Hobsons pledge making a great impact

[Oh_hunnihunni]

I think you underestimate the business acumen of the Maori, who were well used to trade and commerce when the first Euros arrived. While it is nice to ascribe a sharing and caring attitude to any peoples, I suspect those eyes lit up at the potential gains offered by these strangers who had no idea how to survive in these new islands. Regrettably though, the new guys had better weapons and a much bigger sense of entitlement. And so it has always been.