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Default How tolerant is NZ

I am currently living in the US, and needless to say, we have our racial issues, which is part of why we are leaving. I was curious how well Kiwis of European descent get along with Kiwis of Maori descent. Any comments are appreciated.

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For me personally, no problems at all - we are all human and treat eachother with respect. However, I find that the hirachy (spelt wrong I'm sure lol) are very racist. White are trying to give everything to the Maori to keep them happy, and the Maori don't seem anything is enough. For example, on a Current Affiars programme the other night, a Maori woman blamed the white man for introducing P and alcohol etc to their race, and making them bad people after two twin boys aged 3 months I think, died as a result from being abused by their parents/people they were living with. Racism is a never ending circle of blame I think

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Old 21-Jun-2006, 01:24 PM in reply to ToxiouS's post "Re: How tolerant is NZ"
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Yeah, probably, after all I know all 4 million people who live here so Toxi should too!

I think NZ is, relatively speaking, a pretty good place for all races to get along. Things are getting worse but they're still nothing like the US or even Australia. Integration is possible if you let it happen. It breaks my heart to see increasing segregation - but it's the Maori driving it. And maybe it's a process they need to go through. Life is very different for everybody from when the English stepped in to stop the French from invading (as a women I can say that's a good thing) and bad things happened back then but in the context of the day they don't seem so extreme.

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haha yes, I know all 4 million of us........I have camera's in every house. You are all my little experiement lol

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