Three Maori MPs suspended over 'intimidating' haka
New Zealand: Three Maori MPs suspended over 'intimidating' haka
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New Zealand has long been lauded for upholding indigenous rights
I know close to nothing about the situation in New Zealand, but I imagine that this is false
relations with the Māori community have been strained recently under the current conservative government Luxon-led government.
The bill's defenders, such as Act, the right-wing party that tabled it, argue the 1840 treaty needs to be reinterpreted because it had divided the country by race, and does not represent today's multicultural society.
Behold! The "race-blind" buffoonery making its way across the anglosphere.
They're probably the best of the Anglo settler-colonial nations (mostly due to great heroism on the part of the Maori and their allies over centuries). The language is an official language, all children are taught Maori culture (haphazardly) in schools, and the language has undergone a massive revival. The economic situation is slowly improving. Most Pakeha (White New Zealanders) would probably confess to a modest pride in the successes that have been made. Which may be somewhat unearned but is a start.
Which is to say the situation is utterly horrific and inexcusable and any of these modest gains are constantly at risk from the right wing. The ACT (formally the "Association of citizens and taxpayers" which is as fash as it sounds.) could be described as if Peter Thiel had a political party, and the centre right Nationals are only slightly more hinged than the Australian party of the same name. The treaty of Waitangi is barely a treaty and what there is is horribly unequal, but ferocious defence of it is the foundation of Maori rights.
The chuds here know what they are doing, but the problem they have is that every schoolchild has been taught to view the treaty as something good, either the centre right vision as an unambiguous union of two peoples or the centre left vision of an ambiguous bulwark against further exploitation. The NZ population is overwhelmingly against modification of the treaty and of those that are, they want a stronger treaty, not a weaker one .
New Zealand has long been lauded for upholding indigenous rights
The same way Canada compares itself to America favourably, New Zealand compares themselves to Australia. Of course, this means that they are absolute dogshit when it comes to actually caring about indigenous rights, but they aren't as bad as [literally the worst examples of settler colonialism] which means they are above reproach and immune to criticism.
New Zealand has long been lauded for upholding indigenous rights
It is the least bad of the anglosphere but that means still lots of room for improvement. Good: language has been un-eradicated and is used in everyday conversations from both denizens and the government. Bad: the prison demographics
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon had rejected accusations then that the committee's ruling was "racist", adding that the issue was "not about haka", but about "parties not following the rules of parliament".
im not scared. please dont put in the newspaper that i got scared.
in fact put in there that i was a very brave boy
Every tradition that is not anglo is intimidating to these settlers. Free Aotearoa
Ohhh so scary
Wait a minute...
Balatro 3 confirmed??
New Stealand
It's spelt New SStealand in Maoist Standard English
Haven't haka (is that the plural term?) been performed in parliament before without issue?
Do it again.
All Polynesion nations, from Aoteoroa to Hawai'i, should declare independence from colonial occupiers and form a Pacific-spanning Democratic People's Federation of Polynesian
