The oppression of indigenous cultures and their struggle for survival
The government's treatment of Te Ope
Removal of dedicated house, houses and flattened the land
Took the land for war purposes and never returned it
Separated the Te Ope whanau into houses that were spread out
Letters were ignored and truths were deined
Te Ope whanau could no longer live a traditional life style
Land only returned after improvements were paid for
Tamihana's marae was burnt and the land was deliberately flooded
Dollarman's complete refusal to give up on wanting the Tamihana's land
Kept offering more and more money
Police investigation was bias
Tamihana family had it implied they burnt their own wharenui
Maori voice was squashed but pakeha voice was upheld
Manu's experience at school
Roimata, Hemi and Mary's experience of school
Missionary school which tries to overlay western religion on the maori children
No maori characters in the stories
No representation of indigenous cultures
This is oppression through the process if assimilation - turn them into brown skinned pakeha
Deny Te Reo, deny tikanga
Now you send men to make a park there while we of Te Ope only watch and do nothing because we do not have houses there anymore. When will this stop...? Return te Te Ope people to their land
An investigation has held but mostly consisted of a questioning of us and our observations and a criticism of our actions
Children who please Jesus could put a hand in the green thin for a picture or a toffe
He think he'll disappear
We'll get it.. looked into