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In what ways are the history of the Aborigines and the Maori similer

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When comparing from a circumstancial point of view, they are pretty similar. They are both the first people on their lands, both the lands were settled by Europeans in the last few hundred years, and they both are disadvantaged in the western world in that the poverty rate is higher among both Maori and Aborigonals compared to Europeans.

But that’s really where the similarities stop. When coming from a historical point of view, Maori had only inhabited New Zealand for about 800 years before Europeans arrived. Aborigonals had been in Australia for tens of thousands of years. Their cultures are very different, and there are even large differences between smaller groups in the races. The NZ colonization resilted in various small wars, and conflicts between the two sides (Maori and British). In Australia, the aborigonals were treated severely worse by the British, and only given rights to social security benefits, pensions and child endowment in 1967.

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