• deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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    2 months ago

    No. It’s just that some of us Pākehā actually care about preserving and supporting a people and a culture that our ancestors did their best to eradicate.

    Those of us that care enough, will find out the appropriate ways to provide such support.

    Auckland Airport has some (IMHO somewhat crass) token Māoritanga in the international terminal. They’re quite happy to exploit Māori when there’s tourism dollars to be made.

    • IAmNotACat@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Thank you. I feel like not a lot of people consider this angle. I mean, whatever your personal heritage is, if the people of New Zealand don’t take some sort of stewardship over the national heritage, no one other country is going to.

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      2 months ago

      You can’t say no and just prove his point. Good job on the whitewashing though, phenomenal theft of their culture.