New Zealand considers changing its name to confront its troubled colonial past

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[HYPOCRACY]

Excellent!

[PghBaldy]

70,000 in Areola is equivalent to 4.1 million here in USA.

[Fresh Wind]

Is there an Old Zealand?

[higgmeister]

They will probably change their name to “Māori Oppressors.”

[Bernard]

If they are going to change the name back to some indigenous word, will that also include going back to the Stone Age as well?

[aquila48]

“Will they give up all non Maori ways and go back to just how Maori’s lived before colonialism?”

And will they stop their “cultural appropriation” of white culture, such as living in house, using toilets, driving cars, flying planes, wearing western clothes, attending school, refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, showers, shoes, etc, etc, etc.

[djpg]

Should England change its name because it is too Anglo and has a colonial past?

[Freee-dame]

How about not using anything developed by people of any other race?

[Alas Babylon!]

My Doctor died of a burst Aotearoa.

[flaglady47]

“My Doctor died of a burst Aotearoa.”

LOL, nice play on words. New Zealand is a too far goner. If we don’t watch out, we will be too.

[outofsalt]

"Facepalmia" Love it!

[Salman]

Their women should only breed with the indigenous population.

They are doing the next best thing -- not breeding at all.

REAL new name will be ==> 新西兰

[mund1011]

You’re forgetting that they are sheep ...

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I have a friend who grew up in N.Z. According to him the sheep are “nervous” down there. No joke.

[DouglasKC]

Psssttt,,,,it’s about hating white people.

[butlerweave]

The Isle of Moron

[Pollard]

70k signatures is about how many people speak the Maori language.

I'm thinking it's mostly white leftists behind this and that most Maori probably don't give a hoot.

[GingisK]

Sure, changing the name erases history. In the real world, it merely adds another paragraph to history texts.

[Az Joe]

Likely

[cgbg]

“they’re setting themselves up to be conquered by the Chinese.”

I hope they enjoy the name of their new “country” that is a colony of China. They may have to learn Chinese to be able to pronounce it.

When Western civilization is willing to surrender to savages the rest will be history.

[HYPOCRACY]

When is it not?