Denis Hall: Was it colonisation - or civilisation - and the answer is vital to New Zealand's future

The essential component of this essay - that I really really need to emphasise - is that there is a void in the narrative left by the establishment’s elimination of any discussion of authentic Maori Pre European culture - and its relationship to Cannibalism - and Tribal Wars - and into that void of reality created by the refusal to acknowledge that aspect of their early and authentic culture - they and the liberal Labour/Greens can mount an argument for Maori having a rich and romantic culture that didn't benefit at all from the arrival of civilisation as it existed 200 years ago.

See - how you feel uncomfortable already.

Yeah - it's a thing. Suck it up buttercup.

As it is - the Establishment are not too concerned about the discussion of Tribal Wars - because everyone has wars - and winning one has a lot of kudos associated with it.

As for me as an essayist - I am constantly trying to find better ways of expressing that simple social equation.

Which must include the way Maori Culture was when Europeans found it - and how it is now after 200 years fully immersed in European Civilisation.

Denis Hall: A more positive perspective - On the relationship between Maori and Europeans

I’ve been looking at some of the commentary on what I’ve been contributing here [facebook] - and I feel I need to discuss the other side of this social equation that I have discussed recently.

It’s the degrading relationship between Maori and European - that I believe is being driven by Governmental and Media activists intent of promoting division and creating a racially divided society.

Yeah I know - maybe I’m a conspiracy theorist - but I know what I can see with my own eyes.

Maybe I’m just a by-product of that - and to set the record straight I offer this to follow.

I sat down yesterday and read well over 500 comments on my essays about the relationship between Maori and the Colonists in New Zealand. It’s all a bit daunting. The vast majority supported my stance - but a few didn’t - and this is for them - and for all of us of course - if only to get some balance.

So this essay this Queen’s Birthday Weekend is well meant and is about that discussion - and how we might move it to a more healthy place.

Denis Hall: Here it is: The great big lie that underpins New Zealand society

This will be difficult for Kiwis to read - because this particular Kiwi found it difficult to write.

If you can’t cope with reading something substantial - run away and hide now. Off you go! Netflix or Netporn is calling! Don’t forget to shut the door.

I’m going to paint you a picture - and I’m not going to put the brush down till it’s done!

I challenge anyone at this early sentence of this Essay - that if he decides that what I am going to say here is all lies - he/she should just cut and paste the entire essay - into an ordinary “Word” file - and go through it sentence by sentence - and try to identify a single actual lie - and tell us ALL - about it.

The Real Lie - is not in what I’m going to say here - it is the cultural Lie deeply embedded in the modern-day Kiwi Culture - and it is being used to clobber us - and rob us of our rights and our heritage and they are engaged in a full frontal assault on our democracy. It is damaging our language - and it is changing the very nature of our Nation as we speak - so this is THAT important.