This severely downplays the whole European colonialism aspect of the situation - the author seems somewhat biased and the whole article is written in a way that

This severely downplays the whole European colonialism aspect of the situation - the author seems somewhat biased and the whole article is written in a way that paints all Māori people as villains. This was only a couple iwi, and while the genocide was terrible, the author is trying to spin it to make all Māori seem evil.