z2k_@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 year agoHomeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too longi.stuff.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up145file-text
arrow-up145external-linkHomeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too longi.stuff.co.nzz2k_@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 year agomessage-square107fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRoomAndBored [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year 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.
minus-squareRoomAndBored [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEEP
minus-squareQuokkaAlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago? The Māori were the first humans to NZ, they displaced giant birds and shit not other people.
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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.