Same old English names, same old public servant games
New Zealand government agencies lost in translation
Oh, my dear friends, what a kerfuffle we find ourselves in. The coalition government yet again finds itself at odds with the prevailing elite opinion. This time, it’s on the subject of names.
For a while now, some agencies that have been referred to almost exclusively by their Māori names. Under the new government, the English name looks set to be the pr…
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