Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 12, 2019 16:21:12 GMT 12
EDITORIAL: WAITANGI DAY IS ALWAYS WORTH CELEBRATING
Once again we hear calls for dispensing with Waitangi Day from those who regard it as divisive. They are wrong.
Those who want the name of the day changed, including Mike Hosking, who last week suggested Grievance Day, or for some other date in our history to be adopted as our national day, don't know what they're talking about.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with Waitangi Day. It is celebrated around the country in all manner of ways, most designed to bring together all New Zealanders of whatever ethnic origin, and never better than at Waitangi itself......
www.nzherald.co.nz/treaty-of-waitangi/news/article.cfm?c_id=350&objectid=12203041
Once again we hear calls for dispensing with Waitangi Day from those who regard it as divisive. They are wrong.
Those who want the name of the day changed, including Mike Hosking, who last week suggested Grievance Day, or for some other date in our history to be adopted as our national day, don't know what they're talking about.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with Waitangi Day. It is celebrated around the country in all manner of ways, most designed to bring together all New Zealanders of whatever ethnic origin, and never better than at Waitangi itself......
www.nzherald.co.nz/treaty-of-waitangi/news/article.cfm?c_id=350&objectid=12203041