We opted out of Australia in the 1890s, and although some at the time hoped we'd have another chance at Australasian union, that was our one and only shot. Our distinctive New Zealand voice is now pulling us further away from our neighbours than ever before
After we released the UMR poll results on Q+A this past Sunday, New Zealand's been having a ding-dong go over the question of whether we should become the seventh state of Australia.
It's a good debate to have, and to keep having, not least because we New Zealanders – pakeha in particular – don't spend enough time thinking about our history, our sovereignty and our constitutional life.
This year we're facing a constitutional review, due to the Maori Party's coalition deal with National, and preparing for an MMP referendum.
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Comments (5)
Doesn't it make you proud - a culture based on a vapid knock-off of Dr Kildare...
Hey, every country has a medical soap to call their own at some point or another. It's picking up on a universal narrative. The point is that we took that universal narrative and made it our own and well enough that people embraced it.
Mock it as much as you like, but by such things national identities are built. Coro St tells you plenty about the UK, Shakespeare's plays told you about life in 1500s Britain, The Simpsons about the US in the 90s (at its peak) and so on...
Yeah - actually the really sad thing for NZ was losing John Clark about 20 years back - set our national development back basically 20 years.
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