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Māori Land Court judge rules German origin claim of Chatham Islands waka not plausible (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 2 months ago by Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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What an absolute coot. The idea that raw materials would be shipped to Germany, a boat manufactured from them, and then the boat received on the Chatham islands and buried, all without this being recorded, is absurd.

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't quite tell if these people are delusional and therefore need help, or if they're just shitty racists trying to undermine any possible legitimacy "the natives" might have.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 months ago

Those aren't mutually exclusive, I'm sure this person is both nutty as a nut bar as well as being incredibly racist.