Aint being white awesome?
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Most people don't mind the compensations - within reason. You have to understand that the Maori were not (unlike the American or Canadian Indians, or the Australian aborigines) a subject race. NZ was set up as a joint enterprise with Maori under treaty with the British crown.
Settlers got greedy, used force, and confiscated land that should never have been confiscated.
No-one has an issue with fair compensation.