Imagine wandering down a West Coast river and Paul steps out demanding to know if you’re Ngāi Tahu. Most people would laugh and ask him for his blood quantum results.
I know....it's been quite insidious how these matters have been placed into law and embedded into the civil services etc and now I truly feel a pervasive atmosphere whenever such topics are mentioned in the public space, because they're not actually open to real debate and woebetide anyone who raises any questions to the contrary...so thank you for shining the light on these issues Matua
Absolutely-love the pig analogy!
Makes sense in a roundabout way, right?
Yes, and could apply to anything introduced by the Europeans. Guns, medicine, flour etc etc
Of course Paul is Maori, he has a Greenstone necklace.
Imagine wandering down a West Coast river and Paul steps out demanding to know if you’re Ngāi Tahu. Most people would laugh and ask him for his blood quantum results.
When will this insanity end???
It's only getting worse.
I know....it's been quite insidious how these matters have been placed into law and embedded into the civil services etc and now I truly feel a pervasive atmosphere whenever such topics are mentioned in the public space, because they're not actually open to real debate and woebetide anyone who raises any questions to the contrary...so thank you for shining the light on these issues Matua