maori

What the Maori thought it means, and what Christian missionaries allowed contemporary culture to understand it to be, are two different things.

The Waitangi Tribunal, which hears grievances between Maori and the crown, has settled claims totalling nearly 1 billion NZD.

The Maori make up 4% of the population, but 50% of the prison population.

They tend to be pro-farming and hunting (good vigorous manful activities), pro-traditional gender ideas and against most/all reconciliation/restitution measures towards the Maori population.

There is a good ted talk on tackling poverty amount at Maori I can't find it though.

Anyway it's interesting to know that there are Maori who hunt, that's something that I'd like to learn more about.

We've known of Haast's eagle for years and it's connection to the Maori legend is common knowledge among anyone who's heard of the bird.

I think Maori people in Aotearoa taking up white-style hunting would be like native tribes in America turning into massive baseball lovers.

This has only recently begun to be rectified by John Moorfield, and other authors who have contributed to the Maori dictionary, which is a relatively recent advance.

I remember a Maori exhibit at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Where did I say the Maori were oppressed by Christian missionaries?

Maori groups promote the traditional ecology of the islands, and promote the authenticity of traditional Maori food-gathering, but especially given the scarcity of native birdlife, don't actually hunt birds anymore (as far as I'm aware - though shell-gathering is popular).

In case you were, like myself, wondering, "Aotearoa" is the Maori name for New Zealand (originally just the Northern Island).

Yes, this is bad, and there are significant ongoing social inequalities disproportionately affecting Maori.

Sorry, in my experience white South Island culture is generally pro-hunting and anti-Maori.

Maori people do heaps of hunting, I have no idea what the person you're responding to is on about.