What, then, would the proposal change?
“Nothing,” says Andrew Geddis, a professor of law at the University of Otago.
Legislation is intended to solve problems, he says. “What is the social problem here that requires a solution? English is already an official language. It can be used in all public settings.”
Geddis refers to the policy as “virtue signalling”: “There seem to be some people out there who fear English is under threat and is somehow going to be overtaken in New Zealand. This [policy] seems to be a way to try to respond to that fear.”
Doesn’t mean it didn’t happen
Well fuck you too then.
No, it doesn’t. But neither does your claim. Do you have an article that uses only the Te Reo name? I watched every press conference during the lockdowns, and I didn’t hear them only using the Te Reo name. Can you give a source for when this happened?