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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

I love the Maori's and their culture. There are lots of them living in Aus now and they're generally hard working & family oriented but unlike Bill I haven't had a lot to do with them personally. They're polar opposite of Indigenous Australians. Our Aboriginals love their families and all that but their culture is very different to that of the Maori.

I don't really know, but I'd expect Maori to maybe be more like the Samoan culture.

Just quietly I understand because I had an "experience" with a Maori neighbor some years ago. Basically this guy was a thug who liked liked loud Rap music and booze... And he'd often take his frustrations out on his wife & kids.

IMO Anyone who hits their significant other(s) is a coward & this guy was no exception. I can't say much more than that without pushing this into PARF but the neighbors wife and kids would often turn up at my front door looking for sanctuary. The story gets really long from here.

That's unfortunate. Low-life dirt bags exist in every group. Being in the US, I don't really have any exposure to the Maori or their culture or any understanding of their interaction with the European-based NZ folks.

I can only assume that relations aren't perfect/great between what were natives and the folks that came from other places and colonized.