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> >It is encouraging to see Aotearoa Maori reach out to >Pasifika, as it is known in New Zealand. > >Campaigners like Annette Sykes should also be praised >for admitting that Aotearoa Maori are "terribly >racist" towards Pacific Islanders. > >However in doing so Sykes reveals the bias at the >heart of all Aotearoa views of the Pacific. She is >quoted as saying that languages like "Tongan, Samoan >and Rarotongan - they all come from the same root >language as te reo." > >She is right of course, just the order of seniority is >wrong. Te Reo Maori in Aotearoa comes from Rarotonga, >Samoa and Tonga, exactly in that reverse order! > >Aotearoa Maori will never lose their sense of >superiority until they make a fundamental backflip in >their mental makeup - and also admit they are the >children of the Pacfic, our tamariki, not our tupuna. > >Jason Brown >Freelance Reporter >Rarotonga >Cook Islands

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