This illuminating article by Bruce Moon (no relation to Paul) appeared in the Northland Age last Thursday.
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It is a curious fact that there are many part-Maoris today (though certainly not all) who have remarkably good memories about their alleged sufferings since 1840, but completely blank minds about what happened to them any earlier.
It is not hard to work out why this should be.
But it is more helpful, perhaps, to assist them in remembering a bit more about their earlier days.
When Europeans first arrived in New Zealand, Maoris were an aggressive warrior race, ready to attack for the slightest reason, as Tasman found out quickly to his cost. [1]
This happened again when, just over a couple of years after Captain Cook, Marion du Fresne arrived off our shores.
While fishing innocently in calm waters, as he thought, he broke a tapu unknown to him.
His…
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