NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui | Documentary | RNZ

I hate it when pakeha today say to me “ cmon bro it’s the past” like it didn’t kill all them innocent women and children , we need to bring this up on everyday tv so all kiwis today see and know the history of this land and the unjustified murder of its people (Maori) today nz is filled with immigrants from all over the world who have no idea about the history of this land and quite frankly a lot of them don’t care! So put this up on tv so they can see the cruelty this land witnessed, the blonde host of this documentary said it best! “We live with the consequences of that war to this very day”

Respect to Maori Culture from TongaHa'amoa 🙏

Giving back the land fully restored is the only compensation for any overtaken country. Money is a worthless scam

this is incredible - need a movie on this.

Holy shit I didn't know things were that ruthless 😳

Unfortunately the world has to many stories like this. 🥲✌️

Hats off to the Moari from Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot people)
You guys have respect from us from a Warrior People

So many lives lost, men,woman and children because of no fault of there own but another country who thought they had the rights to murder innocent people for there own ill gotten gains. War is pure murder, the poor men who were ordered to carry out this horrible carnage were put on a spot Kill or be Killed and the poor Moari did not stand a chance against the weapons that confronted them. Just so sad. It was the same with our indigenous Australians.

The whole time I was watching this I was thinking it couldn't possibly get any worse but everytime it did. George Grey gets worse and worse the more I hear of him, I knew that he established the education act that tried to wipe out Te Reo, but all this as well, and there are still statues of him! The New Zealand wars were barely covered in school, I had never heard of any of the brave Māori defenders mentioned in this video, nor any of the absolute atrocities that occured. The lack of education about these very important events in our history is what allows white supremacy to rein free in our country.

as a 6th generation new zealand pakeha. i want to say sorry on behalf of my family. thankfully my ancestor was living with an iwi in taranaki at that time, a deserter of the british army. but still very sorry

Watching this documentary brings me memories of how elders in our village used to tell us stories on how our ancestors here in the West of Fiji never agree to British rule or even Christianity. They fought many wars here in the Western Fiji highlands in return we were wacked with that Measles pandemic which almost kill us all...

Daamn face tattoos with a brawler hat is swaggy not gonna lie 🔥

As a Hawaiian/Tahitian guy, I respect the Maori for there fight against the British Empire.

At 25 mark it is poignant for Maori that were buried unnamed and forgotten for decades. You can feel that lose.

What powerful documentaries. This happens in the pacific as well.

Pakeha from Kirikiriroa awesome thank you

as a human, i'm really touch by the fact that a country has choose to encourage the origin of the land, with no shadow of a doubt, this country will thrive beautifuly..

This is eye opening. I shed tears. I now understand. Greatest respect.

Who's the female interviewer? Well done!!!

I suspect those in power of NZs government today hold the same sentiments as those who had invaded Aotearoa just over 100yrs ago.

Sorry irish men were inscripted into the English army and landed on your land as you may know we had our own bloody history against the English and its crown of hate

I just cry and cry because I have been to rangiowhia and hearing my great great great grandmother Te maemae escaping and what happen there and other places in waikato and Aotearoa the pain will never go away and will will always be remembered for generations

Ia ora na outou to te fenua Aotearoa , fenua Tupuna. Mauruuru maitai no teie tao o to tatou nei Hiroa tumu, maui'ui to'u nei mafatu i te hi'o atu te parau no ta tatou mau taune, tuahine, ta tatou mau tamari'i tai pohe. E tai atu i te ho'e mahana e haere atu matou i te fenua o waikato. Mauruuru maitai Te aroha ia rahi , e ia Nui te Aroha. Maheata TAUTU-FARIURIU, no Te fenua Hawaiki nui.

The STORY told here is told with a very one sided slant. A very way of brainwashing.

Kia Ora from across the ditch. 🙏💜💪🌏✅🇭🇲🇳🇿

This angers even the new generation of young Māori to this day! They don’t teach this in school why not? Because the truth is ugly! And the gilt stains the history of this land for what the pakeha did to all indigenous peoples not only here but all over the world.

I am of Dutch decent born in NZ. Tainui are amongst those loving people who gave me so much love and care sharing their rich and honourable culture and language with me. when I called "Koro" I was his mokopuna.
. Kei te mihi.

We fear no man if he bleeds too!!! WAIKATO TE AWA HE PIKO HE TANIWHA!!! Straight from Enderley poverty corner

Powerful and informative. No matter what side of this terrible conflict our ancestors were on, or if you're a more recent migrant or one of their descendants, this is one of many important lessons for all who call New Zealand home.

Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua (I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on the past). it is up to us to ensure unjust events like this will never happen again in Aotearoa. Dan, Ngati Taiwan

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I would like ALL people to live in peace together and I would wish that all people stop hurting animals and start to respect and defend nature because without nature there would be no land to fight over

I am a pakeha I am from Onerahi I am only 42 years old and when you say that pakeha commemorate Anzac Day and such things you do not speak for me I am in agreeance with you the Maori in that it was wrong what happened and I am inspired by your courage and have never agreed with colonialism or whatever it is called

Excellent lesson of New Zealands history of the Maori wars.

my whanau comes from tainui, my mum has told me stories about their land being taken

living in aus has made it hard to learn more about my family's history, thank you for this

Down with the imperialist ! !

