Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 12, 2019 7:46:26 GMT 12
Dominion Post 12/7/19
QUEEN EARNED HER PLACE
I am disappointed that the management of my alma mater, Victoria University of Wellington, wants to de-emphasise the name Victoria.
Queen Victoria was one of the greatest, most famous of monarchs and presided over the greatest of empires. Her government was responsible for colonising New Zealand which laid the foundations of the nation we now enjoy. Her name should be jealously retained to remind us of the origin of the values that make our country so good.
The proposed full name, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, does not address the professed problem: that the current name is not intuitive and memorable.
The Maori name will not be intuitive and memorable, especially for prospective or international students.
It will still create confusion and furthermore reduce prestige when translated as ‘‘the hitching post of your canoe’’, especially when mentioned first as intended.
The proposed rebranding is influenced by Anglophobic political correctness and is an attempt to work around a ministerial decision.
We should promote Victoria University of Wellington for the apt brand recognition it already has, in large part due to association with the archetypal female ruler, Queen Victoria.
BARRIE DAVIS, PhD (VUW)
Why has Victoria University of Wellington dropped the lion and crowns from its new coat of arms?
Not, I sincerely hope, as an attempt to deny the undeniable Anglo-Celtic aspect of VUW’s heritage. By introducing the date 1897, it must now tell, not show, thus rendering its new ‘‘logo’’ a cheap compromise.
But maybe that’s just as well. Otherwise I might have mistaken this nasty shield for that of a private training enterprise.
DAVID BURTON MA, Island Bay
Hawkes Bay Today 12/7/19
SPORTS TEAMS AND RACE
I recently listened to the selection of the All Blacks team — open to all New Zealanders. A short time later the Maori All Blacks team was announced. Selection only to Maori or Pacific Islanders.
Many of our national sports teams are divided by race. All other countries have only one national team for their respective sports.
Please New Zealand get this right and do not go down the path like South Africa did with Apartheid.
Everybody should have an equal chance to get into one only national team of their respective sports, regardless of race, colour or creed.
B. KITCHEN Napier
Weekend Sun / Sunlive 12/7/18
FREE AND EASY FANTASIES
Mr Dey’s attack on Tony Fellingham (The Weekend Sun, June 14) justifiably got robust rebuttals from Don Brash and Richard Prince (The Weekend Sun, June 21).
Everyone knows there is no English treaty and the only legitimate treaty is the Maori version taken from what is irrefutably the final English draft aka the Littlewood draft.
Sovereignty was ceded, all peoples of New Zealand guaranteed possession of their property and British citizenship granted - anything else claimed simply doesn’t pass the sniff test.
No mention of fisheries, forests and there’s certainly no reference to principles nor partnerships which are modern-day creative ‘legal’ fictions not in accordance with the truth or facts.
Strangely Mr Dey persists in deluding himself with unmitigated misleading nonsense when a reality check might do the trick and focus him.
Anyone that doesn’t want equality is encouraged to surrender their passports and move on, assuming always they can find another country to take them. In other words, take a hike because most Kiwis are sick and tired of the unfounded entitlement whinging. (abridged – editor)
ROB PATERSON
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers
QUEEN EARNED HER PLACE
I am disappointed that the management of my alma mater, Victoria University of Wellington, wants to de-emphasise the name Victoria.
Queen Victoria was one of the greatest, most famous of monarchs and presided over the greatest of empires. Her government was responsible for colonising New Zealand which laid the foundations of the nation we now enjoy. Her name should be jealously retained to remind us of the origin of the values that make our country so good.
The proposed full name, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, does not address the professed problem: that the current name is not intuitive and memorable.
The Maori name will not be intuitive and memorable, especially for prospective or international students.
It will still create confusion and furthermore reduce prestige when translated as ‘‘the hitching post of your canoe’’, especially when mentioned first as intended.
The proposed rebranding is influenced by Anglophobic political correctness and is an attempt to work around a ministerial decision.
We should promote Victoria University of Wellington for the apt brand recognition it already has, in large part due to association with the archetypal female ruler, Queen Victoria.
BARRIE DAVIS, PhD (VUW)
Why has Victoria University of Wellington dropped the lion and crowns from its new coat of arms?
Not, I sincerely hope, as an attempt to deny the undeniable Anglo-Celtic aspect of VUW’s heritage. By introducing the date 1897, it must now tell, not show, thus rendering its new ‘‘logo’’ a cheap compromise.
But maybe that’s just as well. Otherwise I might have mistaken this nasty shield for that of a private training enterprise.
DAVID BURTON MA, Island Bay
Hawkes Bay Today 12/7/19
SPORTS TEAMS AND RACE
I recently listened to the selection of the All Blacks team — open to all New Zealanders. A short time later the Maori All Blacks team was announced. Selection only to Maori or Pacific Islanders.
Many of our national sports teams are divided by race. All other countries have only one national team for their respective sports.
Please New Zealand get this right and do not go down the path like South Africa did with Apartheid.
Everybody should have an equal chance to get into one only national team of their respective sports, regardless of race, colour or creed.
B. KITCHEN Napier
Weekend Sun / Sunlive 12/7/18
FREE AND EASY FANTASIES
Mr Dey’s attack on Tony Fellingham (The Weekend Sun, June 14) justifiably got robust rebuttals from Don Brash and Richard Prince (The Weekend Sun, June 21).
Everyone knows there is no English treaty and the only legitimate treaty is the Maori version taken from what is irrefutably the final English draft aka the Littlewood draft.
Sovereignty was ceded, all peoples of New Zealand guaranteed possession of their property and British citizenship granted - anything else claimed simply doesn’t pass the sniff test.
No mention of fisheries, forests and there’s certainly no reference to principles nor partnerships which are modern-day creative ‘legal’ fictions not in accordance with the truth or facts.
Strangely Mr Dey persists in deluding himself with unmitigated misleading nonsense when a reality check might do the trick and focus him.
Anyone that doesn’t want equality is encouraged to surrender their passports and move on, assuming always they can find another country to take them. In other words, take a hike because most Kiwis are sick and tired of the unfounded entitlement whinging. (abridged – editor)
ROB PATERSON
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers