Talk:New Zealand

New Zealand Wars

The name "Land Wars" is outdated; the commonly accepted name today is The New Zealand Wars. This is the name used on the official New Zealand government website Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand http://www.teara.govt.nz/ Uenuku (talk) 10:39, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

This has been discussed over the years at Talk:New Zealand land wars. I've just made a formal proposal for renaming that article. Please contribute to the discussion there.-gadfium 21:53, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 222.153.5.189, 26 September 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} Please add 'English (95%)' to official languages of new zealand, as seen on the languages of new zealand page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_New_Zealand

222.153.5.189 (talk) 10:31, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

N Not done. English is listed as a national language in the infobox; it does not have de jure official status. IgnorantArmies^?! 10:35, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry of Social Development both list English as an official language, as does Te Ara. And when NZ sign language became an official language, it was talked of as the 'third' official language. It would be safe to say English is an official language. --110.32.149.165 (talk) 03:23, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

I think your links are compelling. However, since this has been debated previously and the opposite conclusion reached, I'm going to wait to see other feedback before making the edit.-gadfium 05:03, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

• For convenience, previous discussion here. I think the links here are pretty solid, although perhaps a footnote should be added with regard to the actual legal status if it is disputed. sonia♫ 06:33, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

{{edit semi-protected}} not done, for now; please discuss and obtain consensus. (I can't action the request unless there is clear agreement here, first)  Chzz  ►  06:44, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 29 November 2011

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leader_title2 = Governor-General |leader_name2 = Jerry Mateparae

please change Jerry Mateparae to Anand Satyanand

source: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35852.htm

117.211.32.47 (talk) 10:47, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Changed, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 11:01, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

The US State Dept info is dated to August 19, 2011. On August 31, Jerry Mateparae succeeded Anand Satyanand.[1] XLerate (talk) 11:38, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I missed that, and thanks for reverting that change. Materialscientist (talk) 11:51, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

GPD

The GDP figures in the New Zealand page are still the 2010 estimates. Could somebody update these to the later 2011 estimates? Thanks, Sticks317 (talk) 07:35, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

I've put in the 2012 estimates but I've not updated the rankings since the page they links to seem to be based on older figures. - SimonLyall (talk) 00:15, 29 January 2012 (UTC)