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You are arguing with a straw man. Your link is specifically addressing a myth that the moriori were pre-maori inhabitants of New Zealand. But the link in this
by fallingknife 3y ago
You are arguing with a straw man. Your link is specifically addressing a myth that the moriori were pre-maori inhabitants of New Zealand. But the link in this post makes no such claim, and, in fact, clearly states that there were no known human inhabitants prior to the maori.
- totetsu 3y agoYou're right the focus of the two articles is different. But some of the early comments on this thread did not seem to be making that distinction, so I added that link (to an article from one of nz most respected media companies, written by a PHD holding policy researcher at a national university) just try and add some context for the many people who might be hearing about this part of nz history for the first time.