z2k_@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 11 months agoHomeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too longi.stuff.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareRoomAndBored [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·11 months agoIn what way is calling a street in NZ by an Indigenous name in any way equivalent to the violent dispossession of life and land wrought by colonisation. You’re right, you’re pathetic.
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minus-squareRoomAndBored [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·11 months ago BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEEP
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·11 months ago? The Māori were the first humans to NZ, they displaced giant birds and shit not other people.
In what way is calling a street in NZ by an Indigenous name in any way equivalent to the violent dispossession of life and land wrought by colonisation. You’re right, you’re pathetic.
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? The Māori were the first humans to NZ, they displaced giant birds and shit not other people.