Photo / National Library of NZOn Tuesday Kiwis acknowledged and celebrated an anniversary many might not know about - Moehanga Day - the day Māori "discovered" Great Britain. On April 27, 1806, Moehanga of Ngāpuhi became the first recorded Māori visitor to England when the whaler Ferret berthed in London. Moehanga's journey has now become part of a quirky anniversary celebrated by Kiwis online poking fun at how Māori "discovered" the UK's "unsanitary" and "brutal society". "The day that Māori discovered England," he told AAP, chuckling, "It's got a great twist to it. The page posted a photo of an upside-down map of the UK, humorously detailing how Moehanga discovered a land of "slaves" and "warlike people".

Source: New Zealand Herald April 29, 2021 23:08 UTC