Comment on Anon visits New Zealand
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 11 months agoThey were genocided by mainland Maori, the island’s inhabitants were either killed or enslaved, and forced to adopt the culture of their conquerors.
Comment on Anon visits New Zealand
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 11 months agoThey 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 11 months 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”.