The Māori of New Zealand

1. The Māoriof New Zealand

2. EarlyHistory Indigenouspeoplesof New Zealand Ancestors:PolynesiansettlerswhocametoNew Zealandfromthe11th centuryonwards(peak:13th century) Identifiedthemselvesasmembersof different tribesand not asonesinglecollective Māorionlymeant “normal, ordinary, oroftheusualkind” In 1642 thefirstEuropeanssettlers - thePākehā– came theMāoriremainedmostlyisolatedfromthem but

3. Māori culture Ownlanguage: Māori Ownreligiousbeliefs and a richmythology Famous for theircrafts Haka Dance 

4. Under British rule As their culture wasbeingsuppressed, the Māorigraduallyadoptedmanyaspectsof Western society. In 1840: „Treaty ofWaitangi“, whichpromisedtheMāori„thefull, exclusiveandundisturbedpossessionoftheirlands“ couldn‘tpreventfightsoverland „New ZealandWars“ Māorilandswereseizedbythegovernment Bythe end ofthe 19th century: Only 40 000 Māoripeople  populationrecovered in thebeginningofthe 20th century Claims of the Māoritogettheirland back wererejecteduntil World War II

5. Protestmovements in the 20th century After the war: Māorilived in poorconditionsandonly 1% ofthelandof NZ was ownedbythem Startedtomigratetothecities 1970s: ProtestMovementthathad a big influence on the society  claimstoremembertheTreaty ofWaitangiandtoteachMāorilanguage in schools Result: Waitangi Tribunal was created, theMāoriregainedsometraditinoalfishingrightsandtheMāorilanguagebecameoneof New Zealandsofficiallanguages 1996: settlementwiththeMāorithatincludedlandand cash worth NZ$170 million

6. The Māoritoday About 600 000 Māoriliving in New Zealand= 15% ofthe national population Over 85% live in urban areas Comparedtomostethnicgroups in New ZealandtheMāoriaredisadvantagedbothsociallyandeconomically(unemployment rate, lifeexpectancy ...) ManyMāorinolongerpractice „Māoriculture“orspeakMāorilanguage

7. TheArticlesProtectingtheRightsofMaoriPeople 1. The Māori people are endowed with same rights and duties as any other citizens. Discrimination of any kind is not accepted and will be considered a violation of human rights. Every member of the Māori tribe as an individual has the right to non-discrimination, as well as the Māori as a whole group. 2. The Māori people have right to self-determination and to practicing, developing and encouraging their culture. 3. These articles have the power of supreme law therefore any other laws enacted will have to be in order with this law. 4. The Māori people are entitled to ownership of property, including lands, in the same extent as other non-Māori citizens. 5. The Māori people are entitled to land restitutions. The process of land restitutions, claims and applications will be a subject of special act. 6. These articles come in force on the day of promulgation.

8. TheArticlesProtectingtheRightsofMaoriPeople • Article 1 The Māori people are endowed with same rights and duties as any other citizens. Discrimination of any kind is not accepted and will be considered a violation of human rights. Every member of the Māori tribe as an individual has the right to non-discrimination, as well as the Māori as a whole group. • Article 2 The Māori people have right to self-determination and to practicing, developing and encouraging their culture.

9. TheArticlesProtectingtheRightsofMaoriPeople • Article 3 These articles have the power of supreme law therefore any other laws enacted will have to be in order with this law.

10. TheArticlesProtectingtheRightsofMaoriPeople • Article 4 The Māori people are entitled to ownership of property, including lands, in the same extent as other non- Māori citizens. • Article 5 The Māori people are entitled to land restitutions. The process of land restitutions, claims and applications will be a subject of special act.

11. TheArticlesProtectingtheRightsofMaoriPeople • Article 6 These articles come in force on the day of promulgation.

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