@lil chop cone But did you ever ask us Maori if we asked for the changes that came when British arrived. One should not make assumptions towards other cultures when you don't know what we want. I do not speak for my people, but I personally would have preferred "undeveloped" then the pain and suffering Maori have encountered. But enjoy the developed Aotearoa, at the price of my culture and ancestors.

@lil chop cone I don't know why we would ask the Mori Ori, when the Maori are indigenous of the land. Maori fighting Maori is a Maori issue among the Maori people and not uncommon. I do agree with the British helping and providing a foundation for writing history, but not language we already had our own mother tongue. My ancestors did not need to have there Te Reo smacked or punished out of them. Maori have and continue to fight for their rights as indigenous people of NZ this is why ("we are well treated", if you can call it that). The British did not have a choice in terms of the anthem, because collectively they signed Te Tiriti O Waitangi and The Treaty of Waitangi. Which has bi-cultural, partnership, protection, participation etc, these are just a few from the top of my head giving Maori rights. I actually enjoy old school and not one of change, well at the speed its at now is SCARY (Probably because its the unknow). When you look at today's climate and natural disasters. I do certainly like the internet and what it can do in terms of communication.

Chris Conway I'm proud as Maori of where we stand today please don't feel bad for things that you were not responsible for again look were we as a country are now

I ATTENDED, WESLEY COLLEGE~PAERATA, MID '70s, WHEN, MR TAUROA, OUR HEADMASTER~WAS, FIGHTING, TO RESURRECT, TE MAORI. IN MORE THEN JUST 2 SCHOOLS~IN NZ~BUT, AS A CA, YANK~WITH SOME, MAORI, AND, QUITE A FEW, ACROSS,ANGLO, IN KIWI/OZ~RETURNING, TO LA~X ? IT DAWNED ON ME, I WASN'T AMERICAN, ANYMORE~THE ACCENT, SEEMED BRASH AND LACKED, A DELICATE BALANCE, AND, I'D BEEN "POLYNESIFIED~ AND, REALLY, MADE A BIG MISTAKE, RETURNING~

TENA RA KOTOU KATOA~WHENAU, E NGA TE ARAWA, WAKA MOANA, TE HAWAIKI, RE RANGIPAPA, UHU TITIRO ATU, OMA, TAMARIKI TANE~

I just love the maori culture of doing ram raids.

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Or both Māori and White :).