I’ve noticed in the last few years a few interviews with lawyers who are trying to protect Maori designs through possibly a patent or such system so that ‘the people’ can be compensated under some sort of royalty programme.

Obviously time has changed the original images and finding a definite line in the sand on what does and does not qualify must be difficult. I have no doubt in my mind, that these lawyers will get some traction. I’m sure they are funded well.

But…how precious…I don’t agree with it. What other race does this? Talk about going back to the beginnings of time. Unbelievable!

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I would be rather disappointed if there was any truth that it is just a Maori right only,   I've always thought that every country had an Intellectual Property Office and everybody who had a design was protected.

I disagree strongly with you. Celtic heritage has been strong for a long time- bag pipes, sword dancing, particular foods and customs as examples. I won't even get into Gaulish and Germanic heritage.

The difference is in Europe that the origins of their heritage are part of everyday life rather than a regrowth of a repressed cultural identity as has what happened with Maori and Polynesian cultures in NZ.  For example the calling of the Haggis in Scotland descends not from Christian heritage but a thanks to old Druidic gods. Stonehenge regularly has Wicca and Druidic ceremonies as do many similar stone arrangements around Europe.  I can go on.

Here is a question- where is the original Maori descended from?

Genetically they are found to have come from a specific region in Northern Taiwan- suggesting the original fore fathers of Polynesian culture were of Chinese descent themselves. Likewise the Celts were originally a mix of Spainish and Moorish bloodline (hence the dark and swarthy skin)- while blond and blue eyed people originated in Northern Iran in the area refered to as Arya. Hitler claimed these were the people all Germans were descended from but this isn't quite true as Germanics were a mix of Bulgars from the area around the Black Sea , Greeks , Aryans and Tartars and frighteningly Mongols.

People with red hair and green eyes tend to orientated from the Northern Scandanavian nations but have their heritage originally from the Northern Urals of central Russia.

We are all of pretty mixed descent and what you consider as a cultural rebirth is considered ona  daily basis in France, Germany and the British Isles the difference is unlike in NZ where one or two clear heritages regarding native peoples obviously lies, in Europe most people are descended from several unique cultures.

For example the Picts were the original people of the British Isles, were conquered byt he Romans, then the Saxons and eventually the Normans came across. At this time you also had Moorish and Barbar (an area of Spain) pirates raiding the southern and western coasts (hence the origins of Celtic culture) AND furthermore had influences from the Francs and of course Viking raiders.