"I'm always amazed by the myopic drone that colonisation and everything that's happened in our country was all bad, said Seymour, who is leader of the right-wing ACT Party and a member of the Maori community. The truth is that very few things are completely bad, Seymour had said, according to local online news site Stuff."
"On Thursday, Indigenous leader Eru Kapa-Kingi told parliamentarians this government has stabbed us in the front, and the previous Labour government had stabbed us in the back. Seymour's government has been accused of seeking to wind back special rights given to the country's 900,000-strong Maori population, who were dispossessed of their land during British colonisation and remain far more likely to die early, live in poverty or be impri"
Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour said colonisation had been an overall positive experience for Indigenous people during a Waitangi Day speech, provoking strong reaction. Dozens of attendees booed and shouted when he later offered a prayer at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Seymour defended his remarks and criticized hecklers as a small disruptive minority. Indigenous leader Eru Kapa-Kingi accused the government of betraying Maori, saying recent and prior governments have harmed the community. The government faces accusations of trying to reverse special rights for the country's roughly 900,000-strong Maori population, who suffered dispossession and continue to face poorer health and socioeconomic outcomes.
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