We can all be Tiriti educators: Veronica Tawhai | TVNZ+ 

hmm okay I'm not sure where you have sourced your insights around "caniibalism" because my tupuna didn't consume the human flesh out of a desire for hunger or cravings. It was merely to consume the mana of their enemies and then treat them with the ultimate offense by excreting them. We were largely vegetarians and protein was a nice to have, but not a necessity

I'd suggest you attend a Te Tiriti workshop by Dr Veronica so you can get some understanding on the harmfulness your opinions and misinformation creates. Her research is evidential based and unfortunately ideations such as yours appear no to be. But that's okay, you only know what you know!! But educating yourself is the best solution. Mauri ora kia koe e hoa :)

​@@hinemoabrown9325 Thank you for sharing your narrative but... no I wont buy myself access to any re-education camp. To assess whether Western colonization contributed to Māori social development, we can indeed look at the living standards, cultural conservation, and human development indices of other Polynesian-dominated societies like Tuvalu, Samoa (formerly Western Samoa), and Tonga. New Zealand, despite the much deeper colonial history and influence, offers much higher living standards (GDP per capita) compared to Tuvalu, Samoa, and Tonga. In a nutshell, while Western colonization brought significant challenges to the Māori, including loss of land, cultural suppression, and socio-economic disparities, it also led to integration into a developed economy with way much higher living standards and access to modern healthcare and education. Polynesian societies that experienced less disruptive colonization have preserved their cultures more intact but generally have lower living standards and human development indices compared to New Zealand.

Bro our lands were stolen. Our people were left impoverished while colonials lived off our land and benefited the generations of Pakeha who are living today. You ended up with a high standard of living. My whanau were thriving and healthy before the British brutalized our people and stole our land. So ... we were living communal and trading with other countries before our resources were stolen. We were not struggling or dying. You need to look into the history of our people to find that we were thriving financially. You ate so ignorant.

@@Hjing2655 Yep!

@@lastkingz7386 it was never your land. The only reason you live here along with all the other immigrants who you and the crown invited to live here in our nation without our consultation by the way is because we signed a contract with the crown to control the unruly sailors and settlers who were here. But my answer was in reply to your statement that we are better off because you live here. Like I said our iwi and many other iwi were thriving because we understood the importance of trade. My iwi owned ships and were trading overseas as well as within our country before it was all stolen. The Maoori treaty is by international law is recognized as a legal binding document and set up legally as a contract.

@@lastkingz7386 So wish the treaty away all you want. It will never happen. Our version of the law is the one that is recognized legally. The native language of this country.

Ya gronk lol

You've just shown your ignorance.