Sorry but that's the way the world ran back then. How do you think the Maori got the land originally, they weren't the first inhabitants of islands.

Always makes me smile when people talk about races slaughtering each others and racism etc etc. Surely if everyones the same and the coloour of the skin doesn't matter then, they were just killing thousands of their own kind, humans, so why the vicitmisation?

Just a socialogical twist on things either way.

As for slaughtering thousands so they could settle....we don't slaughter kiwis so we can settle....cos they let us in. It's called civilisation, there was plenty of space for the europeans to settle, why the conflict?

Also how could they deny rights...they brought the 'rights' to the islands when they brought education, medication etc etc. They didn't deny them rights to meet in there funky meeting houses or live in tribes in hills and worship random 'gods of the land'.

Don't get me wrong I'm sure people were needlessly slaughtered in cold blood or for persoanl gain, but why tar every white european who ever sets foot in NZ with the same brush and certainly, why should we still bear the brunt of resentment today, it wasn't my fault, or yours.

Man I don't resent Scanidnavians for coming over and kicking our candy savage asses when they conquered Britain. Swedish footie managers irritate me somewhat tho for sure. :icon_mrgreen:

*off soapbox* you did ask mate hehe.