On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:34 +1300, "David Mann" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry no such thing :( > > We have Waitangi Day coming up which commemorates the signing of the > Treaty of Waitangi. But because it falls on a weekend (AGAIN, damn it!) > we don't get a holiday. It's one of two public holidays that are > observed strictly on the date. The other is ANZAC Day. > > There was a push to have Waitangi Day renamed to New Zealand Day but > nothing came of it. >
As an outsider, sticking his nose in where it's probably not wanted, I think it would be a shame to rename Waitangi Day which celebrates a pivotal moment in NZ's history. Actually, Australia Day is a bit divisive here falling as it does on 26th January. Many aboriginal people feel (with a fair bit of justification) that it commemorates the British invasion of their country. It's an important day in Australia's history but it's not inclusive of all Australians. It would be nice if we had an equivalent of Waitangi Day. Thanks for all the comments. I'm off to have one of the few remaining leftover lamingtons now.... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > Dave > > On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:48 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > > > C'mon, Boris, that's New Zealand Day. > > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Somehow I misread the title to be "A Plateful of Flamingoes"... > >> Seriously... > >> Had to make a mental effort to re-read it... > >> > >> > >> On 1/27/2011 2:41 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > >>> > >>> The Lamington is an Australian icon so it just wouldn't be Australia Day > >>> without a few. > >>> > >>> Here's a plateful of small ones. Delicious! > >>> > >>> > >>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP9465peso.html > >>> > >>> > >>> Not the sharpest photo I've ever taken but I had had several glasses of > >>> red beforehand. > >>> > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> > >>> Brian > >>> -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
