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I was enjoying this. It looks as if Taha Maori, under the guise of an innocent inquiry, was in fact looking for an opportunity to 1) extole the virtue, prowess and intelligence of his people by citing an obscure island game and an eventually lost war 150 years ago, known in detail to only those within a 200 mile radius 2) denigrate, ridicule and deride our game and country through anecdotes, insinuation and conjecture.
It's always in vogue to poke the 500 lb gorilla with a stick, because, after all, he is the 500 lb gorilla. People resent the big shot - especially these days.
I'm waiting for the inevitable follow up - how the Maori could have gone to the moon (if they wanted to due to their superior intelligence in ingenuity), how they could have really beaten back the British (if it had served their purpose), how they could have invented the light bulb, telephone, phonograph, defeated every major disease - if they had felt like it, due to their inherent, ingenious nature.
From what I have ever seen and heard, New Zealand is a very nice place. Very picturesque landscape and nice people. Biggest sporting event there is the America's Cup.
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