Articles > Newspapers > U.S. Newspapers, Special Interest > Sunday Star-Times articles > March 1996

Article: Maori have been lucky

Article from:
Sunday Star-Times
Article date:
March 3, 1996
Copyright

HISTORY should tell the Maori people they should be grateful they were not colonised by either the French, Dutch, Spanish or Portuguese. These old superpowers only took possession by force. No hint of partnerships or any type of treaty. At least the British did some good. They stopped cannibalism; introduced Christianity; translated the Maori language for the first time; offered the ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: Maori people halt decay of language and culture; ...
The Native Voice;  October 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... beginnings," has been a leader for his Maori people in demonstrating cultural revitalization ... 27 to December 1 of 2005, the Maori people, the University of New Zealand ... Foundation. It's an honor for the Maori people to host al of these indigenous ...

Article: Queen to say sorry to the Maori people
The Independent - London;  July 2, 1995 ;     674 words ... ... the injustices, but Maori claimants demanded ... the reparations. "Maoris always saw the treaty ... royal family and the Maori people," explained Buddy Mikaere, a Maori and the director of ... grievances between the Maoris and pakeha (white ...

Article: Financier buys 'soul' of Maori people
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Financier buys 'soul' of Maori people Revered land in New Zealand sold ... east coast is to the indigenous Maori people what Plymouth Rock is to Americans ... It is a living being for us Maori people. It has a lot of soul for us as ...

Transcript: Profile: "Whale Rider," the latest movie from the Maori ...
NPR Morning Edition;  June 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... playing an expatriate Maori artist, the expatriate Maori actor was surprised ... telling stories about Maori people since the first movies ... kind of images were of Maori and local traditions ... were not directed by Maoris and neither is "Whale ...

Article: Oranga kaumatua: perceptions of health in older Maori ...
Social Policy Journal of New Zealand;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... wellbeing of a selected group of older Maori in a mixed-methods research project ... study, Oranga Kaumatua, a study of Maori people aged 60 years and over undertaken ... and protective behaviours of older Maori. Its aims are to: * discuss health ...

Article: Landmark decisions: New Zealand. (rights of the Maori ...
The Economist (US);  November 20, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... guiltier about the Maori people whose ancestors got ... some of what the Maoris lost have been under ... the right to buy Maori land in exchange ... now the subject of Maori claims. Environmentalists ... They resent the Maoris' insistence that ...

Article: NEW ZEALAND: KIWI FRUIT IS NEW SYMBOL OF MAORI ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 24, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... latest symbol of the Maori people's struggle for ... million a year. Maoris want a share of the ... of heart disease. Maori fruit growers Marata ... or treasure as the Maoris claimed, so the ... Treaty of Waitangi. Maori fruit growers denounced ...

Article: Delamere's concern for self, not Maori people ...
The Press;  August 25, 1998 ;     503 words ... ... continuing to promote a Maori party the Te Tai ... consultation that Maoris wanted a separate party. Even after the Maori Congress voted against ... agenda'' on the Maori people, Mr Peters said ... the way forward for Maori is not through a ... some Maori seats Maoris did not ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives