He Pau Pau

[Magoo]

I don't think sharing governance between the indigenous and the colonists is race based. I think it's respectful.

'sharing' is a lovely sentiment, and wouldnt life be rosy if we were all respectful.

indigenous populations and colonists are frozen in time now, and if governed based on race, skin colour, tribal affiliation cannot evolve to form one cohesive society. if it can, weve yet to see it, anywhere. why would we be different?

england was colonised multiple times, and if the Romans had stayed perhaps they would have colonised nz. 
what if they became woke back then, and said no more colonising. then england as a nation or a people of identity would not exist, it would be a roman colony. 
whoever occupied the day it was frozen, stays occupied.
kind of a 'finders keepers' arrangement, shouldnt be so, but is.

give the maori people back their land, let them self govern if they wish (ala american indians), but dont make laws and legislate to force them to govern with us or us them, thats just as bad as forcing them apart (apartheid).

im happy to be proven wrong. anywhere on this scorched planet race based governance is working?