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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Long story short, after the recent election we have a centre right, further right, and a populist party in a coalition government. It took them 6 weeks to finalise their coalition agreements and now they have stated their intend to roll back pretty much anything that the previous (centre-left, single party) government brought in.

However, use of Māori in the public service is not new, it has been around for decades. But recently some departments have started using their Māori name as their main name and the English name as a secondary name (instead of the other way around), so all the old white guys are confused and angry.

[–] BustlingChungus@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Damn, that’d suck if it goes ahead - as an Aussie who was very disappointed with the result of the recent referendum here, I really admire what NZ has done to integrate and champion Māori culture ☹️

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You Aussies have a reputation for being horribly racist. We should revoke your independence and house train you all to be more civilised.

[–] BustlingChungus@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

sadly I can’t disagree with you - that reputation is fairly earned. I, for one, welcome our new NZ overlords 😂