#maori

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[sapphia]

So for anyone who doesn’t keep up with nz politics, which i’m assuming is most of you, our new radical right government have decided one of their main aims of their term will be to re-interpret the Treaty of Waitangi.

The Treaty is an agreement between Maori and the Crown, now the NZ government. It is the founding document of new zealand and is recognised as a constitutional document today; it is the only treaty of its kind/time still honoured, and it is the steps we’ve taken through the Treaty to provide restitution and build an ongoing relationship with Maori and their iwi (tribes) that has allowed the relationship between Maori and the government to thrive where other indigenous groups have struggled to achieve recognition of their rights.

This is going to be entirely undone. Not only is this issue inflammatory and a threat to race relations in Aotearoa, leaked documents show the proposed “reinterpretation” wants to negate pretty much the entirety of the legal rights provided to Maori under the treaty. For example, the treaty article that guarantees land rights for Maori will be reinterpreted to guarantee land rights for “all New Zealanders”. Which means this article would be essentially meaningless for Maori.

By removing Maori from the context they are trying to put Maori on an “equal footing” with all New Zealanders; they are riding the idea that Maori have special rights and privileges above that of the average New Zealander. Obviously this is bullshit but it’s effective rhetoric and there’s a grain of truth to in that the extent of Maori rights hadn’t been clearly defined due to the ongoing nature of the process. So this has got a lot of people with a poor grasp of the issues very upset and baying for change.

There is a hui (meeting) being held today for all the iwi to begin discussions of how Maori will respond to this. New Zealand politics isn’t very interesting usually, but our progress on indigenous rights, until now, has been absolutely ahead of the field. If you care about indigenous rights globally, you should care about this, because in the same way Australia’s referendum loss has spurred on this action, the loss of rights here will spur other right wing governments to be similarly bold to their own indigenous groups.

Indigenous rights in New Zealand are under attack. They are meeting today to discuss it, and New Zealand will be listening, but I want the world to be listening. Because our government needs the shame of being called out by more than just the people who they’ve already decided don’t vote for them.

Maori have a long and proud history of fighting for their rights, and they’ll do it again here. And I’ll be on the pickets beside them, but there’ll be plenty of my own pickets to attend, because this government is radical in every sense of the word.

So please, even if you’re very far away, stand behind them in this. Keep your eyes on us. Amplify their voices. Don’t let the racism drown them out.

[mucking-faori]

This stupid bitch is going to court over a 90 minute course

Also the course is specifically on maori world views in regards to land and working with iwi and maori clients, so it's not even like she's being taught about maori "religious" beliefs that could conflict with her own.

[frunkcastle]

When indigenous and formally colonized people from ALL OVER THE GLOBE are showing solidarity with Palestine, ask yourself why you chose to stand with the occupation

[folkfashion]

Māori child, Aotearoa/New Zealand, by Maania Tealei

[amadeus-lmao]

I'm not mourning the queen AT ALL. She directly benefited from the colonization of Yemen, India, Ireland, Rwanda, Uganda, the Maori, Scotland, Pakistan, the Indigenous of Australia and North and South America etc. A lot of you are real fucking quiet about how they were treated. Her and the rest of the monarchy weren't just some "pop icon" their actions had consequences and the world lives through it. Call me disrespectful all you want, the rest of the royalty can cry with all the money and artifacts they stole.

[bayou-lafontaine]

Said it before and I'll say it again!

Star Wars artists who draw Clones to look like Temuera Morrison and not the barely olive, pointy white guy they use for the clone wars, I love you and I'm kissing you on the forehead right now.

[kittarts]

Māori Na'vi :)

[irawhiti]

happy waitangi day, if anyone wants to help a māori move out of a violently racist living situation i've been stuck in for the past year any help would be appreciated lmao. money will be put aside so i can make bond once i find a place that actually gets back to me

pāypāl.me is hoodypet, please leave a note saying it's for irawhiti since it's my friend's account. don't tag as anything thanks. ngā mihi arohanui

[autoeroticalgolania]

Maori women with Moko kauae

 {received by women on their lips and chin. A moko kauae represents a woman's whānau and leadership within her community, recognising her whakapapa, status, and abilities. It is a traditional taonga passed down over many generations from the ancestress Niwareka.}

[yourdailyqueer]

Elizabeth Kerekere

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: Born 1965

Ethnicity: Māori, Irish

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Politician (Independent/Green), activist, artist

Note: In Māori language Elizabeth identifies herself as someone who is Takatāpui.

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[catsofyore]

"Maori woman with cat and kittens" Ca. 1909. Source.

[mucking-faori]

"Instead of hiring multiple Māori reporters and translators, we made an AI that poorly translates Māori and hired one reporter to check all of those stories who openly admits that there's gonna be translation fuckups. Here he is to explain why his job is a really great idea in a VERY unbiased article."

Also imo the translations are just clumsy. Someone actually writing in Māori would make these far more concise and to the point, and imo the AI tool falls into far too many common "whakaaro Pakeha" mistakes of literal translation.

I'm also interested in seeing what their AI is trained on, and if they're paying those sources. Many internet sources are not good examples of journalistic Māori if their Māori is correct at all.

Just hire goddamn speakers. It's not that hard. Stuff Articles are mostly fluff pieces anyway, it's not like they would take hours each to translate.

Update- looks like they fired 3 of their ~5 Pou Tiaki Māori editorial roles november last year, after reducing the group from 10, and returned two other Pou Tiaki to their original positions. Yeah. This is a move 100 percent designed to save money and drop Māori voices.

[diioonysus]

moko kauae in vintage photos

[lacalaveracatrina]

A Maori woman in New Zealand, 1914.