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To: Snowshoe who wrote (51637)	6/23/2009 12:57:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217699

It's interesting that the worst ever riot in NZ was not a civil conflict but locals defending Maoris against American servicemen racism. <It began at the Allied Services' Club in Manners Street (now the Manners Street Post Office) when, it is alleged, servicemen from the southern United States refused to let some Maori servicemen drink in the club. When the Americans removed their Army service belts to emphasise their point of view, New Zealand servicemen joined in and the “battle” spread into the streets. > The one you mentioned, "Santarchy" in which drunken "Santas" went on a hooligan spree was again not a civil strife against authority but young men going stupid, having "fun". I guess most countries would be grateful to have such "riots". Other riots were against apartheid in South Africa represented by a racially selected team of rugby players coming to NZ in the early 1980s to play rugby and the 1951 wharfie riots which were unions versus the state and were probably the most serious conflict of a political nature. All benign by international standards. There were also relatively minor wars in the late 19th century resulting from disputes between Maoris and the government over possession of land. Those disputes carry on to this day, but are being resolved in a legal and reasonable way based on common law. In those instances, often Maoris attended the conflicts on both sides - in support of the government and also against the government. Mqurice