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MWB | 22:16 Tue 28th Apr 2009 | ChatterBank
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Why? You've just had ANZAC day ;-)
22:18 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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Do NZ have a day?

Or are you making it up?
22:18 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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Not as such. It's called Waitangi Day, but some NZers want it called NZ day.

ANZAC day involved Oz & Canada.

But I reckon today should be NZ day. We need a day to ourselves.

We are special.
22:21 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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yeah 6th february
22:22 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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mwb its been new zealand day since 1973 by royal accent


dipstick
lol
22:25 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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2009
1-2 Jan New Year.
6 Feb Waitangi Day.
10-13 Apr Easter.
25 Apr ANZAC Day.
1 Jun Queen's Birthday.
26 Oct Labour Day.
25 Dec Christmas Day.
26 Dec Boxing Day.


The decision to call the day New Zealand Day rather than Waitangi Day was made by various people within the government, including Prime Minister Norman Kirk and his Minister of Māori Affairs Matiu Rata. They felt that the name New Zealand Day would emphasise that the day was New Zealand's national day, and that it was for all New Zealanders, not just Māori. It may have also been intended to divert attention away from the Treaty of Waitangi, which had been the subject of Māori protests at Waitangi Day in the years before 1973. Many Māori, including the Māori Women's Welfare League, were unhappy with the change of name. The name was changed back by the Third National Government in 1976, in the Waitangi Day Act 1976, which repealed the New Zealand Day Act.



FFS NEW ZEALANDERS
CHANGED IT BACK AGAIN IN 1976 FFS


LOL

22:27 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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If I were Maori, I'd take offence to that, leggy.

A chain link fence. lol.

22:29 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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Ohhhh, yes.

It is a very contentious day!
22:31 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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shurrup or ill slap yoour asss



lol
22:32 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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http://images.google.co.nz/url?source=imgres&c t=tbn&q=http://static.flickr.com/101/252653476 _d16a641b50.jpg&usg=AFQjCNFjmgGDxl5AV4UfncB3pZ hXHDofbQ
22:40 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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ANZAC day has sort of a military significance in that the letters of the acronym stand for Australian (and) New Zealand Army Corps. It was originally set up to commemorate the soldiers of the combined army corps which fought during WW1. Nothing to do with Canada, MWB.
23:13 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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Oops. :p

Shows how much I know.

Which is FA!

I have to take MUCH more notice.
23:50 Tue 28th Apr 2009
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:-))
00:02 Wed 29th Apr 2009

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