgusting people. Maori people do not spout this crap but white politicians do,so why the Hate towards a whole culture?. As a Maori, I've never heard maori say they are better than others. We all know the statistics. When i see Platform upload content, i come here to see how many and what kind of racists show up in the comment section. So SAD we have these types of people.
@@alastairdow4400I don't know how one would know that considering the many cultures in the world but you make a very interesting observation all the same. Quite incredible.
Not funny is that the british were feasting on mummies, can't call that civilized now can we?
Thankyou Michael, you said it well
Muppet
Excellent commentary Michael. Plain good old fashioned horse sense.
Top post. The truth at last.
Not just a problem is NZ. It’s in every Western Country.
Part of the WEF and UN agenda
Thanks for explaining what is happening in our country from this perspective
Quote: “Even when black youth gangs target white strangers on the streets and spew out racial hatred as they batter them and rob them, mayors, police chiefs and the media tiptoe around their racism and many in the media either don't cover these stories or leave out the race and racism involved.”
Direct quote from Thomas Sowell, equally applies here in NZ including by TPM.
Rubbish - you immediately attribute all crime to Maori anyway so why bothering to confirm which type of brown or white it was you just throw everything back at ALL Maori.
Well best speech ever 👍
I’m sick of the wokeness. I lived away for 17 years, came back in 2019. Only 5 years ago NZ was largely the same as when I left. 2024 however - it makes me wish I never came back.
Feel free to go again, you weren't missed when you left, you contributed nothing, not even taxes and now you come back with your woke idea's and complain that we won't do what you want...yeah huge loss to the country
I was away for 30 years and now I'm wondering why I came back, also.
@@house7879I hoped you'd never came back.
Good one - keep up the good work to protect our democracy from these whinging self entitled rabble ❤
There are NO indigenous people of NZ. To label themselves alongside aboriginal and inuit is wrong.
In my personal experience of Maori having lived here for 18 years, they are the most openly racist people I have ever encountered outside of South Africa. They are also the most wonderful and inviting people I have met. I have found those who represent Maori in the best light possible are not racist, they consider themselves a Kiwi first and Maori is their heritage.
Many Māori believe they get and continue to get a poor deal from the Crown. This leads to a mindset of defensiveness and cynicism around the NZ political, legal and health systems If you live in areas of NZ where there are high numbers of Māori population you find that relations are usually cordial between the communities. Where there are few Māori you will find racist opinions often quite prevalent because they are not formed by personal experience but more by the media they consume.
The best record of the colonial impact on Māori is contained in the Waitangi reports. These are public records that are compiled and then debated on by experts, lawyers and historians. Not surprisingly many people who deny that Māori have received poor treatment have never read any of these authoritative tomes. People today prefer simplistic assessments when these issues are actually complex and nuanced in reality.
SAME!!!! So what are we going to do about it????
Remove it.
Sweet Fanny Adams
Get out while you still can, This has happened before.
@@johnocooper4747 I agree you racists should all go to a white country...Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Germany...
european needs to bend a knee let te tiriti o waitangi take it course for the better of every citizen of Aotearoa european way is just for the selective few how it’s been for 200yrs history says it all grifters choose to ignore the facts but only going on their emotions mentalities haven’t got solid foundation i guess🎉🎉
Dump the haka. Have Morris dancing instead.
Those Māori who dream they are superior,are dreaming.
Like Rawiri Waiti claiming that they are superior. Obviously not superior enough to not accept money from New Zealanders who pay him.
@@logicalanswer3529 all Politicians accept money from New Zealanders...it's called a salary
@@2wahineandadog All politicians do not claim that Māori are superior.
@@logicalanswer3529 ahh say 'Gypsy's are superior. ahh was on queen Street with a big sign.- Work Wanted.- signed Sean O'Dwyer. - along comes a Gypsy lady from England in full regalia .- ahh pretented too be full irish , but she knew my mothers father came from Wales. and my mothers mother- The French Royal Family. No matter how hard ahh bullshitted too be full blood Irish She insisted her readings were correct and She was. For about 7 months before She turned upp ahh had a feeling someone was Going too go on about the Royal in me-
Excellent Michael.
