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03-02-2009, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by kirakira View Post
What? Surely they are covered by NZ's welfare system and living under NZ's reasonable economic environment? That statement made no sense.

Unless NZ actively discriminates against these people by giving them "democracy" but no social benefits, no health care, no education, no running water, no infrastructure on their patch?
You're being an idiot now.

Maori are New Zealanders. They are entitled to as much as all New Zealanders. If it was ever their will to not be New Zealanders then they have a system which gives them a political voice as Maori and as New Zealanders to work through.
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