I'm really surprised they haven't tried to claim sole rights to the word and colour black.
If they were here from the start of NZ maybe they'd have some claim to everything, but they were colonists just like the Europeans who followed them - and the Chinese who supposedly got here first!
Give me a break, every time I think I have heard it all, they turn around and lay claim to something else. Forests, seabed, foreshore - you name it, if there is a potential to make some money, suddenly it should be owned by Maori. Any wonder so many kiwis are heading to Australia?
Yes, I am pedantic about spelling and grammar so get used to it!
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