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The politics of New Zealand, especially when it comes to land rights + individual freedoms, can be enlightening.

• lacampbell 10y ago
  How so?
  • bootload 10y ago
    Waitangi. The successful negotiation of land with Māori. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi
    • antome 10y ago
      Kiwi here, what happened is moreso that the British accidentally gave the Maori more rights than they anticipated in the translation, and as the country became more progressive in the 20th century, the govt decided to respect those rights.