Alistair K on Nostr: I met a new student today. She's from a country that's been heavily colonised. She ...

I met a new student today. She's from a country that's been heavily colonised. She expressed interest in New Zealand's whakapapa and mine. I told her various things and the story naturally led to how Palmerston, Palmerston North, Auckland, Mt Eden, Eden Terrace are named after two of Britain's great drug barons.

She burst out laughing.

I added quietly, "Most New Zealanders don't actually know this."

But we should know it, right?

#NZ