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Amusing, the Cook Islands has bought this law in for people wanting to go and live in the Cook Islands.
If we ever want to drop the immigration numbers we could pass a law stating that immigrants to NZ must have a working knowledge of both English and Reo.(Maori)
Be tough on the Brits and North Americans, Europeans who speak more than one language would find it easier to pick up.
Australians, hmm, they barely manage English of a sort.
You would definitely get rid of British and American migrants with such draconian laws.
Australians, well, the disparity between the number of Kiwis that come here and how many Aussies go to NZ to live, is so spectacularly in favour of the former, that any such law would see NZ's population growth go into the negative zone.
"That is fantastic", I am trying to utter in my best Kiwi accent.
Can't see it ever happening however.
How many kiwis themselves have a working knowledge of Maori? And... are NorthAmerican and British migrants really a sizeable percentage of the in migration to that country? Are they a controversial topic in society? That'd be hilarious if it was.
Send me a link to an article that says, "Canadian and American imigrants to NZ heavy burden on social system. Government to institute language laws to deterr them from coming." I will laugh my ass off.
You would definitely get rid of British and American migrants with such draconian laws.
Australians, well, the disparity between the number of Kiwis that come here and how many Aussies go to NZ to live, is so spectacularly in favour of the former, that any such law would see NZ's population growth go into the negative zone.
"That is fantastic", I am trying to utter in my best Kiwi accent.
Can't see it ever happening however.
Draconian law, nope a draconian law would be asking North Americans to explain the LBW law.
Even the Umps got it wrong at times when I was bowling and asked in a reasonable tone if some stick wielder was plumb
Well any immigrant that lands in jail should find a knowledge of Reo useful. Maoris make up a whopping 50% of male inmates and 70% of female inmates. What is shocking is they only constitute 15% of the population. Instead of whinging about immigrants one should channel that energy finding solutions to the problem of why maoris make up such a large percentage of the prison population and have lower incomes than pakehas (20% less).
Also, people should understand that NZ needs immigrants. Without it, its population would decline and there would be no workers to support social services. This would cause inflationary pressures on wages in a country with wages that are already much lower than Oz. This would encourage even increased migration to Australia and NZ companies would be begging for immigrants.
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What is "whinging"? I see that word a lot on this forum. I first I thought it was a common misspelling of "whining" but now I'm wondering if it's Australian/Kiwi slang for something else?
The percentage of maori New Zealanders that can actually fluently speak the maori language is only in the small single digits percentage wise of a population of 4 million. All the maori I have known don't have a working knowledge of it.
When 95% of the population doesn't speak the language I don't think they'll be signing a referendum to make immigrants speak two languages.
NZ is a country that can't afford to alienate the world. It is one of the most isolated countries in the world and it is imperative to have good trade and immigration links with the rest of the world.
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