Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 12, 2022 9:50:26 GMT 12
Bruce Moon: CHANGING OUR COUNTRY’S NAME BY STEALTH
To anybody who is reasonably observant, the rapid increase in appearance of the word “Aotearoa” in print and the spoken word will appear very striking, even sinister. Thus, the former Race Relations Commissioner, Dame Susan Devoy, has used it; it has appeared on postage stamps in larger print than our country’s real name and more recently Prime Minister Arden has stated her opinion[1] that “Using 'Aotearoa' and 'New Zealand' together is ‘as it should be’”.
What is going on? Is our country’s name being changed by stealth? We are New Zealanders – surely we are proud of that! By what right can anybody alter it?
As always, we can get some perspective by looking at our history which tells us that “Aotearoa” is a quite recent upstart with scant justification, if any at all, to be used as our country’s name......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/06/bruce-moon-changing-our-countrys-name.html
To anybody who is reasonably observant, the rapid increase in appearance of the word “Aotearoa” in print and the spoken word will appear very striking, even sinister. Thus, the former Race Relations Commissioner, Dame Susan Devoy, has used it; it has appeared on postage stamps in larger print than our country’s real name and more recently Prime Minister Arden has stated her opinion[1] that “Using 'Aotearoa' and 'New Zealand' together is ‘as it should be’”.
What is going on? Is our country’s name being changed by stealth? We are New Zealanders – surely we are proud of that! By what right can anybody alter it?
As always, we can get some perspective by looking at our history which tells us that “Aotearoa” is a quite recent upstart with scant justification, if any at all, to be used as our country’s name......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/06/bruce-moon-changing-our-countrys-name.html