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[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 months ago (3 children)

No. It's just that some of us Pākehā actually care about preserving and supporting a people and a culture that our ancestors did their best to eradicate.

Those of us that care enough, will find out the appropriate ways to provide such support.

Auckland Airport has some (IMHO somewhat crass) token Māoritanga in the international terminal. They're quite happy to exploit Māori when there's tourism dollars to be made.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

Thank you. I feel like not a lot of people consider this angle. I mean, whatever your personal heritage is, if the people of New Zealand don’t take some sort of stewardship over the national heritage, no one other country is going to.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wellington based civil servant, by any chance?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nope. Not in Welly, nor civil service, nor publicly owned employer or clients or anything.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmm. You'd fit right in in the civil service.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

And you probably fit right in 1930's Germany