Most Māori converted to Christianity (and/ or Catholicism) during colonisation. The rates of Māori who identify as religious now are about the same as New Zealand European (just under half). There are three very small Māori religions (Rātana being the largest), which are mostly still Christian sects / denominations.

May 29, 2024 · Historic governments literally legislated, made laws, to limit Māori people's choices, to prevent them from exercising self determination. The Settlement Act, Native Lands Act, Suppression of Tohunga Act, Native Schools Act. For 100 years successive governments restricted Māori decision making, unfairly reducing Māori status in society.

Mar 30, 2024 · Your co-worker is an idiot, but I’m going to play devil’s advocate. You can obviously call yourself Māori and you are Māori, but I do think that in many cases there’s a difference in lived experience between white and Māori appearing people, so I can see why people have differing opinions.

Jul 10, 2023 · Firstly, Moriori aren't the original inhabitants of New Zealand. They were Māori people who settled on Chatham Islands / Rēkohu. Secondly, Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama conquered the Moriori after the British had colonised New Zealand. As in, they were here when it happened, and the genocide was done using British ships.

Feb 10, 2023 · A lot of people will say that whakapapa is the only thing that matters because nobody wants to exclude a Māori person who was denied access to their own culture (because of adoption or family drama usually). It's important to note that those people are 'exceptions to the rule'; culture is the biggest identifying factor for every ethnic group.

Mar 21, 2024 · The Maori killed two of the British immediately.Te Rangihaeata demanded utu (revenge) for the death of his wife Te Rongo. The Maori killed all the remaining captives, including Thompson, Samuel Cottrell, a member of the original survey team; interpreter John Brooks, and Captain Wakefield. Four Māori died and three were wounded in the incident.

Feb 18, 2022 · The only thing Iwould warn you to be careful of is please don't assume that Māori people can all speak Te Reo. Colonial systems have sought to prevent Māori from speaking Te Reo for generations and many of these systems are only now being dismantled, so a large portion of Māori don't speak any Reo at all, and only a very small portion are ...

Oct 23, 2015 · By the 1960's, New Zealand experienced much the same general uproar as the rest of the world, and pro-Maori groups began to assert themselves in both the wider society and in academia. As is fairly common with underrepresented groups, they were very tired of hearing white people pass judgement on them and their cultural history.

Jun 2, 2021 · Of course. Māori people are still human. Not every Māori is a good person. Its probably not different actually, people are just far more open and public about it. Though im not sure if 10, 20, 30 years ago we had people publicly vowing to slaughter as many Māori as they could so maybe it is worse.

Apr 25, 2023 · And in practical terms, over time a shedload of Māori-identifying people have had kids with people of white European ancestry, so current generations may “look” not-Māori despite very much being Māori. And cultural appropriation isn’t a thing if the culture is actively encouraging non-Māori to be involved.