Fun fact: Easter Island was probably settled about the same time, the Juan Fernandez islands weren’t settled until the late 1600’s.
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deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 weeks agoNope. Not even close. That’s a myth used to invalidate actual Māori history.
The “moriori” were a Māori tribe on the Chatham islands who were conquered by mainland Māori.
Fun fact: NZ is the last place on earth to be permanently settled by humans.
TL;DR: Polynesians settled New Zealand over the 13th century, slowly lost contact with polynesia and the cultures diverged.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
They were genocided by mainland Maori, the island’s inhabitants were either killed or enslaved, and forced to adopt the culture of their conquerors.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Yeah. I deliberately avoided using “genocide”. It’s a bit of a political hot topic right now (middle east) and I also wasn’t entirely sure, so erred on the conservative side and just used “conquered”.
nyctre@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I have a question about the fun fact. Trying to better understand it. If I were rich enough to buy an island and move to it, would that be the new last place to be settled by humans? If no, why not. And if yes, then surely there’s at least one example of someone doing that since the 13th century.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
It depends how big the island is, and whether it’s supported by something else. NZ is a very large place, a country in it’s own right, and is economically independent.
Your hypothetical island would likely be answerable to another government, and economically reliant on whatever your source of income is.
nyctre@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Fair enough. Yeah, I thought that maybe there were still small, unclaimed islands out there where you could have a small farm with solar power and shit and be self sufficient.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Are we just discounting that Antarctica still has no permanent residents?
IMongoose@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Antarctica can’t be the last place with a permanent settlement if it has no permanent settlement.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It hasn’t happened yet so New Zealand is last. Give it a hundred years and we’ll have antarcticans
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Antarctica is land under ice, the arctic is water under ice. Antarctica used to be further north and major steps of evolution have happened there for stuff that isn’t flightless birds.
Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Antartica is a continent, it would take a lot of heat to melt
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Yep. It has some permanent research facilities but no permanent settlement.