i hope that this doesn't turn into another keystone xl pipeline protests like we had here in my country; my government pushed it anyways resulting in lots of people getting a criminal record so that they now can't get a job and the pipeline burst exactly like the protestors said that it would (just like all of the other pipelines that they put on their reservations).

let see how different new zealand is from it's australian, america, canadian, & british cousins.

please let me know if they've already shown their true colors; i'm only aware of the indigenous plight in north america and haven't looked into new zealand's at all or even where to start.

Treaty of Waitangi, a document granting Maori tribes broad rights to retain their lands and protect their interests in return for ceding governance to the British

This isn't even exactly true. When the brits first wrote this treaty, it had two versions - there was an english language version, which used something similar to those words ("ceding governance to the British"), and a scraped together Maori language version, which didn't contain the word "governance" because it wasn't a word or even a concept as such in the indigenous language. Therefore, when signing the treaty, the two parties had a very different idea of what they were signing. Now even this treaty, which secured terms favourable to the white devil through a trick, is not enough for the bloodthirsty settlers.

It's heartening to see mobilisations such as this, however I hope the indigenous people of Aotearoa are able to build a more sustainable power base to fight for their interests as the liberal mask of the empire continues to slip.