Talk:Wairau Affray
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In recent decades, there has been a strong move to rename this as the "Wairau Incident". Robin Patterson 03:25, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm moving this Wikipage from Wairau Massacre to Wairau Affray. -- PFHLai 04:35, 2005 Feb 6 (UTC)
However, the Europeans did write the history of the incident: for this reason it became known by the pejorative title of the Wairau Massacre. Wairau Affair or Incident would be a more accurate title, but the facts became lost in a welter of subsequent events and the need to justify the British position
Isn't this a POV? How do you know the British reasons? And for the families of those killed, it was a massacre.
