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”......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300373200/judith-collins-suggests-referendum-on-name-of-new-zealand-despite-using-aotearoa-while-in-government
More on the above here > National's call for Aotearoa referendum 'absurd' and 'ridiculous'
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nationals-call-for-aotearoa-referendum-absurd-and-ridiculous/QTGWG3JUXBXKB544ASWGTV3PBU/
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”......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300373200/judith-collins-suggests-referendum-on-name-of-new-zealand-despite-using-aotearoa-while-in-government
More on the above here > National's call for Aotearoa referendum 'absurd' and 'ridiculous'
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nationals-call-for-aotearoa-referendum-absurd-and-ridiculous/QTGWG3JUXBXKB544ASWGTV3PBU/