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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 30, 2021 4:38:25 GMT 12
NZ REMEMBERS MAORI 'DISCOVERY' OF BRITAINIrreverently-minded New Zealanders quietly acknowledged an anniversary this week: Moehanga Day, or the day Maori "discovered" Great Britain. In a tongue-in-cheek nod to their former colonial power, some Kiwis have began an annual remembrance of the first trip by a Maori to London. That man was Moehanga of Northland's Ngapuhi tribe, who reached Great Britain in 1806, before New Zealand was founded as a nation within the British Empire in 1840..... au.news.yahoo.com/nz-remembers-maori-discovery-britain-052034761.html
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