One thing that always struck me about Aussie racism is culturally based violence. There is this forgone conclusion that aborigines are a lower species and this is constantly reinforced by society. One thing that makes it worse is the amount of kiwis who leave New Zealand looking for a better life, only to discover more kiwis and an opportunity to vent their frustrations and sometimes hatred against the indigenous people because of the race-hate they have endured previously. A theme that people always come back with from Australia to New Zealand is that every Aborigine is given a house and a car, they run the car to the ground, tear the house down to build fires and then walk away usually drunk. Given the level of race bashing, both physical and emotional but the community I can understand why there is such a level of despair. Any culture, persons or person would quickly crumble under the negativity and abuse these people are exposed to every single day of their lives.