Who are the Maori and the Pakeha? Identify recent improvements in the relations between these two cultures
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Answer: Māori are the tangata whenua, the indigenous people, of New Zealand. They came here more than 1000 years ago from their mythical Polynesian homeland of Hawaiki. Today Māori make up 14% of our population and their history, language and traditions are central to New Zealand's identity. Pākehā culture (usually synonymous with New Zealand European culture) derives mainly from that of the British, particularly English settlers who colonised New Zealand in the nineteenth century. Until about the 1950s many Pākehā saw themselves as a British people, and retained strong cultural ties to "Mother England". Big business is on board, too. Google has launched a Māori version of its website, Vodafone has helped Google Maps record more accurate Māori pronunciations, Disney has released a Māori version of the hit Polynesian film Moana, and Fletcher Building has rolled out bilingual signs on all its construction sites. Big business is on board, too. Google has launched a Māori version of its website, Vodafone has helped Google Maps record more accurate Māori pronunciations, Disney has released a Māori version of the hit Polynesian film Moana, and Fletcher Building has rolled out bilingual signs on all its construction sites. Vaccinations and economically they are striving now.
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Answer:Until recently, Maori and Pakeha relations were extremely strained. Since the arrival of the British in the 1800s, the Maori have faced discrimination and subjugation. The signing of the Treaty of Waitangi contributed to distrust and a sense of inequality on each side. In 1975, Maori marched to Wellington to demand rights. The Maori language became an official language of New Zealand in 1987. In 1995, New Zealand’s government finally negotiated a settlement for the lands taken from the Maori generations earlier. The Maori comprise 15% of the country’s population today. They have their own political party, and many have assimilated into Western Pakeha culture.
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