@z2k_@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz • 2 years agoHomeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too longi.stuff.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square98arrow-up145file-text
arrow-up145external-linkHomeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too longi.stuff.co.nz@z2k_@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz • 2 years agomessage-square98file-text
minus-squareRoomAndBored [he/him, any]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years 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-squareQuokkacakelinkfedilink1•2 years ago? The Māori were the first humans to NZ, they displaced giant birds and shit not other people.
minus-square@BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink2•2 years ago Normally you lose naming privileges when you get succesfully invaded, I guess not.
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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.
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I guess not.
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die, fascist.