A recent video from New Zealand’s House of Representatives proves that some aspects of “native” culture truly belong in the dustbin of history.
The video, which went viral Thursday, showed a group of Maori (“indigenous”) members of the New Zealand House of Representatives screaming, chanting, and generally causing mayhem in the House chamber in response to the mere idea that a bill they didn’t like would come up for a vote.
This meltdown took place because the country’s parliament is considering a bill to reinterpret the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, one of New Zealand’s foundational documents. The treaty established the British Crown’s sovereignty over New Zealand in exchange for broad protections of Maori lands and rights.
ACT New Zealand, the party that introduced the new bill, argues that in the last few decades the principles outlined in the…
