Mr Dey's ‘think tank' maintain maori are indigenous to NZ solely on the basis of the discredited United Nations say so when the UN is universally perceived to be a basket case . Well sorry to say maori are not and never have been indigenous to NZ having by Deys own admission only having arrived around1400AD.Taking Dey's argument to its logical conclusion everyone born in NZ is indigenous –so be it. On the other hand, tangible evidence makes it clear NZ was settled way before ‘polynesian maori' visited our shores, exactly by whom and when is not entirely clear yet. Perhaps when the suppressed and hidden ‘stuff' is made readily available to reputable researchers and their work not obstructed, we may find out. One day we will certainly establish the truth.
Dey continues to misrepresent the thrust of the Wilmshurst/Highet research which cannot reasonably conclude maori were the first people to settle in NZ. They can only speculate when maori themselves first arrived here but not what other races were here before maori without analysing all the the evidence. The relevancy of carbon dating has previously been dealt with.
S. Paterson, Arataki.
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Wrong yet again.
Posted on 01-08-2013 17:53 | By robin bell
The think tank as you call it has you bamboozled.It is the good old English language that realy undoes you.Henry Cecil Wyld Professor of English Language and Lit.Oxford.Indigenous from the latin indigena,=Native= A person belonging to a non european race,as applied to the aborigines of a newly discovered country,and generally by European settlers.Wriggle your way out of that, and there is more.Maybe you and your frinds can then apply to join the tank.No time line applies sorry. Robin Bell.
I'm confused, not hard Ha
Posted on 02-08-2013 22:28 | By kb
You admit you sailed from Hawaii to NZ, Your DNA is from China, and your still the indigenous to nz ??. Doesn't make sense. To me, you worked your way through philipines isl ,down through solomons isl to pacific islands. and then blown off course to nz where the main current comes down from.
Good wrigle kb.
Posted on 03-08-2013 09:16 | By robin bell
But not good enough.The word indigenous is simply the word used to describe the people already in residense when the rest arrived.Like many words in the English language it can be used in many ways. Take "Bastard" as an example,in the UK it is often an insult, in Australia almost a term of endearment in NZ somewhere in between.Those who claim Maori are not indigenous to NZ take the word too literally,they do so because of prejudice nothing more or less.Follow DNA and we all end up in the same place Africa.It is irelevant in this context.How long Maori were here,or whether others were here before is also irelevant.The conspiracy theorists will do anything to cast doubt and confusion into the mix but can validate nothing.
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