My assignments are overdue at this stage but I have got an extension till the first Tuesday back. Tip of the day. If your not gonna make the deadlines make your lecturer aware, they are great as long as they know. So the last part of my holiday was spent catching up. I was more refreshed and focussed now. I got them in and that was a YAY moment .
My video was about this German family that are sending their kid t Puna Reo to learn Maori. They just had a new pepi and named him Aroha for his third name. I was interested to see why they included a Maori name in their German Whakapapa? And why the wanted their kids to learn Maori?
The Dad said that he has no television because he did not want to contaminate thier own rich German culture by american westernised programming. Also so that Jim could become Tri lingual. He also said that he felt that Maori was the stronger culture and that Pakeha New Zealand culture is so young and undeveloped that they made the move to New Zealand so they could be a part of that New Development.
I was concerned that we were being viewed internationally as a place to grow your own culture. It kind of made me think that our democratic process is going to be our demise if we dont get a realistic hold on the immigration of other cultures to Aotearoa whose goal is to grow their own culture here.
Also the lack of recognition by our Government about our rights and our mana in this land as Maori. Pakeha are such a transient bunch that the face of pakeha is changing rapidly. Thank goodness for the treaty is all I can say. just look at Hellen Clark the first Duly Elected Wahine Prime Minister of New Zealand, lost the election and bailed over to New York. In 50 years time it might be an immigrant culture running the country because they have the most votes. Matt McCarten said people tend to vote for people like themselves. Shane Jones said that Maori need to Pro create to get the numbers up.
Food for thought!
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