Michael Laws: I’m Sick and Tired of Māori Being Paraded as Some Sort of Special People
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- Michael Laws: I’m sick and tired of Māori being paraded as some sort of special people.
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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.
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
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
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 k ow 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?
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.😢
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.
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.
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.
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
@@arohanui922 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 !!
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!!!!
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!!
@@rogergutteridge2307
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 !!!
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!!
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
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 .
@@rosssouthwell8678 👍
@@mooselee902creative thinking on your part, but.... nah I don't think so.
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'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
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!!!!!!
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.
@@user-px4gd7wx5w 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.
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.
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!!!!!!
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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!!!!!!!
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
Thank you for saying this. NZ is in a woke decline
well very articulated bravo bravo bravo
Excellent summary of the situation Michael
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
We are all sick to death of it! Bring on a treaty referendum....
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?
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
Perfectly said
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.
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
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...
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
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
Couldn't have said it better keep it coming Michael 🎉
Spot on Michael!
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
You are not the only one that is sick and tired of their antics sickening
Dump the haka. Have Morris dancing instead.
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.
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 😂
In other words wah wah wah
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.
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.'''
Best rant yet Michael, could not agree more
Any comment I post is reliably censored and disappears as soon as I write it. Censorship rules OK.
The two most notable achievements of maori before evil colonization were wiping out the Moa and not being smart enough to discover the wheel.
Thankyou Michael, you said it well
Muppet
Excellent commentary Michael. Plain good old fashioned horse sense.
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.
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
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.
Give back the horses, cows cars ,trains and guitars etc. Close the schools hospitals and movies and farming in a modern way to feed more people in NZ's modern world.
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.
So are most of us.
Funny how they never used the wheel in their civilisation
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.
Good one - keep up the good work to protect our democracy from these whinging self entitled rabble ❤
Top post. The truth at last.
Well best speech ever 👍
I agree, well stated
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.
Maori are minority in this country.
butt have the biggest mouths in god's creations.''
Spoken perfectly and honestly. Not racist just the truth
Just an opinion
@@MartinCraig-zt2sv yes. A honest truthful opinion based on FACTS
They're special, alright. 😂
The violent pushback from certain groups suggests we must have this conversation
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🎉🎉
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
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.
The same line is being promoted here in Australia with the aboriginal people. One country for all citizens.
Not that surprising your sticking in your nose in over here given how horribly you treat you First Nations people - you have laws that only apply to them, clearly segregating them in small compounds - we don't require your racist opinions - when your Country is unified and happy then we can talk but until you stop sending your criminals over here you get no respect.
@@user-ft1dg2ln7g that's what they want yet you never see aboriginal prime Minister or even a maori one 😂
This is exactly the same rhetoric that is espoused by the looney left Labor party,, across the pond, here in Oz. I'm tired of hearing the same trite condescending statements of: "welcome to country". "Acknowlegment of the original custodians of the land". Thank Christ, the majority of Australian people had the sense to reject the, "Voice"" in last year's referendum.
Thank the gods you live over there. Maybe work out your own crap before commenting on other peoples
I too was very happy when most of Australia had the guts and common sense to reject "The Voice", although I couldn't see it succeeding. Australians need only to look at NZ to see what a disaster it would have been. Bravo Australia.
Maori want full blown apartheid own health service laws etc thats fine but then they must raise their own tax to pay for it
Thats cool, we will need our land back to generate the wealth though. Considering it has been stolen and mined for the past 200 years I think some accounting is in order.
@@mooselee902 We want payment for all the technology you got from us. Quite happy to take that and use it as if it belonged to you and you hadn’t spent generations developing it.
@@mooselee902 Maybe you are too young to remember all the millions paid in 'full and final' settlements of the nineties?
@@butwhatwouldiknow"Full and Final" means we will be back in two years for another bite.
@@mooselee902maori had approximately 600 years alone here, before the white man showed up. Why didn't they use all that time to develop and generate wealth from the land?
Excellent Michael.
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 😂
Well said Mr Laws.
You are saying what many New Zealanders of all races think. Thank you.
Huh when did you all have a survey?? says alot if you only sent it out to your friends and family...hardly "many"
Thank you for these words of truth and common sense. At the base of all the discussions on the "Treaty" are a desire to elevate one ethnic group everyone else, that concept doesn't fly regardless of how hard they try.
That's true you white racists are NOT better than anyone else
Well said michaael
So our previous and current governments continue to lie to us about the history of nz the truth is locked up in te papa museum wellington the nz government will not release this information until 2068 this is information for all kiwis that we are entitled to.
maori have been babied for so long they think the government is their mummy and daddy
@@spikandspan-u8h dirt and crap
@@sonnyawa6413 thumb sucking babies
@@sonnyawa6413 ok, please tell us why?
@jameskatte1175 not interested in dialogue with racist haters like you, other than this short reply
It all about money, that the taxpayers will be playing, well said Michael.
Thanks for explaining what is happening in our country from this perspective
Thank you David and thank you THE PLATFORM for allowing honest, truthful, factual opinion, I am also way over this absolute communist influence from this Salmon person, she is definitely a very real anarchist in her position, she is trouble big time...
Well done Micheal, the 500 tribal leaders in1840 were as you said very much in favour of the Brits bringing their control to Maori disfunction.
What are you talking about - have you even read the treaty? either version?
Of course the English wanted to quick smart raise the flag on New Zealand soil. There were other countries heading our way Eg. Spain who would have had they no first. Besides easying Maori warfare the colonials knew the value of land and we gobbling it up as fast as a maori would grab a blanket or musket or two in ignorance.
Treaty was partly to save guard the continual landgrab going on by British land grabbers, known as landsharks.
@@2wahineandadog What's your reply got to do with his original comment?
@@jameskatte1175 Did you read it or just rush to put me down? He clearly stated that 500 Maori were in favour of British rule when that is NOT what was signed. You should stop drinking now, you seemed more intelligent 2days ago
@@2wahineandadog You are not that bright either, you continuously miss the point. Not all Maori signed the actual treaty document, but many more were in favour of the Brits. Copies of the treaty went around different areas of NZ, so that many of the chiefs could sign. Get your facts right.
Listen to the comment from Grandad neal
And the other thing that is never mentioned these days is the other groups of people that where here before the Maori that mysteriously disappeared after the Maori arrived 🤔 oh of course they are both perfect and Indigenous 😅
Of course it's mentioned these days - you sad little racists raise it all the time.....
Thank you Michael
Well said Michael ❤
Maoris are not special, read the book "the Great Divide" . In the early 1800's Maoris still practised cannibalism and had already eaten all the Moas. Back then French were about to take over NZ so Maoris asked the British govt to establish the Treaty, one of equal partnership so both could live in NZ.... that's why both parties signed, both got something.
Google "New Zealand wikipedia" , if you can't find the book.
That is the stupidest thing I read so far and this section is full of stupid things. The French were never "about to take over NZ". The Great Divide was written by a born again Christian who also thinks that climate change is unsubstantiated. Why would anyone value a person who can't even decide what he believes in. Also he published the book himself because no reputable publisher would. Of all the books negative or positive this is your example one that has been repeatedly disproven. Reading is good - basing your entire opinion on one book is less so
Don't think the French were about to colonise NZ, but Maori were well aware of what their Tahitian and New Caledonian cousins were suffering under the French. The British were perceived as a much better option.
@@jeremymead8546 moms ancesters were the French royal family and remnants off them came too new zealand in 1800's their surname is- ''Challannor.''
@@jeremymead8546 british are just as bad , It was thiefs they let on boats 😂, They are noble savages 😂 and used God to distort everyone's belief , In there Bible says God created the earth and the moon and blah blah but they don't care about the environment,? Boom colonisation 😂 inventing plastic 😂, I used to go church ,
I agree 100%.
Hear, hear Micheal, i’m sick and tired of Maoridom creeping all over our television sets espoused by woke newsreaders. We are giving a narrow tunnelled education if we don’t expose students to other languages and enriching perspectives outside of this country . Now Treaty matters and claims have been settled, apologies offered, can we not move forward as one people for the good of this country.
Oh wendy chin up hahaha
We can't move forward as the people backing act national nzf all want nz resources and they can't get them with maori in the way. That's why we're hearing so much about maori and why acts policies are what they are
Not all claims have been settled nor have all apologies been offered. Ngapuhi nui tonu have not yet had their claim settled, yes it was initially started in 1984 but it still hasn't been settled - feel free to hurry it along as we would like it to be sometime in my fathers lifetime. You want students to be exposed to foreign languages without knowing their own and you think that Maoridom is the problem? We clearly aren't "one people" because you consider yourself better than Maori - how is that good for the country?