Talk:Māori Australians

Aussies?

I'm sorry but this articles states that maoris are Australians which is not true, they cannot be Australian. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.189.192.240 (talk) 12:00, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Of course they can. A Maori can become a naturalised Australian citizen, just like anyone else. Many Maori are in fact Australian-born. Obviously not all Maori are Australians, but just as obviously Maori ethnicity is not incompatible with Australian nationality. So I'm really not sure what you're trying to say. Aridd (talk) 12:34, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Editing this page from the Maori Australian Historical Group

Kia ora,

I am part of a group of Maori Australian historians based in Sydney and Auckland. We have all either been born in Australia or came here at a very young age.

We have been trying for the past two days to edit this page as the terminology and some facts are wrong. We are all published and specialise in researching our (NOT 'prehistoric) interactions with Australia since 1793 when Tuki and Huru stayed with Governor King.

Every time one of us has tried to update the site our edits have been removed. Can you please let us know why this is the case? My own research of which I hold copywrite was removed, including updated information. We dont mind if a respected Maori historian with research into Maori in Australia does this, but we have no other feedback than - for me, it breaches copy write and for others, no commentary at all.

Heoi ano Maarama Kamira Nga Puhi, Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri, Ngati Kanguru — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maarama (talk • contribs) 07:38, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

I reverted your most recent edit, because you added no sources for the changes you made, and you appear to have misunderstood that in the phrase "Māori's Polynesian ancestors", the "'s" is not an incorrect pluralisation, but a possessive. You also removed a paragraph without explanation.

You have replaced "There was no known prehistoric contact" with "There was no written evidence", and earlier you wrote "Non-Indigenous written history claims there was no contact between Māori and Aboriginal Australians. Despite this, Indigenous lore in Australia tells of contact between the two." The source you gave for this earlier edit, Paul Hamer's book, discredits such claims.-gadfium 19:51, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Kai ora tātou; I've reworded the first Overview paragraph so it doesn't need an apostrophe, and I've reinstated some of the historical information User:Maarama added, but with citations (it would be good to have better references though, to Rohan Howitt's work for example). I've put a Citation Needed on the list of prominent Māori who visited pre-1840, as I don't have a reference for it: @Maarama:, do you have one we can use? If the research isn't published yet, we may have to leave that information out until it is, as one of Wikipedia's policies is No Original Research.

The next step is probably more information on Te Pahi's 1805 visit, and it would be good to have more on the early whaling community of Māori as well. I hope this is helpful. Feel free to leave a message on my Talk page if you want to chat more. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 22:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)