A national HOLIDAY for all NZ

[James Deuce]

No dude I think it should be like xmas and easter a day when ALL Kiwis get a day of rest/celebration.

Except for the womenfolk who will slave in the kitchen.

You're English. You guys don't have one - Why should we?

We already have too many holidays. We simply can't afford another one. They cost money in two ways. People aren't earning, and those that are at work during a "Holiday" are in the retail trade and generally selling to people who are using borrowed money to buy bigger ticket items, thereby compounding the problem.

We should abolish all holidays until our Balance of Payments deficit is sorted. That's the single biggest threat to the continued independence of NZ. Not Indonesia invading, China rooting our remaining Primary industries for a short term gain, or the US refusing to open its trade borders.

We need to up individual productivity and stop borrowing money. If Moody's sneezes on our International credit rating, we're going to look like New Guinea fairly rapidly. If we all stuck $10,000 in the bank and left it alone, we'd be making a really good start at looking like a country with a serious approach to maintaining an OECD level economy. Earning money from money is a good look to most investors.

[peasea]

Except for the womenfolk who will slave in the kitchen.

You're English. You guys don't have one - Why should we?

We already have too many holidays. We simply can't afford another one. They cost money in two ways. People aren't earning, and those that are at work during a "Holiday" are in the retail trade and generally selling to people who are using borrowed money to buy bigger ticket items, thereby compounding the problem.

We should abolish all holidays until our Balance of Payments deficit is sorted. That's the single biggest threat to the continued independence of NZ. Not Indonesia invading, China rooting our remaining Primary industries for a short term gain, or the US refusing to open its trade borders.

We need to up individual productivity and stop borrowing money. If Moody's sneezes on our International credit rating, we're going to look like New Guinea fairly rapidly. If we all stuck $10,000 in the bank and left it alone, we'd be making a really good start at looking like a country with a serious approach to maintaining an OECD level economy. Earning money from money is a good look to most investors.

Money? Do away with it I say. Do away with China too.

A mate had a t-shirt once that read "Slavery for women" and everyone thought it was funny, except for the two dykes that accosted him at Auckland Intl Airport. No sense of humour those lesbians.

[McJim]

There are an awful lot of countries that don't have a national day and, indeed, have survived for a great many centuries (not just years or decades) without one.

Why do some Kiwis feel the need to copy America and Australia so much? Is there some sort of "older sibling adoration" going on there or is it just like a teenage nation rebelling a bit towards it's percieved roots?

I am seriously asking here - not taking the piss r poking fun this time - I seriously can't understand why Kiwis feel so proud to keep nuclear warships away from our waters and then go and copy the very nation they are trying to stand up to ...on so many levels....

[Ixion]

There are an awful lot of countries that don't have a national day and, indeed, have survived for a great many centuries (not just years or decades) without one.

Why do some Kiwis feel the need to copy America and Australia so much? Is there some sort of "older sibling adoration" going on there or is it just like a teenage nation rebelling a bit towards it's percieved roots?

I am seriously asking here - not taking the piss r poking fun this time - I seriously can't understand why Kiwis feel so proud to keep nuclear warships away from our waters and then go and copy the very nation they are trying to stand up to ...on so many levels....

Cos it means we get a holiday ! Jeeze Louise, get with the action it ain't rocket science.

[Kittyhawk]

Time and technology changes how society views things. Sunday was a day of rest, shops shut and people spent quality time together. A public holiday or long weekend had more value then than it does now.

You have shops operating 24/7 technology taking over and stress levels increasing. Maybe a public holiday is not the answer, perhaps turning the clock back to the faded ways of life is.

[vifferman]

Why not another day to celebrate how great this country is not for protests etc but for anybody that calls themselves a new zealander --either by birth or because they wanted to be kiwis (immigrants).
Leave waitangi day as the sore thumb its actually become.

Agreed.
I don't see why WangoTango Day is a holiday anyway - nothing to celebrate no matter what colour your innards and outards are.
Make WangoTango Day NOT a holiday, and make a Noo Zilund Day. Then either get rid of fireworks altogether or move National Blow Shit Up and Set Fire to Stuff Day to Noo Zilund Day.
Why have holidays or commemorations that are meaningless to your average Noo Zilunder? Get rid of Queen's Birthday, WangoTango Day, and Easter. Replace 'em with meanigful days, like GetAbsolutelyRatfaced Day, Noo Zilund Day, DriveLikeADick Day, Kid Beating Day, etc. etc.

[FROSTY:Me]

I am seriously asking here - not taking the piss r poking fun this time - I seriously can't understand why Kiwis feel so proud to keep nuclear warships away from our waters and then go and copy the very nation they are trying to stand up to ...on so many levels....

Sorry mate yer missing the point here really.
The point is that the EXISTING "holiday" has become a day of division and perpetuation of racial division rather than a celebration of whats good in New Zealand. For that reason I believe that ALL New Zealanders should get the day off.The only way thats going to happen is to make it compulsary.