Talk:Culture of New Zealand

Improving article
Hi all, this article got 2,737 page views on average over the last year. Are there any others keen to have a discussion about improvements? I have worked on some arts sections in recent times and have started adding a few 'citation needed' templates. What do others feel would be a priority for improvements? Pakoire (talk) 05:26, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Status of languages
This article says "three official languages", including English. English is de facto official, which this article doesn't mention so I think it's a bit misleading to leave it out. — Panamitsu (talk) 09:34, 19 October 2023 (UTC)


 * It should be included - mainly to fend off the inevitable attempts to "fix" the article by new editors who've just discovered the factoid that English doesn't have de jure official status.
 * There does seem to be a regrettable tendency - not just on Wikipedia but elsewhere - to over-emphasise the importance of English when compared with NZSL or te reo. I only see this being resolved in the long term when people who are now growing up bilingual (or multilingual) become a significant proportion of the population. Daveosaurus (talk) 09:51, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Which particular "Wikipedia" are you referring to here? :-) PatricKiwi (talk) 11:41, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I think it also adds to the article -- saying that it is de facto tells us more about New Zealand history/culture. — Panamitsu (talk) 21:10, 19 October 2023 (UTC)