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Three Maori MPs suspended over 'intimidating' haka (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (3 children)

New Zealand has long been lauded for upholding indigenous rights

I know close to nothing about the situation in New Zealand, but I imagine that this is false

relations with the Māori community have been strained recently under the current conservative government Luxon-led government.

The bill's defenders, such as Act, the right-wing party that tabled it, argue the 1840 treaty needs to be reinterpreted because it had divided the country by race, and does not represent today's multicultural society.

Behold! The "race-blind" buffoonery making its way across the anglosphere.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

New Zealand has long been lauded for upholding indigenous rights

It is the least bad of the anglosphere but that means still lots of room for improvement. Good: language has been un-eradicated and is used in everyday conversations from both denizens and the government. Bad: the prison demographics

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