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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They were genocided by mainland Maori, the island's inhabitants were either killed or enslaved, and forced to adopt the culture of their conquerors.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah. I deliberately avoided using "genocide". It's a bit of a political hot topic right now (middle east) and I also wasn't entirely sure, so erred on the conservative side and just used "conquered".