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Showing posts with label English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

David Farrar: Which language should be used first?


I am a fan of agencies having both English and te reo names. I am not a fan of agencies only using their te reo name as happened under the last Government.

If an agency (or their website) uses both English and te reo, which should be the primary language? Well, let’s look at the census data:

Monday, August 25, 2025

David Farrar: More cultural genocide hysteria


Erica Stanford made the pretty obvious decision that books designed to teach kids English should use English words, and the usual suspects are claiming it is everything from white supremacy to cultural genocide. I don;’t think they realise that when they scream that at every issue every week, it becomes meaningless.

Anyway Sir Ian Taylor has a useful explanation which is below.