Time of arrival, method of arrival, order of arrival have nothing to do with the meaning of "indigenous". Those arguments are mischievious and distract from the fact that iwi, the government, the parliament, the Crown and almost every New Zealander would identify Maori as the indigenous population of NZ
The UN only describes the characteristics of indigenous people, which do apply to Māori. The Oxford English Dictionary (Sept 2022) defines it as follows :
a. Born or originating in a particular place; spec. (now often with capital initial) designating a people or group inhabiting a place before the arrival of (European) settlers or colonizers. Also with to introducing the place in question.
You think it would be nonsensical to believe Maori were the first settlers.
Can you please provide some evidence of pre Māori settlements e.g. carbon dating of man made artifices or bones from birds that had been eaten, or artifacts made by such peoples.
I say it would be non sensical to believe in prior settlers without evidence such as the existence of tools that might possibly build large stone walls, after all such tools would be stronger than stones and still existing somewhere, unless the prior inhabitants had left the country and taken every tool with them. 😂
With seven different national ethnic tribes arriving here first touch down takes all. They were never one nation. They demonstrated their separateness in war against each other,
According to Franksharp's interpretation (the OED published by the OUP states: "indigenous --- belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else"), anybody born in NZ is indigenous to the place. By definition that would mean Maori are definitely indigenous to NZ.
No, Māori didn’t come from somewhere else, Polynesians came to New Zealand and Māori and their culture and language emerged from them. If there are Māori existing in places other than New Zealand anthropologists have yet to reveal it.
The only definition for English language meanings is the Oxford English Dictionary published by the Oxford University Press. The UN, World Bank and other international agencies are peopled by a large variety of ethnicities, the vast majority of whom understand English as a second or third language (including those from the USA). Hence definitions of the meaning of words has been grossly corrupted by such organisations. Just ignore them.
Born or originating in a particular place; spec. (now often with capital initial) designating a people or group inhabiting a place before the arrival of (European) settlers or colonizers. Also with to introducing the place in question.
Time of arrival, method of arrival, order of arrival have nothing to do with the meaning of "indigenous". Those arguments are mischievious and distract from the fact that iwi, the government, the parliament, the Crown and almost every New Zealander would identify Maori as the indigenous population of NZ
The UN only describes the characteristics of indigenous people, which do apply to Māori. The Oxford English Dictionary (Sept 2022) defines it as follows :
With seven different national ethnic tribes arriving here first touch down takes all. They were never one nation. They demonstrated their separateness in war against each other,
According to Franksharp's interpretation (the OED published by the OUP states: "indigenous --- belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else"), anybody born in NZ is indigenous to the place. By definition that would mean Maori are definitely indigenous to NZ.
Maori are definitely not indigenous, they are immigrants into NZ the same as anyone else, and they clearly state as much in their own recited history.
The OED published by the OUP states: "indigenous --- belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else"
Now what could be clearer than that ?
The only definition for English language meanings is the Oxford English Dictionary published by the Oxford University Press. The UN, World Bank and other international agencies are peopled by a large variety of ethnicities, the vast majority of whom understand English as a second or third language (including those from the USA). Hence definitions of the meaning of words has been grossly corrupted by such organisations. Just ignore them.