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Thomas Beagle
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I'm rather upset about this bill designating english as an official language in New Zealand.

The number of bonus points I've got in pub quizzes from knowing that the only two designated languages are Māori and NZSL... well, it's quite a few.

Also the bill is a stupid waste of time.
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leighelse{} · 5d
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq8p3dyh487mgegv63afnxrc30vx7va9uesvv625fz3j3x8s4qdawqvkxvcz Labour could perhaps have put forward an amendment that the bill be retitled "The Winston Peters Memorial Language Bill" commenting as they did that once retitled they would vote the bil...
MWT · 5d
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq8p3dyh487mgegv63afnxrc30vx7va9uesvv625fz3j3x8s4qdawqvkxvcz maybe something like "we'll let it pass if you cancel the LNG terminal"? Would that sort of negotiating work here?