Of all the fake history with which New Zealand is swamped today, nothing is more blatant than the claim that “Aotearoa” is, or was, the Maori name for our country. –Bruce Moon
Sadly I never met Bruce Moon face to face, but we did exchange scores of e-mails. Like Waikanae’s John Robinson, Bruce was a Mathematician and Scientist who came to History later in life. Like many of us, he couldn’t believe how many so called “respected historians”, like Anne Salmond, Jock Phillips and Vincent O’Malley twisted elements of our country’s story, notably the history of Maori – Settler/Colonist relations and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
