The Blue Review w/ Liam Hehir

The Blue Review w/ Liam Hehir

Same old English names, same old public servant games

New Zealand government agencies lost in translation

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Natalie Portmanteau
Dec 09, 2023
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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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