Dude. I SO thought they still had Pakeha on the form. Why did they get rid of that again?
The problem I have with the question is:
The guide says:: ethnicity is:
"People who have some or all of the following:
- a shared culture, such as traditions or way of doing thing, customs, beliefs or language - a common ancestry or history - a similar geographic, tribal or clan origin.
Now seriously, as born and raised Kiwi, don't you think I have a 'shared culture, traditions or way of doing things" as other NZr's - Maori, chinese or other?
But on the other hand, I pretty much agree with what you have written - there IS a separate question for where you were born. Interestingly, there isn't a question for your citizenship.
Why don't they just give up, have a question for citizenship, and then just change the ethnicity to read caucasian or something?
I wonder how many people who are objecting to the CENSUS recording them as NZ european quite happily tick NZ European on other forms. When I used to work in data entry at university enrolments (victoria) I don't remember ANYONE ticking other and writing New Zealander.
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Date: 2006-03-07 06:14 am (UTC)The problem I have with the question is:
The guide says:: ethnicity is:
"People who have some or all of the following:
- a shared culture, such as traditions or way of doing thing, customs, beliefs or language
- a common ancestry or history
- a similar geographic, tribal or clan origin.
Now seriously, as born and raised Kiwi, don't you think I have a 'shared culture, traditions or way of doing things" as other NZr's - Maori, chinese or other?
But on the other hand, I pretty much agree with what you have written - there IS a separate question for where you were born. Interestingly, there isn't a question for your citizenship.
Why don't they just give up, have a question for citizenship, and then just change the ethnicity to read caucasian or something?
I wonder how many people who are objecting to the CENSUS recording them as NZ european quite happily tick NZ European on other forms. When I used to work in data entry at university enrolments (victoria) I don't remember ANYONE ticking other and writing New Zealander.