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Should NZ become part of Australia? - nzoomed - 25-08-2023
An outgoing MP thinks so!
I believe the idea was floated way back into making NZ a state of Australia prior to the signing of the treaty if I'm not mistaken.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/24/new-zealand-should-consider-joining-australia-mp-urges-in-valedictory-speech
RE: Should NZ become part of Australia? - king1 - 25-08-2023
hmmm worst nightmare, wake up an Australian...
RE: Should NZ become part of Australia? - Kenj - 25-08-2023
Nice place in parts, spoilt by all the Australians living there!
RE: Should NZ become part of Australia? - nzoomed - 25-08-2023
I can see a few pros and cons, but the right time to have done it would have been prior to the signing of the treaty.
Our identity of what it means to be a kiwi would be erased overnight.
RE: Should NZ become part of Australia? - Lilith7 - 25-08-2023
Nah, bad idea. Some years ago there was a series of documentaries looking at different ideas for the future - the only two I can recall were the Greener future & becoming part of Oz, which was the worst of them all with us becoming a retirement colony where higher education was only available for younger people by moving to Oz.
But the Greener one was one of the best possible futures.
RE: Should NZ become part of Australia? - Zurdo - 25-08-2023
Well, we wouldn't have to deal with the 501's anymore.
RE: Should NZ become part of Australia? - Oh_hunnihunni - 25-08-2023
Yes please. Could we be part of Perth please? Save me heaps on airfares...
RE: Should NZ become part of Australia? - R2x1 - 25-08-2023
(25-08-2023, 10:27 AM)king1 Wrote: hmmm worst nightmare, wake up an Australian...If you've woken up, you're not an Austr-flamin-alien!
(25-08-2023, 06:13 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Yes please. Could we be part of Perth please? Save me heaps on airfares...
Probably a few too many fish-hooks; why not send teaching missionaries over there and educate them? Once they have completely reformed and are no longer a totally backward bunch, the country may well mirror/reverse as well and Perth will be on the right coast, much closer but still safely outside the moat.
RE: Should NZ become part of Australia? - Lilith7 - 25-08-2023
(25-08-2023, 06:53 PM)R2x1 Wrote:(25-08-2023, 10:27 AM)king1 Wrote: hmmm worst nightmare, wake up an Australian...If you've woken up, you're not an Austr-flamin-alien!
(25-08-2023, 06:13 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Yes please. Could we be part of Perth please? Save me heaps on airfares...
Probably a few too many fish-hooks; why not send teaching missionaries over there and educate them? Once they have completely reformed and are no longer a totally backward bunch, the country may well mirror/reverse as well and Perth will be on the right coast, much closer but still safely outside the moat.
Jeez...never thought I'd feel sorry for missionaries...
