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Thread ID: 115028 2010-12-29 08:44:00 New research on Maori genealogy ubergeek85 (131) PC World Chat
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1165458 2010-12-29 08:44:00 tvnz.co.nz

Interesting read - whats everyones opinions on this?
ubergeek85 (131)
1165459 2010-12-29 08:55:00 Interesting, but they were still here first. I hope there are no sad sacks who will try to kick the maori out of deals/treaties because they aren't indigenous.

It may have some legal implications, someone is bound to find a loophole and exploit it.
The Error Guy (14052)
1165460 2010-12-29 09:10:00 Do you believe maoris oral history or carbon dating?
On TV program motorway patrol you see maoris who cant remember what they did 10 minutes ago let alone 900 years.
I would run with the half life of carbon as to how far back they where here before the Dutch discovered NZ.
prefect (6291)
1165461 2010-12-29 09:49:00 Indigenous peoples are people, communities, and nations who claim a historical continuity and cultural affinity with societies endemic to their original territories that developed prior to exposure to the larger connected civilization associated with Western culture.Using that definition, I would say Maori are indeed the indigenous people of the vast majority of NZ. As were the Moriori Myth (110)
1165462 2010-12-29 09:49:00 Do you believe maoris? you see maoris who cant remember what they did 10 minutes ago let alone 900 years.


Drat where is the epic "like" button :D
The Error Guy (14052)
1165463 2010-12-29 09:58:00 Drat where is the epic "like" button :D

Its everywhere except for Pf1!! Imagine the backlash from some of our users if FB was integrated in some way to this site!!! :lol:
xyz823 (13649)
1165464 2010-12-29 10:04:00 Interesting, but they were still here first. I hope there are no sad sacks who will try to kick the maori out of deals/treaties because they aren't indigenous.




Who is a Maori? Define Maori, is 1/26 a Maori or is that cherry picking your ancestry. Just because I am something like 20% British doesn't make me British.

Maths tends to suggest over 50%+ ancestry/blood is a Maori, but we all know that view is hated in this country as the Maori electrol role would be reduced by 95% + lol.

But this scam will keep on for decades yet!
Battleneter2 (9361)
1165465 2010-12-29 10:38:00 How can anybody believe an oral history?, the Maoris could spout any old bollocks, (canoes (web.archive.org) across thousands of miles of ocean, come on!) a written history would have helped (oh, that's right, the white fellas brought that skill with them); I would imagine they had no concept of time measurement either, so how did they figure out how long they'd been here?. feersumendjinn (64)
1165466 2010-12-29 11:05:00 How they get away with these fairy stories is what amazes me, it shows what morons and imbeciles are running this country.
I guess it's a forlorn hope that it'll ever change, and the Maori party/seats and their aparthied sympathisers get tossed out.
Only when the Chinese outnumber the rest of us, I suppose. :D:eek::D
feersumendjinn (64)
1165467 2010-12-29 17:50:00 How can anybody believe an oral history?, the Maoris could spout any old bollocks, (canoes (web.archive.org) across thousands of miles of ocean, come on!) a written history would have helped (oh, that's right, the white fellas brought that skill with them); I would imagine they had no concept of time measurement either, so how did they figure out how long they'd been here?.

Just a point feer, if they didn't arrive in canoes, how did they arrive?
Cicero (40)
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