![]() “Most of the time it was in the background of a TV show or cartoon, the military would be in their war room, and a big map on the wall,” he wrote. Whangadude said he’s been fascinated by maps since childhood, and took notice of New Zealand’s frequent absence from a young age. “I never realized there would be so many maps and so much interest in it at the time, though.” “I created it after seeing people mention maps missing New Zealand on r/MapPorn, or in random discussion threads in r/NewZealand,” he told Mic via private message. He now resides in Hamilton, a city on the country’s North Island. Mic reached out to the admin of r/MapsWithoutNZ, who declined to give his real name, but said his handle - whangadude - refers to his New Zealand hometown of Whangamata. ![]() “I never wanted to take credit for it personally.” “I’m happy to see this silly idea got picked up and people are having fun with it,” Sakhnov added. If you’ve seen Flight of the Conchords or, more recently, Taika Waititi’s movies, they convey this quite well.” “People here in NZ know they are kind of irrelevant, but are almost proud of that. “It’s a very Kiwi humor kind of thing,” he told Mic. They boast nearly 10,000 and 30,000 subscribers, respectively.Īpp developer Arnold Sakhnov, based in the country’s capital of Wellington, said he started World Maps Without New Zealand in 2014, after noticing how frequently the country was excluded and finding it “hilarious.” He stopped doing regular updates to the site earlier in 2017, but said at its height the blog was receiving upwards of ten submissions a day. This (often polite) Kiwi backlash has lead to the creation of a few online communities showcasing real-world examples of the phenomenon: a Tumblr entitled World Maps Without New Zealand and a subreddit, r/MapsWithoutNZ.
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