Next time some well-meaning but history-blind Pākeha asks why Māori are still banging on about colonisation that happened a century ago, sit them down with No Māori Allowed.
"The documentary... reveals that from 1920 until the early 1960s, Māori [in Pukekohe] were barred from public toilets, segregated at the cinema and swimming baths, refused alcohol, haircuts and taxi rides, forced to stand for white bus passengers and barred from schools."
Along similar lines, next time someone asks why "the gays" are always making a fuss, maybe remind them that it only stopped being illegal for men to have homosexual relationships in NZ in 1986.
Less than 40 years ago.
"Some people argued that the law would lead to more homosexuality and eventually to the collapse of the family unit."
Some people see my posts here criticising "identity politics" and leap to the conclusion I'm a social conservative. Nothing could be further from the truth, and you'll see plenty of posts in my feed, like the ones above, that prove otherwise.
I want to support effective campaigns for greater social inclusion, that don't provoke avoidable backlash against our more vulnerable allies. To achieve that consistently we need to be free to have robust but respectful debates about strategy and tactics.
"For the law reformers, it was only a partial victory. The second part of the bill, which would have removed discrimination on the basis of sexuality, was rejected. Opponents argued that homosexuality was not a human rights issue and that discrimination was acceptable. Not until the Human Rights Act was passed in 1993 did it became illegal in New Zealand to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation."
... kiwis with same-sex partners have only been able to have their relationships legally recognised as a marriage, since 2013. That's only 10 years ago. This famous speech was given by a politician from the biggest right-wing party in Aotearoa, supporting the reform;
History has shown the opposite - that homosexuality in fact has a very supportive effect on family values and the family unit. Most gay men are fathers in some way, some with prior wives, some from adoption. They are in fact the most loving and caring and educated of parents. So there is no argument about homosexuality being "wrong" that actually holds up to scrutiny. I'd much rather have trans kids running around than a kid who has conservative values and bigoted ideas that are based in utter nonsense. Homosexuality IS normal, and only complete idiots choose to think otherwise.
Me:
> it only stopped being illegal for men to have homosexual relationships in NZ in 1986. Less than 40 years ago
... and one of the politicians who voted against decriminalising homosexual relationships just got back into Parliament. On a platform that included banning trans women from using women's bathrooms.
... and will most likely have a ministerial portfolio in the government that forms after the special votes are counted, and the election results finalised.
@chris
> But isn't New Zealand paradise like my Hawaii?
If you can afford the benefits. Wealth has become so unevenly distributed here that many working people can't, and a disproportionate number of those are Māori, due to things like the mistreatment exposed in No Māori Allowed.
We can and will create a paradise here once we fix the inequality and poverty, which includes continuing to address the unequal treatment of Māori.
There are a number of documentary films like this that everyone in Aotearoa needs to see. They need to be fully funded by NZ on Air, the NZ Film Commission, and/or other funders of arts and journalism. They need to be easily available, anywhere on the web that people watch video.
Sadly, the only place I can find to watch this right now is TVNZ+, which requires us to be logged in with an account, and subject ourselves to DRM.
@strypey
If you have an alternative frontend (e.g. Kodi with the TVNZ+ addon) you don't need to log in or be tracked. But it still requires the Widevine codec to access DRM content.
@strypey
I recommend installing LibreELEC, and then the TVNZ+ addon. It should pull the dependencies with Widevine by itself, I believe. Sources are on GitHub repos, I believe (not Widevine, though, which is somehow extracted from Chrome or so.
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