Well said Mr Laws.
Good on you! 100% correct I am also overit
I agree, well stated
So are most of us.
Any comment I post is reliably censored and disappears as soon as I write it. Censorship rules OK.
PART MAORI, last full blooded maori died in 1950's according to history classes in 1980's. Maori are one of the few cultures to never discover pottery, the wheel, or writing. they could not boil water either and had lost most of their farming skills, and had killed over many of NZ native species including the Moa. They were colonisers like everyone else here. Time for a great leveling back to a normal multicultural country where no one has extra rights based on race. One NZ, one people who are all the same.
start by calling them Part Maori Michael, start there, start by acknowledging they ALL have other heritage they need to recognise if your race is so important
Read a book you racist idiot. Maori have pottery musical instruments in many Museum's around the world. Your right we didn't write in the english language we utilised our own version similar to hieroglyphs - see any Marae or Museum and the history is written on every carving and now adays it is in ta moko on many Maori faces - it is not the Maori's problem that you are too ignorant to learn the language. What a shock NZ schools just after the Native Schools Act saying no full bloodied Maori left, well there you go that couldn't possibly colonial rhetoric it must be fact as you learnt it in school in the 1980's - what school was that KKK Primary School. We are not all the same - as Maori aren't beating you for mispronouncing our language, we also aren't making your schools and medicines illegal - there has never been one people in NZ and we are not nor will we ever be all the same. There is nothing wrong with being unique. The only problems that arise are when one people think decide that they are superior to another race so go online and regurgitate incorrect unsubstantiated nonsense about one side while trying to make out that they are soooo magnanimous
@@J.Smith-rc6wh I call them Euro Maoris
@@J.Smith-rc6wh news flash your information is incorrect
@@Bellxking💯
I don’t understand what you mean.
If you are referring to the fact that Māori has survived to attempted destruction of the race hell yeah.
Bag me haha😅
Welcome to the hate channel people.
Some of the comments here are disturbing, I don’t know what rock you’ve been hiding under.
Māori have had to fight hard to regain their culture. We are very lucky to have those that are out spoken.
Thank you Michael
Spoken perfectly and honestly. Not racist just the truth
Just an opinion
@@MartinCraig-zt2sv yes. A honest truthful opinion based on FACTS
Before we go about calling Michael racist and divisive, there are a number of books that back him up. Have a look at: The Maori - The history and Legacy of New Zealand's Indigenous people, Moriori, - A people rediscovered, The Forgotten Wars - why the musket wars matter today. There is a lot of researched written information out there if one is willing to seek balance...
Everybody in NZ want to be treated as special. Like small town tribalism- it’s not just Māori.
I am Pakeha married to a Maori. I used to have respect for the leaders of the Maori Party. But not the clowns who are running it now. I think they are one of the reasons, there was such a swing towards National. I am also a supporter of New Zealand First, who often put the entitled maori's in there place.
100% agree with Michael Laws. Maori just need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps; its not the 1800s anymore, this is a white mans society and we should treat everyone equally, like white people are known to do. My white great grandad came here from the UK, starting working at our family business at 14, became the business owner at 18 and had 3 houses by 25. I have also worked hard in this business and am now the business owner, inheriting and renting out my dad's apartment block in Auckland and am now a multi-millionaire. All Maori do is complain right, Michael Laws? They should just do what my grandad did and get successful by working harder. It's simple, yet they seem to think they can't because they're Maori. Like come on guys, its not that hard, I inherited my first houses when I was 24, you can too, just work harder and stop complaining that society is rigged for us white folks.
I agree with you ML and I am 1 eight Maori, the rest English, Scottish and Irish.
