• slazer2au
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    911 month ago

    I am loving the scribbling out of New Zealand from the map

      • Dave.
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        161 month ago

        As an Australian , as far as I know there is just a long white cloud over endless ocean over that spot there. Satellite imagery proves it. 🤷‍♂️

        • @[email protected]
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          1 month ago

          spoiler

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoa

          Aotearoa (Māori: [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is the Māori-language name for New Zealand. The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the whole country being referred to as Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu (North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and South Island (Te Waipounamu)). In the pre-European era, Māori did not have a collective name for the two islands.

          Several meanings for Aotearoa have been proposed; the most popular translation usually given is “land of the long white cloud”, or variations thereof. This refers to the cloud formations which helped early Polynesian navigators find the country.

  • Sʏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ
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    181 month ago

    As an Aussie I don’t think Tasmania should’ve been coloured in green here.

    (P.S. I love Tasmania this is just a joke)

      • @flambonkscious
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        41 month ago

        Yeah, pass them over to us (the unmentionable to the east), we’ll have 'em!

          • @flambonkscious
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            21 month ago

            Hey, fuck you buddy! We’re our own sovereign country and don’t want your rotating PM (our 3 headed monsters are bad enough, lately)

  • HEXN3T
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    51 month ago

    I love how NZ is just marked out for no reason.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 month ago

    Anyone could walk to Australia in Pangea.

    Up to about 200m years ago…

    Mind you, I’m in Australia and wouldn’t dare try to walk to some parts of Australia…

    • Norah - She/They
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      41 month ago

      First Nations people walked here about 65k years ago so it was possible still for a fairly long time.