That's so awesome.

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Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems New Zealand is one of the rare countries where parts of the culture of its first inhabitants has been adopted by the colonizers and made "national common culture".

It reminds me of this one too:

That was pretty amazing.

@tomspeed Hawaii is a lot like that as well. It's especially valuable there since something like 90% of hawaiian inhabitants aren't of hawaiian descent (a mix of American, Asian and South-Pacific Islanders), but their culture is kept alive by tradition and respect for their history.
I love culture. I have to go research this now because I don't know anything about it, but I should would have appreciated it if it were part of my youth.

@tomspeed, yes and no. There are certain parts of Maori culture that have definitely been adopted, various Haka, some waiata (songs), pounamu (jade) carvings

But there's still a lot of racism and resentment toward Maori as well.

If you want to see an example, here's a story on one of the largest media sites in NZ about a local Maori tribe who had the audacity to charge a fee to have a commercial event run on their property. Read the comments.