Winston First

[Vee Vee]

I think we should respect the names originally given to places and not change them.
Wait we changed them all already!

Maybe change them back? Oh no that would be leftie virtue signalling. Not allowed on ST lol.
Why is this thread even in NZX?

[fungus pudding]

I think we should respect the names originally given to places and not change them.
Wait we changed them all already!

Maybe change them back? Oh no that would be leftie virtue signalling. Not allowed on ST lol.
Why is this thread even in NZX?

Thanks for pointing that out.
It was because I had a brain freeze. I have asked moderator to correct it.

[ralph]

I wish I had voted for him now ,anyone whom stands up to the P C trolls is taking a big risk with the state of the left wing press /media that runs the country's propaganda machine now.

[850man]

I wish I had voted for him now ,anyone whom stands up to the P C trolls is taking a big risk with the state of the left wing press /media that runs the country's propaganda machine now.

When you're sub 1% like Winny, not much to lose from saying it like it is (and like many of us might also like to do)

Good on him for straight talking, non PC and non woke.... a breath of fresh air in the current climate. Still wouldn't vote for his mob though.

[Panda-NZ-]

The other side wanted to get rid of MMP (and the flag) and the people said no..

[iceman]

The other side wanted to get rid of MMP (and the flag) and the people said no..

Exactly. They took it to a referendum. Very different to what you're suggesting

[Panda-NZ-]

Exactly. They took it to a referendum. Very different to what you're suggesting

Maybe take it to a referendum anyway, dave will lose.

[Panda-NZ-]

It's known that Winnie gets the most bang for buck in terms of donations.

400k for 8MPs to decide the next NZ government.
vs 1million for a one man band in 2017 and 800k on greens for a permanent opposition party.

[Joshuatree]

Named after a Dutch province,ridiculous! So dumb and incongruous,embarrassing even,what an insult to all kiwis(no disrespect to the Dutch).
Aotearoa (land of the long white cloud)is so apt and correct. Tim Finn's great song"Aotearoa,rugged individual,glisten like a pearl,at the bottom of the world....) Says it all.

[Jantar]

Named after a Dutch province,ridiculous! So dumb and incongruous,embarrassing even,what an insult to all kiwis(no disrespect to the Dutch).
Aotearoa (land of the long white cloud)is so apt and correct. Tim Finn's great song"Aotearoa,rugged individual,glisten like a pearl,at the bottom of the world....) Says it all.

Read the Treaty of Waitangi, Maori version, and see what the actual Maori name for New Zealand is. It is NOT Aotearoa, but Nu Tirani. Aotearoa only applied to part of the North Island, and not the whole country.