How come European New Zealanders embraced the native Maori tradition while Australians did not?

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How come European New Zealanders embraced the native Maori tradition while Australians did not?

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Answer 1

You mean as compared to Australian Aborigines, who are not Māori? For one thing, today Māori are 17.8% of the NZ population. In Australia Aborigines are 3.8%. There was much more genocidal violence from the Australian colonials. With that and the stolen generation there really hasn’t been as much of a recovery socially.