Concern over anti-maori sentiment?

[king1]

Charles Kingsley...

But I am haunted by the human chimpanzees I saw along that hundred miles of horrible country. I donÔÇÖt believe they are our fault, I believe that there are not only more of them than of old, but that they are happier, better, more comfortably fed and lodged under our rule than they ever were. But to see white chimpanzees is dreadful; if they were black, one would not feel it so much, but their skins, except where tanned by exposure, are as white as ours.

They considered themselves a superior being than the Irish.

was this the commonly held belief of the majority at the time?  first time of heard of this... Doesn't make any sense to condemn everyone for the beliefs of an individual or a few...