Indigenous and Postcolonialism

Postcolonialism is the belief, that colonisation of a country still has an effect on the indigenous country to this day. In New Zealand, indigenous people believe that colonisation still has an effect on them and their rights. Depending from which point of view we look at, colonisation can be seen as an invasion and attack on the indigenous. ‘The camera on the shore’ versus ‘the camera on the boat’, is a good way to look at the different perspectives. For the crown, looking from the boat, the process of ‘colonisation’ was something that should be done. The implication of rules, demands and restrictions onto the native people was part of the ‘exploration’. While from the shore, we see invaders coming, attacking our culture, bringing technology, weapons, restricting, and disconnecting us from the land. Because of these restrictions, indigenous people are still affected by the ‘invasion’ of their cultural rights. It is good to see the indigenous perspective as the main perspective. It shows that ‘colonisation’ and everything that it involved, was an invasion on the indigenous people and on their culture. It should be acknowledged that the invasion has taken away their land, freedom as well as it has affected their culture, as new ideas, technologies and rules were pushed on by the colonisers.