Originally Posted by
slimwin
Wikipedia can be edited by anyone.
I read A History of New Zealand twice and I didn't find it unbiased at all. Especially its "facts" about early NZ settlement which were of course passed down by word of mouth. Certainly some parts have now been disproved. Remember, history is written by the victors in any conflict not necessarily in line with the truth so history is never excactly the truth. I spent 12.5 years overseas returning in 2007 and was staggered to see the division in NZ. I actually struggled with it. European history proves that different cultures living in society without the same ethos ends in conflict. Any close follower of recent EU politics/news will know what I mean.
I never heard the Orewa speach but if the gist was together forward as one people then I hardly see that as racist. I see it as pragmatic. Not to discount peoples culture as irrelevant but one does not rate higher than the other and none above common law.