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The impact of immigration and settlement of Pakeha in the 19th century
and latterly in the 20th century upon Maori was that:
- Land was confiscated or sold unfairly
- Unemployment rose
- Disease decimated large numbers of people
- Land wars in the 1860s were a reaction to the undermining of the Treaty
of Waitangi
- Urbanisation changed lifestyles and people were lost to their iwi.
These events changed many aspects of traditional Maori culture. As a
people they have gone from one in full control of their destiny to one of
dependence on the state.
The response of Maori to this change has
since the 1970's
been one of renaissance and involvement in social, economic and political
development.
As a result the response to a new wave of large numbers of immigrants
is one of caution.
Some recent events that have fueled the immigration debate for Maori are:
- New Zealand First's immighration policies (from a Maori leader)
- events that encouter Maori culture and values (eg. the negotiation
of diversion of SH1 at
Meremere because the highway would cross the resting place of a taniwha is
an example of a response by Maori to an event that could be perceived as subsuming
Maori cultural mores).
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This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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