Post #614324 by komohana on Thu, Nov 17, 2011 11:36 AM

On 2011-11-16 18:45, bigbrotiki wrote:
using cannibalism to demonize the Maori

i don't feel the need to defend the author of that site in any way, shape or form,
i want to make that quite clear, but i think it fair enough to say that his agenda
has more to do with the interpretation of the treaty of waitangi, and the subsequent
perceived abuses by certain modern day maori (and other) factions.

i am simply interested in the goings-on regarding our neighbours across the tasman sea
and as an outsider must approach their affairs with an open mind, saying that, i think
he is questioning the legitimacy of some maori claims in regard to exclusive rights
to land, forests, fisheries etc. over other new zealanders by means of suggesting that
the maori where not the original inhabitants of aotearoa.

edit- this of course is a deviation to this thread, just mentioned it in passing.

[ Edited by: komohana 2011-11-17 11:44 ]