I think a huge majority of Kiwis would agree with MVT's comments above
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I think a huge majority of Kiwis would agree with MVT's comments above
Respect definitely begets respect. Good idea to spread the commemorations around the country to other Treaty locales.
Spread the funding to the various other places marking the day.Quote:
and (2) all Government funding to the Waitangi celebration be immediately stopped, permanently
If it is held on 6th February, then it would still commemorate the signing of the Treaty and attract debate on the direction NZ has taken since 1840. If there is a change in name, I would prefer Aotearoa New Zealand Day to reflect the two official written languages.Quote:
(3) we revert to a New Zealand Day again (wasn't it Norman Kirk who instituted that?) . The average NZer is sick and tired of all these professional troublemaker beneficiaries wrecking the Waitangi occasion and they need to be sent a strong, unmistakeable and permanent message!
The Journal of Democracy has had a series of articles discussing whether democracy is in decline.
it seems that people are turning to autocratic alternatives, and may have lost faith in democracy. Question then is are people genuinely willing to trade freedom for a ‘solution’ to anxieties about immigration, inequality and globalisation.
To summarise the above post, the new Mayor is not Labour - the "progressive competent female" is.
I wouldn't. New Zealand day reflects everything it needs to. We are all New Zealanders - full stop. While I'm at it - Is it really balanced to have every new place name a Maori word? New Zealand is the name of this country and I am strongly against this desire to name it Aotearoa New Zealand or even worse, Aotearoa, because there is no point in changing a name. It's taken forever - and John Key, to get New Zealand recognised around the globe. I don't know who is behind it, but so many of those scroll down list of country names now show Aotearoa New Zealand, and give no alternative but to choose that when your address is required. That's silly stuff that helps no-one.
We are not all NZers...many people who are entitled to vote in NZ are not NZ citizens. Hold the horses anyway - I was suggesting Aotearoa NZ Day for a possible new name (if it's needed) for the national holiday not as a replacement for the name of the country! It would reflect the fact that the modern country of NZ with two official spoken languages is based on a Treaty with two sides, one local the other overseas. What is the objection to Aotearoa? It is a good descriptive name unique to this bit of the World and not the name produced by the Dutch East Indies Cartographer by adding "New" to a Dutch province.
For what it's worth anyway, there have been plenty of other people prior to John Key who have brought recognition for the country. Rewi Alley, Keith Park, Rutherford, Sir Ed, Fred Hollows & David Lange to name but six. Satisfactory PM he may have been, but if John Key has actually raised the NZ profile permanently any more than previous Kiwis, I would be surprised.
Probably, although Hamilton candidates for local bodies tend to hide their allegiances, the tickets are not obvious. Andrew King has started to look a lot like a Tory though.
http://www.paulasouthgate.co.nz/page/about-paula/
The Esplanade Project has been talked about for over 16 years.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...bjectid=128694
Andrew King: one of his big messages was "transparency?"
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11725255
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hamilton-n...ectid=11749986
The other day you were upset with the mad butcher and his spokeswoman, because for some inexplicable reason you thought someone was associated with the National party. Now it's the mayor of somewhere who looks like a tory, which is a political type found in Britain.
Paranoia is kicking in early this year eZ. Hopefully you've got a holiday coming up - take it.
It wasn't inexplicable, Michelle Boag was a former President of the National Party, and always pulls down Labour and upholds National whenever she gets the chance on TV.
For your edification, I think of a Tory as:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Tory