> >>>> You guys don't over eat. We don't want to make our bikes more top
> >>>> heavy.
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> I'd be grumbling to the grandkids if I was kicked off my land and others
> moved onto it.......
>>>>>> You guys don't over eat. We don't want to make our bikes more top
>>>>>> heavy.
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> Just curious..... are the indigenous people in NZ cool with the European
> occupation or were there any there when the Europeans found it?
The original inhabitants were the 'Mori Ori', but when the Maori arrived
from Hawaii, they killed and ate them.
The early Europeans were whalers and lived with the Maori, mainly up
North. The phrase 'Hell Hole of the pacific', was used to describe
'Russell' in the bay of islands.(Where my ancestors arrived in the 1830's)
As more settlers arrived, so did 'The NZ company' who brought up land
and on-sold it to the settlers. The only problem was that a lot of the
best land (that the Maori weren't selling) was in high demand, so the
company would do dodgey deals and pay a distant relative for land he
didn't own,to gain title, then kick off the Maori living there.
The reaction to this underhand dealing was the first of the land
wars....The 'Treaty of Waitangi' was signed and the war stopped.....but
the govt. confiscated a lot more 'prime' land from the tribes who fought
against the govt.....This led to (you guessed it) the second 'land war'.
As the Maori weren't one big happy tribe (they ate each other), the
govt. had tribe vs. tribe fighting going on.
Fast forward to now, the govt. is still paying lump sum (millions of
dollars) payouts to cover 'land confiscation' claims....a real gravey
train for the greivance industry, but their land was stolen, and the
govt. is doing it's best to right the wrongs. We have a few 'radicals'
who go with the 'whitey go home' slogans, but the majority of Maori are
just ordinary people. They still hold their tribal status, but work as
one now.
I went up to the Maori Queens funeral a few months back.....an
impressive display with three 'waka' (war canoes holding up to 50
people) bring the casket down the river. They were greeted by hundreds
of 'warriors' doing a haka (war dance) that sent shivers down my spine.
pete - 24 Nov 2006 16:21 GMT
> >>>>>> You guys don't over eat. We don't want to make our bikes more top
> >>>>>> heavy.
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> people) bring the casket down the river. They were greeted by hundreds
> of 'warriors' doing a haka (war dance) that sent shivers down my spine.
Thanks for the info.