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"Every act of resistance by Maaori since 1840 has been met with opposition … Those who take power unjustly defend it with injustice"
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Moana JacksonMoana Jackson
Moana Jackson
Moana Jackson was a New Zealand lawyer specialising in constitutional law, the Treaty of Waitangi and international indigenous issues He was an advocate and activist for Maaori rights, arguing that the New Zealand criminal justice system was discriminatory and leading work on constitutional reforms In 1987 he co-founded Ngaa Kaiwhakamarama i Ngaa Ture He also supported the rights of indigenous peo
"Every act of resistance by Maaori since 1840 has been met with opposition … Those who take power unjustly defend it with injustice"
"Colonisation depended on the states of Europe believing that they were superior to Indigenous peoples such as Maaori, and that they should therefore usurp Indigenous authority and impose their own ways of doing things So, colonisation, by its very nature, is born and bred out of racism"