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Islanduniverse t1_j4cudmk wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in ‘When something like this comes up where we’re both excited, but also that sorrowful that we lost so much.’ — A Māori tribe in New Zealand is calling for the return of treasured artefacts listed for sale by the auction house Sotheby’s by marketrent

That was found to be untrue. Here. And here.

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Fiberian_Hufky t1_j4dk1av wrote

I'm pasting a comment I made on another post here with some links people can follow for some additional information that are less academic but still very useful.

Radio New Zealand (one of the most reputable news sources in New Zeand) report on the myth

Radio New Zealand informative video on the people and myth. Useful for a good overview

Wikipedia link on the Moriori

Wikipedia link on pre-colonial settlement theories of NZ

Guardian report on developments of moving beyond the myth

I have included this link on the Chatham Islands, which includes the invasion by two Taranaki based iwi

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Islanduniverse t1_j4eg32r wrote

Thanks! The less academic ones are much more accessible, in more ways than one, so I appreciate it.

To be honest, I wasn’t even thinking about the JSTOR one being behind a paywall, cause I was signed into my work email and I teach at a college, so it just let me in, hahah. So yeah, thank you!

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