Floofah@lemmy.world to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 10 months agoMāori are 'not indigenous', Winston Peters claimswww.stuff.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down12
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkMāori are 'not indigenous', Winston Peters claimswww.stuff.co.nzFloofah@lemmy.world to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 10 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareSamC@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·10 months agoIf you define it as “didn’t come from somewhere else” then it’s a meaningless term since everyone outside parts of Africa came from somewhere else. The UN definition is explicitly about colonization, which makes sense, i.e. some people arrived, then some other people came and took over.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoYeah, he doesn’t have a leg to stand on with the UN declaration.
minus-squareSamC@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoYou mean the declaration that was voted on by all UN members and supported by an overwhelming majority, including (eventually) NZ under John Key? Yeah doesn’t hold any water… /s
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoYou do understand I’m agreeing with you, right?
minus-squareSamC@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoYes, sorry I might have misread your post Used to people reacting badly to UN DRIP
If you define it as “didn’t come from somewhere else” then it’s a meaningless term since everyone outside parts of Africa came from somewhere else.
The UN definition is explicitly about colonization, which makes sense, i.e. some people arrived, then some other people came and took over.
Yeah, he doesn’t have a leg to stand on with the UN declaration.
You mean the declaration that was voted on by all UN members and supported by an overwhelming majority, including (eventually) NZ under John Key?
Yeah doesn’t hold any water…
/s
You do understand I’m agreeing with you, right?
Yes, sorry I might have misread your post
Used to people reacting badly to UN DRIP