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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.

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Found one, I think…

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Yup ;-)

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Wellington based civil servant, by any chance?

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

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Try reading past “No.”

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

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You mean when you immediately mention the very thing the greentext talks about?

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.

Like, how much of an ego trip are you on to self-insert into a greentext that you argue isn’t about yourself?

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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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