Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 8, 2022 9:48:24 GMT 12
Bruce Moon: AND THE HISTORY-TWISTERS WIN AGAIN!
Students of history do not need to be reminded that articles and statements by “Waatea News” do not always give an accurate account of events in New Zealand’s history.
Half the truth, it has been said is often worse than a direct lie. Here we have a glaring example.
In reporting the change of the name of the locality Maxwell to “Pakaraka”, accepted by Minister Damien O’Connor, Waatea News states (17/2/22) that it “was the site of an unprovoked attack on tamariki Māori during the Land Wars” when “a government militia ... in 1868 attacked a group of unarmed Māori children with sabres and killed two boys.”
Here, somewhat more fully, is the true story........
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/03/bruce-moon-and-history-twisters-win.html
Students of history do not need to be reminded that articles and statements by “Waatea News” do not always give an accurate account of events in New Zealand’s history.
Half the truth, it has been said is often worse than a direct lie. Here we have a glaring example.
In reporting the change of the name of the locality Maxwell to “Pakaraka”, accepted by Minister Damien O’Connor, Waatea News states (17/2/22) that it “was the site of an unprovoked attack on tamariki Māori during the Land Wars” when “a government militia ... in 1868 attacked a group of unarmed Māori children with sabres and killed two boys.”
Here, somewhat more fully, is the true story........
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/03/bruce-moon-and-history-twisters-win.html