Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 4, 2021 4:31:57 GMT 12
JUDITH COLLINS SUGGESTS REFERENDUM ON NAME OF NEW ZEALAND, DESPITE USING 'AOTEAROA' WHILE IN GOVERNMENT
National leader Judith Collins has backed calls for a referendum on the name of New Zealand, saying Kiwis are getting “tetchy” about the word Aotearoa being used without consultation.
“It is presumptuous and disrespectful to make a decision of such cultural importance for the country without engaging all who live there,” Smith wrote.
Collins said she agreed with Smith and that people deserved to have a say on a matter of such importance.
She pointed to large corporations and government departments using the term Aotearoa as evidence of its spread without consultation “by stealth”......