Am 03/24 13:25 Tristan McLeay yscrifef:
> When they were discussing Federation, New Zealand was involved, but they
> wanted to be two states, and NSW and Vic wanted them as just one.
> Interestingly enough, though, WA made it even harder to be convinced to
> join then NZ, and yet the made some rather significant changes to the
> original plan for their benifit (for example, thats why each state has
> the same amount of senators - the original plan was based on population
> like the House of Reps)
>
most discussion of see about federation favours separate statehood for
the North and South Islands of NZ. Basically my state capital will be
Christchurch rather than Wellington.
> Oh... That would also make a merger with Oz difficult. Why should we
> choose the President? All they're going to do is be our president. The
> system works just fine now without us electing the Queen or GG.
>
In the recent referendum I understand that more Aussies prefered having
a hereditary monarch to a president elected by politicians.
> Ahh, but will all NZers agree? And anyway, wouldn't they be vehemently
> opposed to making one bigger country? It would mean that they would have
> even more trouble seperating themselves from us.
>
The majority of NZers don't support political federation. I only know
maybe one other person to whom it makes sense. If it did come about we
can still keep separate sports teams. :)
- andrew.
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Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
Lent: Living in Borrowed Time