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This reminds me: in primary school we had to sing the national anthem once a week. Did I refuse to sing the Maori verse? no. Did a Maori refuse to sing the english verse? yes. I just dont know what to say. Quote:
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No - I am not living the Maori way, i do not deny them their heritage, but they are the ones that want to live in european housing. 99.9% of Maori if you gave them a choice they would rather live in a house built using European methods with heating etc or a traditional Maori hut, then guess which they would take. I'll be honest with you...the Maori way of life is now only visible in the museum. Quote:
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heck i dont know what ive just written. But you go anywhere in the world and you will find people proud of their culture. But unless you are proud of it then people will forget it. I see old Pakeha trying to make young Maori proud of their culture. But they still will not accept it.
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What's the big deal?[/QUOTE]That is defined by the country in which you live, the country which you are proud of. It is not defined by the colour of your skin.
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06-10-2002, 06:48 AM | #24 |
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Since when are Maoris not proud of their culture, Scolarcs? Channel one on sunday mornings is nothing but maori culture.
I mean sure they're over represented in all the bad statistics concerning literacy, crime, health etc... but this is exactly what Yorick is saying, they were (some may argue that they still are) an oppressed people, thus, they need all the help they can get. *trying not to sound too patronising* [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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06-10-2002, 08:18 AM | #26 |
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From what I have seen in our country, Maori are raised in European-style institutions whilst not recieving the whole-hearted acceptance of European cultural identity from the society which has in and of itself removed any viable alternative through law and legislation. Maori land and fishing rights are coveted in such a way as to exploit financial potential, whilst the traditional, pre-Pakeha settlement Maori lifestyle has been by and large neglected by the conventional New Zealand social system. Those of biological Maori descent are essentially 'paid off' in terms of small financial benefits intended as compensation for a complete sacrifice of cultural identity. The predominantly tribal nature of traditional Maori culture (consisting of independant tribes living in largely self-sufficient Pas and Maraes) is expected, nay demanded to fit itself into the largely corporate, centralized system of New Zealand government.
In Dunedin (Scholarcs and Downunda will know where Dunedin is [img]smile.gif[/img] ) there is a Marae out on the Peninsula (Otakau by name, hence the Anglicized version 'Otago') where the children are raised in traditional Maori culture in traditional Maori language, yet with European tools and technologies. The children raised there cannot speak English at primary-school age (we visited the marae in primary school when I was about 9 or 10, none of us white kids could communicate with the maori children there [img]smile.gif[/img] ) and the values of traditional maori are preserved. However, this seems to be a rare case of practical maori cultural endurance (allowed largely by the isolated geography of the Otago Peninsula), and on a wider scale indigenous people of our country do not have such a strong, tangible cultural foundation on which they can fall back. They are not totally accepted by the pakeha population, yet have no sense of community of their own. And after all that, comes my point: The maori rugby team serves a valid purpose for providing maori with a sense of community pride that they cannot find in a predominatly white-controlled consumer society (as Yorick and Downunda have been saying for ages [img]smile.gif[/img] ). Whilst rugby is in and of itself a product of European sporting cultural values, the maori-exclusive team allows for a largely under-represented (culturally, not necessarily financially or legally) percentage of the New Zealand population to develope communal-contact, a sense of cultural identity, and a bit of athletic satisfaction. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Thanks dude, very well written [img]smile.gif[/img]
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What is race other than a nationality developed and refined over a longer period? Can anyone tell me which of the four macro races the Maori are supposed to fit into? Caucasoid? Mongoloid? Australoid? Negroid? Or are they a blend of a couple? The Maoris I've known haven't known. One of my co-writers in Oz is a Maori, and one of the most successful female session vocalists there. She was "first call" for twenty years or so. She had a most interesting theory as to the Maori origin. |
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The word 'nation' is used to denote a Nation State when describing sports teams.
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