I've learnt everything through my British learnings.
One NZ, One rule for all.
NZ run by a elected Gvt and elected local bodies.
Just ignore them, totally.
Wot ! And ignore all the money we are giving them
As you are to be ignored. Come onboard or be left behind
Feel free to start right now by not making comments about them behind their backs
@@davidthomson692 You took land and resources then paid pittance for it.
And still Māori give you money. But not for long, we have a new Queen and all you have is Luxon. Best of luck.
My thoughts are it takes a brave man to speak the truth on ANY subject these days.
I'm NZ'er on business in Germany today. I look at MSM and its JUST Maori Maori Maori as if nothing else is important in NZ. Sorry but NZ has to celebrate technology and business successes in the media if we want to stand tall on the international stage = ie business success to improve the country / raise salaries / generate more tax. Nervous to fly home to get pounded by Maori this and that.
@seddy96 stay in Germany, this aint your home hahahaha
Then you should stay there. If your main concern is for your field of employment and how you can make it more profitable for yourself then you should focus on that. But if you want the entire country to back you and what you want perhaps you should consider that some parts of the country have priorities different to your own irrespective of culture and that they have the right to be heard also. Maori are not responsible for what MSM report - but it might be an idea to listen with a more open mind and recognise exactly how the world is seeing the divisions in NZ because I personally think we ALL could benefit from some changes
@@2wahineandadog I am well travelled in my business and spend a lot of time in different cultures around the world. I specialize in SE Asian countries and EU languages.I know very little Te Reo as there are no words for my engineering field and its only used in NZ. Also my Bhasa and French means I am worth more to NZ than being a weak Te Reo speaker. I generate a lot of tax revenue for NZ - that's my strength. Others in NZ are more than happy to be users of tax income. I would love to see NZ standard of education go right up so we can compete on the international market and make the country wealthier. I dream of MSM leading about improvements in maths and entrepreneurship. But that means more $ in the country to pay for schools , reduce poverty etc and I am working hard for the country I love to pull that money in
Yupp it’s embarrassing
@@seddy69I doubt you will ever see the standard of education go up! Having worked in this field most of my career NZ do not recognise any qualifications gained outside of NZ!! It’s pretty shocking how closed minded this country is..!
Yes so in tune with nature that they felt inclined to eat it to extinction
Oh at least be original with your racist diatribe. Lots of things go extinct for a variety of reasons, it happens every day. Believe it or not white people did this also as they were hungry too - you insist on judging a race on today's standards whilst bringing up historic events. Educate yourself
What did they eat to extinction? Be specific
@@seanodwyer4322 No, Maori bought over the kuri and it wasn't pink
We ran out of chocolate so.....
What drivel
Well said..
Inherent problems within Maori culture and instilling a wrong historical wrong doing into youth so that nothing is their own fault is making it worse.
They need look inwards at problems within Maori not blame other kiwis.
Inherent problems within a small portion of white New Zealanders - you need to look inward and stop blaming Maori's for all your issues in your life
@2wahineandadog
Happy with my life....
Fact 51% prisons filled with an ethnicity of only 16% population is not fault of other kiwis.
Other statistics like child abuse, drugs, gangs and all other social issues is never gonna improve until people like you stop blaming others.
Plenty of other immigrants come here from colonised countries and do very well..
Maori culture of blaming pakeha is badly flawed.
@@2wahineandadog Where have you been bro, Maori are consistently blaming the white man for their problems, don't try to turn it around. It's called the grievance culture and victimhood, all to suck more money out from the trough.
@@bigboyair6824 well said
Very true, well said Michael 👍
preach brother we Maori need to wake up. new Zealand is for all who legally abide here. we weren't the first people here. these think tank members need to hoop out of the tank. what they sow is discord and division. look into who funds them and you will have an answer
Excellent article
Spot on….spot on.
Well said, since it is simple truth will probably get attacked rather than repeated frequently as it actually deserves.