Just catching up on the latest #Hancock controversy over my lunchtime kai and kawhi... OMG. What a twit. Huge apologies to #histodons everywhere for being lumped in with imbeciles like this. Seems like this week I'm getting a great education in ever growing heritage based #ConspiracyTheories involving #pseudoarchaeology or #pseudohistory. Including someone trying to insist I make sure I put that #Pākehā or white people (Europeans) were the first in #Aotearoa NZ, in my early local history book. 😬

Great to see the influx of #NZTwits arriving here. I promise that this is but one of the many exciting topics we discuss here on Mastodon.

By way of reintroduction, I am
#Pākehā #WebDeveloper in #Ōtautahi / #Christchurch, #Aotearoa / #NewZealand with my family. My politics are #Green and #Antifascist, and I enjoy drinking #Tea and occasionally drawing #Comics.

My friend Te Hāmua was targeted by this #pākehā couple. They impersonated him and printed threatening flyers and distributed them to local businesses claiming that if they appropriate #Māori designs they’ll be “hunted down”. The couple say they fear for safety if names made public.
I hate them with the intensity of a thousand suns. They’re trying to position Māori as the aggressors for protecting their taonga. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/466833/couple-fear-for-safety-if-names-made-public