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Originally Posted by AussieTrooper
Pretty sure dogs are not aware of federation.
The Maori may not be the original inhabitants of NZ. They settled roughly 1250-1300AD. This wasn't long before Christopher Colombus showed up in the new world. So are the Maori indigenous? If so, given the timescale, are the first pilgrims to New England also indigenous?
It's a very unclear, arbitrary and very political attribute. This kind of thing is yet another reason why racist discrimination is a horrible thing for any government to tolerate, let alone embrace. Our government sanctions, embraces, and funds racial discrimination. And they are proud of it.
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Ben, I had a curiosity in how modern NZ started. We hear so much of Australia Day, I just wondered if there was a NZ equivalent. Fortunately, I was given information that allowed me to satisfy my curiosity.
On the issue of Government funds though; good governments care that every citizen has a chance to have a have a reasonable life. By improving their citizens' life-chances, we have a better nation, a more prosperous nation and a less crime ridden nation. There are some serious issues in society and racial issues is only but one of many. If no effort is made to improve upon these, those issues will still be here for an awful long time.
Still, I think we will have to agree to disagree, because I strongly suspect that we have very different views on what are the serious issues and how they should be approached.