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Posted February 06, 2015 01:38 · last edited February 06, 2015 01:41

2ndBest wrote:

Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Happy Birthday NZ

I'm sure this will start a shark storm, but it's not our birthday. NZ existed well before we were colonised.

Sorry to be pedantic here but "New Zealand" didn't exist before colonisation. Aotearoa, the land mass that is now named New Zealand did, but New Zealand is a term that was introduced by those who colonised Aotearoa, not by those who originally inhabited the land thousands of years prior to colonisation therefore meaning it did not exist prior to this point in history.

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C-Diddy edited February 06, 2015 01:41
2ndBest wrote:
Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Happy Birthday NZ

I'm sure this will start a shark storm, but it's not our birthday. NZ existed well before we were colonised.

Sorry to be pedantic here but "New Zealand" didn't exist before colonisation. Aotearoa, the land mass that is now named New Zealand did, but New Zealand is a term that was introduced by those who colonised Aotearoa, not by those who originally inhabited the land thousands of years prior to colonisation.

C-Diddy edited February 06, 2015 01:40
2ndBest wrote:
Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Happy Birthday NZ

I'm sure this will start a shark storm, but it's not our birthday. NZ existed well before we were colonised.

Sorry to be pedantic here but "New Zealand" didn't exist before colonisation. Aotearoa, the land mass that is now named New Zealand did, but New Zealand is a term that was introduced by those who colonised Aotearoa.