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New Zealand Day.
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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 The name was changed back by the Third National Government in 1976, in the Waitangi Day Act 1976, which repealed the New Zealand Day Act.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
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 The name was changed back by the Third National Government in 1976, in the Waitangi Day Act 1976, which repealed the New Zealand Day Act.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
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