Comments on: Maori Culture in New Zealand

By: Karen Thompson

Karen Thompson — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 08:47:06 +0000

In reply to colin ryshaf. Colin ( oh knower of everything) the world is not just in black and white bro! There is so much more to the history of the maori yes there is brutality but there is also spirituality and music and dance as well. You seem to be stuck in a dark place, was NZ not kind to you?

By: Jonathan Porritt

Jonathan Porritt — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:28:35 +0000

Colin, you seem to have a beef towards the NZ Maori. Thanks for bringing down the conversation, bro! You could almost attribute what you have said to all conquering and non conquering creeds and races throughout history. Why not try focus on the positive? Did something happen to you in NZ?

By: colin ryshaf

colin ryshaf — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 01:07:43 +0000

Have you ever lived in nz. All is not as it is proclaimed to be > Maoris some slightly brown skinned people who don’t retain the hideous gargoyle features of full blooded Maoris photographed a century ago, of which there are none left due to inbreeding, make atrocious claims on the islands which they settled in, a very short time before the europeans settled there. But they want to make unrealistic claims, such as on the foreshore. They seem to forget that they are warlike beings- their greatest exposition is the haka- I am going to eat you- bla bla bla. They annihilated their compatriots , the maoiriori at the chatham islands a most hideous and brutal way.

By: colin

colin — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 00:10:06 +0000

I wonder how many of the people commenting in this site have actually lived in NZ, as I did for 4 years and worked with ” Maoris” The Maoris raped, tortured and murdered and almost completely wiped out the Maoriori Peoples, also from polynesian islands. In comparison with other “indigenous peoples”, such as most north american native peoples, who understood the value of their environment, and preserved it, Maoris, in a very short space of time, wiped out more than half of all living species in New Zealand. There are no pure blood Maoris left in NZ due to inbreeding. They want to prevent pakehas, as they deem all non Maori peoples (stupidly-uncaringly, including themselves) accessing beaches. They demand equal rights yet they are not equal, both biologically and intellectually. They die young, sadly, perhaps for them , with diabetes and more rapidly degenerative disorders than other homo sapiens. Because of this rift, and “political correctness” Maori students are granted bonus additions to their poor academic scores to enter colleges, at which they perform poorly, yet the political correctness passes them- for what- poor work performance, which has a very negative outcome for poor new zealand productivity.

By: Nora

Nora — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 22:44:40 +0000

In reply to Lara. Hi Lara, Thanks for the tip! :-)

By: Lara

Lara — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 21:32:26 +0000

Just for clarification: it’s powhiri not pohiri, pronounced paw-fi-ri with the emphasis on the first syllable and the r being like a flipped italianate r

By: Shari Brown

Shari Brown — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:21:32 +0000

Becky I hope you get around to watching the all blacks lay a game as it is what makes any new zealand a kiwi. As for the haka, well it’s still good but the real maori’s make it look real good.

By: samuel welsh

samuel welsh — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:22:02 +0000

loving maori culture

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:58:08 +0000

Ooo.ya becky if never been to NZ but would one day be there to see the maori people because the haka that All Blacks dances in a rugby mathc just shows it all(they”maori people” are great fighters so i would say but some people dont seems to agree with me.it just goes to show that they know nothing about hard living

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Sat, 01 May 2010 00:25:10 +0000

@Becky – I haven’t seen an All-Blacks game yet, but I’m eager to, especially now that I know they do a Haka! (And for those who don’t know, Maoris are sometimes referred to as “black” people in New Zealand. I haven’t yet determined if this is considered derogatory, so I don’t use it myself. And this is obviously different from “black” people in America – who are usually of West Indian or African descent.