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Comparative settler colonialisms and resilient settler myths: Morgan Godfrey, ‘Settled peacefully’, Overland, 219, 2015, pp. 4-10

13Aug15

Abstract: For a man who has lived through almost one third of New Zealand’s modern history, Prime Minister John Key seems to know very little about it. ‘New Zealand was one of the very few countries in the world that were settled peacefully,’ he said a few months ago. ‘Maori probably acknowledge that settlers had a place to play and brought with them a lot of skills and a lot of capital.’ Many New Zealanders will nod gently while whispering to each other in conceited agreement: ‘Yes, we were not nearly as savage as those Australian settlers.’


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