Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 12, 2019 6:07:57 GMT 12
Bay of Plenty Times 12/4/19
NATIONAL LANGUAGE
I note in your “Hot Topics” quiz that you state that English is one of the three official languages of New Zealand.
You know this is incorrect because, for many years, a prolific letter writer on this very subject to your paper, the late Robin Bishop, had tried right up until her passing to get English accepted into law as an official language.
She even presented her petition which I also signed to her local MP, Simon Bridges, for him to table in Parliament, but not surprisingly that disappeared into the ether, never to be seen again.
Can I respectfully ask that before putting incorrect answers to your quizzes that you indeed research your subjects more thoroughly?
BRIAN BROWN, Tauranga
Otago Daily Times 12/4/19
NZ HISTORY
SIMON Chapple’s article (ODT, 4.4.19) makes timely reading.
The Begg brothers, doctors Neil and Charles, were noted historians last century. They passed on a lot about the history of contact. In a footnote to one of their books, they mentioned that the captain of the Endeavour (Tupai’s ship) had sired a child, in the Marlborough Sounds in 1769. She was sighted during the 1777 voyage — as an 8year old.
The writers noted that the captain could have either been Joseph Banks, or Captain James Cook — they being the trading captain and the sailing captain respectively.
It might be interesting to note that one gentleman would have passed on some immunity to the disease. These illnesses were passed on inadvertently during the period of contact.
If James Cook had been the father, it is possible that his only descendents might be found among the population of New Zealand today.
DAVID GEORGE, Cromwell
Simon Chapple's article > Early Maori population hard to judge
NATIONAL LANGUAGE
I note in your “Hot Topics” quiz that you state that English is one of the three official languages of New Zealand.
You know this is incorrect because, for many years, a prolific letter writer on this very subject to your paper, the late Robin Bishop, had tried right up until her passing to get English accepted into law as an official language.
She even presented her petition which I also signed to her local MP, Simon Bridges, for him to table in Parliament, but not surprisingly that disappeared into the ether, never to be seen again.
Can I respectfully ask that before putting incorrect answers to your quizzes that you indeed research your subjects more thoroughly?
BRIAN BROWN, Tauranga
Otago Daily Times 12/4/19
NZ HISTORY
SIMON Chapple’s article (ODT, 4.4.19) makes timely reading.
The Begg brothers, doctors Neil and Charles, were noted historians last century. They passed on a lot about the history of contact. In a footnote to one of their books, they mentioned that the captain of the Endeavour (Tupai’s ship) had sired a child, in the Marlborough Sounds in 1769. She was sighted during the 1777 voyage — as an 8year old.
The writers noted that the captain could have either been Joseph Banks, or Captain James Cook — they being the trading captain and the sailing captain respectively.
It might be interesting to note that one gentleman would have passed on some immunity to the disease. These illnesses were passed on inadvertently during the period of contact.
If James Cook had been the father, it is possible that his only descendents might be found among the population of New Zealand today.
DAVID GEORGE, Cromwell
Simon Chapple's article > Early Maori population hard to judge