How come European New Zealanders embraced the native Maori tradition while Australians did not?
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The Waitangi Treaty was signed in the 1800’s and united the people of a small (by land mass and population) nation. This agreement transformed government to provide a Maori voice in equality for decision making.
Australia had a referendum last year to provide Indigenous Australians the same sort of thing and the majority of Australians rejected that idea.
Don’t kid yourself, there is plenty of racism in NZ still, but officially, there is respect. That is something that Australia still battles with and the current government is trying to turn around.
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