After seeing this movie I know more about an ethnic group that I had heard little about.
Their culture is a lush, exotic, and rich and is still flourishing even after being settled by Europeans.
You can also view modern Maori culture on the Gold Coast..i bet half the area is populated by Kiwis.
Relax it's Queensland
Well, SOMEONE has to help raise the average IQ of Australia.
shareWell, SOMEONE has to help raise the average IQ of Australia.
lol im guessing your from new zealand
Never stop smiling coz you never know who might be in love with your smile
I don't know if you still use this account.
And i don't know if you still mean what you said.
But it's comments like yours that make Australians think nothing of New Zealand. If you had better income and benefits you wouldn't need to be all over Australia now would you?
It was just a joke, it was actually in reference to a previous New Zealand Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon. His exact quote was "New Zealanders who emigrate to Australia raise the IQ of both countries."
I only meant it as a joke. Truth be told, a lot of advances in science and medicine have been from Australian scientists, so there's likely not even any truth behind it! There are things that Australia does better than New Zealand, and there are things that New Zealand does better than Australia.
They have lovely traditional tattoos.
He said,
"Just put your feet down child,
'Cause you're all grown up now."
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Maori culture is still very strong, the language is compulsory in public schools, the news presenters are required to pronounce the words correctly, and it has a thriving media community that infiltrates all media in NZ, except for the haters but you always get those.
shareThe Maori culture is still strong in NZ because for the last 25 years NZ has been an officially bicultural nation with Te Reo Maori recognised as an official language. Maori are 14% of the NZ population, whereas Native Americans are only 1 to 2% of the US populace. There are no full-blood Maori left, the last one died in the 1960s and interracial marriage is far more common in NZ than in the US.
However, only 4% of the population can actually speak Maori and students are still given the choice of learning Maori or another language like Spanish or Frenchor Japanese. Maori still have a shorter average lifespan by several years than Pakeha (white NZers) and make less money. That is why there is still affirmative action for Maori.
anonguy, yeah, that's pretty much true. It's quite rare to come across pure-blooded maori's. After so many years they've just interbred with New Zealand europeans. I'm from New Zealand, and I have a few maori friends, but none of them are pure-blood.
"If a Soldier's pride means hurting one another, I don't want it..."
No full blooded Maori? really? So my mother is a figment of my imagination?
shareMaori language is compulsory in public schools? Really? I never learnt it. We have a Maori language class in our school, but it's certainly not compulsory.
shareMaori culture is largely extinct. What remains is a fake, modernised (or rather re-created) version. Rather the same process occurred in Scotland, with Sir Walter Scott's invention of a fake Highland culture.
Maori language is not compulsory in New Zealand schools.
News presenters are no more "required" to pronounce Maori correctly than they are to pronounce French placenames correctly.
I have no idea what you mean about a "thriving media community".
'Whale Rider' is a perfect companion piece to another excellent film from New Zealand that focuses on Maoris as well: 'Once Were Warriors'.
The way each film approaches Maoris current situation couldn't be more different, though.
I am sure most of you have already seen it, but if you haven't, don't hesitate, watch it asap. You won't be disappointed.
This film does not represent Maori culture accurately. It is about as accurate a view of modern Maori as Downtown Abbey is an accurate representation of modern English life.
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