indigenous tiktoks about the māori people 

My grandad, who is Māori, never taught any of us about his culture, its kinda sad. I never got to know anything about the history of my family because he didn't like it. Im way too mixed to be considered Māori, I wish he told me about where he came from. I don't know how he could look at a culture so strong and so beautiful and think "nah". People should be proud to be Māori.

@@venus_ai I felt that first part. My great grandad never talked about his history because he was messed up by the Kokoda Track campaign and other events up in PNG. We have suspicions that he's Indigenous because he was undocumented and lived out bush taking care of his siblings. He knew the local lingo and was a respected outback wrangler with other Indigenous men. I wish he was able to tell us more, but the war only awarded him with deafness, impaired vision, severe nightmares, and dementia. So I can't blame him for trying to preserve his conscious by not trying to re-live what must have been absolutely disgusting things.

@@user-dg3ug7ny5d that sounds horrible! I hope he's okay. My grandad won't tell me anything because he's a drunk, unfortunately. Love him to bits but all he wants is to be seen as a white British dude.

@@venus_ai He died in 2017 but most veterans don't make it to 93, so he was strong. It's sad how ingrained internalised racism still is, especially in people that were "adopted" as a kid and grew up with a white family. He sounds like a good man, just someone who's very confused with his life and I feel that. At least you can continue on in understanding your heritage where he hasn't been able to :)

@@user-dg3ug7ny5d unfortunately yeah, I hope he rests in power. I love learning about my heritage, especially because my family comes from so many places (Māori, Iranian, Maltese, English), I find it interesting how my parents and grandparents all found eachother in one place, but have all come from different countries.

Also can we maybe see a video compilaton of Indigenous Australian people?

​@@pigeon2531 The haka is such a chilling spectacle to watch. I've always grown up seeing it when we play the All Blacks and I've always been jealous that our culture here is still so fractured that we've only recently had our own ceremonial war dance to contribute. I actually have a little kiwi bird doll that does the haka and have loved it since I was a kid. Also yes please to videos from here! Also congrats on the recent land back, bro. I know Jacinda's under pressure to be replaced but land back and reparations are always great! :)

@@user-dg3ug7ny5d Land Back? Sorry im not too updated with recent events and im not Indigenous Australian myself (Shouldve clarified) Down here in the South West of WA, we get taught alot about the native people of our home town and their language. NAIDOC week was celebrated recently too! I just like learning about this kind of stuff and it would be nice to see the rep for the Indigenous Australians as they are rarely seen anywhere in media or on the internet :) My aunt and uncle (same uncle) have a cute wedding statue thingy with a koala and a kiwi bird to represent them.

@@pigeon2531 Ah! I thought you were Kiwi. The land back was referring to last weeks decision to return 36 sites of cultural significance as well as deliver NZ$177m in financial redress to the ~46,000 members of the Waikato-based iwi (North Island). That was what happened in NZ. I'm in SW WA too! Glad to see a local on here. I've always grown up interested in our local peoples and the Nation I live on (me being Whadjuk Nation of the Noongar Peoples), so I completely understand wanting to learn more about the cultures in our region. 100% for more local representation, especially in supporting greater understanding that will help approval rates for the Voice to Parliament referendum next year. Hope the burn-off smoke isn't near you. It's really strong where I am.

@@user-dg3ug7ny5d Im glad i know of the land back now! That is great news for native reparations :) Im not native at all myself but i believe the traditonal land my city falls on is Wardani or Pindjarup. Havent had any burn-off smoke here yet but as it warms up more we will definitely get some.

np :)

I second this!!

I went to his page and looked, the petition has closed already with 70k signatures.

Finally, you say, why didn't you do so in the past? couldn't be bothered I bet and now you see of money and the possibility of wealth? sorry not going to happen this is all Ardern BS.

I know, it's beautiful!!

On the official Māori Party website they have a list of campaigns and petitions to sign

@@sunflowerspirited4974 thanks!

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WHAT IT'S YOU AGAIN??!!

@@benisgay9315 AHHH IT IS! HI BEN :D

@@best_of_ant HII!!!! :D

@@benisgay9315 at it again with ze blorbos heh

same! does anyone have the link?

If you want, you can spread some of the other campaigns the Māori Party is advocating for. Here's a link to their website: www.maoriparty.org.nz/campaigns

Someone said it's on The Official Māori Party website, I'll get a link if I can.

@@adeenareaz4244 thank you!!

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@i hate twitter wtf is that supposed to mean.

@i hate twitter fucking transphobe? whats the point of coming on to a youtube video and telling someone that their identity is stupid and calling them a clown and a soft brain? what do you hope to achieve by saying that? you're not making me feel shit about myself for being trans, im proud of my identity and some random shit-for-brains on the internet isn't going to make me feel bad. im proud of who i am

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Māori warriors actively threatened the British that they would eat them if they invaded, so they're not leaving their homelands that easy or without a fight. Never have. Never will. Also, it's a very different political climate to the US, because the government just handed back more land the other day after they have been protesting since like the 1930s, so the power imbalance is not as blatant in NZ compared to the US. That's sad the Indigenous peoples of Hawai'i are experiencing that, though. I knew about the dichotomy there in how there's the rich, touristy places and then there's the places trashed by pollution and that. I would suggest government intervention, but I know it'd probably cause mass incarceration of the Indigenous peoples, rather than kick the money fuckers out.

I've already copied and pasted the links in a few other posts but basically the petition has already been handed over to parliament but- if you want- you can help the Mōri party in other campaigns; here's a link to their website: www.maoriparty.org.nz/campaigns

Moana is actually the depiction of multiple Polynesian cultures and mythology, not just based on Aotearoa. This includes Samoa, Tonga, Hawai'i and a few other places where they gathered inspiration from.

oh, the special videos I make, I always set as premieres on Wednesdays. I'm not sure how this is promo exactly?

That's definitely not a white dude