I like to see history explained from the losers or victims, because (in my opinion) you know it is the truth.
I can’t see anywhere in the world where the British invaders have done anything less than colonialism for their own benefit.
Any history written by them the British is questionable to say the least.
From a Aussie.

Well presented doco, but I am wondering. Not wanting to offend, but were the Maori tribes all peaceful? I heard that they practised invading each other, taking slaves and infanticide, and some even did cannibalism. If the British and Maori situation had been in reverse, would the Maori have treated the British differently? Wasn’t there a huge amount of killing by several Maori tribes against each other on epoch they had muskets? I admire the trench warfare and courage, but I think there is another side to these tribes who migrated to these islands. I think they had a lot of warfare long before any other nations arrived.

Thank you with all my hart

Sorry from a Brit...

Makes me sick, utterly disgusting world it was and always will be, and you wonder why theres so much hatred

The documentary didn't really go into Governor Grey's motivation behind his decision for the invasion of
Waikato. Was it simply greed? (did Governor Grey benefit financially), wasn't he the one who signed the treaty of Waitangi? didn't he understand what he agreed to? Or was it deliberate deception? as the Governor of NZ didn't he represent the Queen? and if it was a deliberate deception, doesn't this imply the Queen was part of the deception for the invasion of Waikato?

Te mamae o oku tupuna I whawhai I tū mo au me toku whanau e tangi , e Moe .

Like thousands upon thousands of foreigners who are either brought here by their families or born in this country, most of us were brought up here without the knowledge or understanding the Maori people, language, culture, traditions, customs, values, practices, beliefs and most importantly their connection with the history of Aotearoa.
I started school here making friends with many Maoris mostly Ngapuhi as well as Samoans, Tongans, Nuiens and Europeans. At a time when I was still learning about my Cook Island culture which was a bit of a difficult time for me to comprehend, as my parents didn't believe that it was necessary to teach us Maori, their language, their culture and our history. They were convinced that the European way of living and education through the influence of the Missionaries was the correct way into the future.
We have gotten to know our Maori friends without the thoughts and ideas of being prejudice of race, colour, creed, gender and religions. I never even considered the differences except for the most obvious being colour because I found it very fascinating to see Europeans and eventually watch movies with Asians (Bruce Lee) and africans (Roots). Observing the series Roots without proper educational guidance, I very quickly become a very upsetting angry little racists towards all Europeans.
It didn't help when pockets of groups were KKK, Nazism and Skinheads (white supremacist) well after WW2 but thankfully having made friends who are white and nothing like their radical brothers and sisters, saved everyone like myself to be who we are today. Over time we learn to get over the racial differences and accept it without issues, as we learn to make fun of one another's culture in a very friendly context without being offended or making it an issue.
Throughout my childhood and teenage years, the majority of the Maoris I met through their families convinced me that were related, not as close relations but distant cousins. So as time goes by we learn alot about ourselves and our history, as I start to accept the idea which I eventually got comfortable with the concept. Suddenly I'm confronted with some who staunchly denies any claims of sharing any history of such theories. My Maori friends and families have reassured me not to worry about it, I was neither upset or angry but confused because it is Maori who has planted the seed in my head instead of my own family, as it is Maori who strongly opposed to it but at the same time never raising the subject with my family whatsoever.
I was born 1970 on the island of Rarotonga, the Capital of the 15 islands of the Cook Islands. Yes we were named after Captain James Cook but not by him or anyone else from Britain but by the Russians, because Captain James Cook may have discovered it but definitely mapped out the uncharted territories, once believed to be the end of the World although he mapped and named each island, he never set foot on or sailed close enough believing it to be uninhabitable.
Neither of my parents and grandparents were born on Rarontonga, my mother was born and raised on Aitutaki, my father was born and raised in Manahiki, they got married in Rarotonga and gave birth to me there to settle any dispute over their own birthplace, the same reason why they decided to get married there.
I'm proud of my culture and I'm very proud of Aotearoa, although I was born on Rarotonga, I have been brought up and raised here. Throughout my life I've been disappointed with my Maori brothers and sisters becoming more and more like those who invaded these lands not that long ago, with their prejudiced beliefs and racial discrimination. Which has been adopted by Maoris, although not all of them.
I wouldn't have hesitated to defend and protect Aotearoa, even though I don't have the same history and connection as Tangata-Whenua. I will always be proud of this place of 2 large islands, a tiny place on Earth that I've called home my whole life, where the World knows it as New Zealand but locals call it Aotearoa.
Ko wai to ingoa e koutou katoa? Ko wai to mama raua ko papa e koutou katoa? Ko wai to enua e koutou katoa?
Ko ariki taku ingoa e koutou enei ra katoa, Ko Ranginui taku mama raua ko Papatuanuku taku papa e koutou enei ra katoa, ko Aotearoa toku enua koutou tenei ra katoa

sad so so sad

Poor leadership

Good documentary but very one sided, guess it’s sign of the times. What happened was wrong but there were atrocities on both sides. Maori tribes we’re seldom at peace. There was a lot of war, genocide and slavery between Māori. Hongi Hika killed more Māori men woman and children than all the European land wars in history put together. It’s was in the thousands. Humans with power can all be tyrants regardless of their race.

Wow this brought tears to my eyes.

Watching true I was very sad bat am from Vanuatu 🇻🇺 nz 😢moarii u a the people of this land I respect u all and naw the bas has gone we a going on let's be together ❤ love nz

As 1/3rd African American I wish I knew my history. I am deeply searching.