Talk:Metrication in New Zealand

Dubious
"Only a few letters voiced outright opposition" is highly misleading. The weighting placed on the word "outright" makes it sound as though there was little opposition; but there was considerable opposition, as I discovered during my university research on the subject (I'm one of the co-authors of the paper cited in the references). Most of the opposition was to specific parts of the metrication process - such as the loss of gallons for the purchasing of fuel, pints for beer and milk, and measures such as miles per hour - rather than over the entire system. Grutness...wha?  06:48, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Information about the 40th anniversary of metrication.
"On 14 December 2016, the New Zealand Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment marked the 40th anniversary of the International System of Units in New Zealand. “Forty years on, the Metric System has become critical to New Zealand’s domestic and international trade with most goods measured by length, weight and volume using this system." said the Manager of Trading Standards Manager Stephen O’Brien. "

I believe this information is notable. The information comes from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. The 40th anniversary of metrication is a milestone and the information is evidence that the metric system is now dominant in New Zealand. This demonstrates the success of metrication in the country, and that is a notable fact because metrication has not always been so successful. The information is sourced from a government department and properly referenced. Its truth has not been questioned. Metrication is not an "event" but a process that takes several years. The 40th anniversary is a good time to assess its success or failure. I find the arguments against including this information quite unconvincing. If the expression is at fault, that could be adjusted, but the information itself is both relevant and notable as it demonstrates the relative success of the metrication process in the country. Michael Glass (talk) 14:15, 6 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I have now added some more information from both the 30th and 40th anniversaries of metrication in New Zealand. This was followed up by a note that says, "This section reads like a press release, or is otherwise written in a promotional tone. Please help by rewriting this article from a neutral point of view." The addition was based on two New Zealand government press releases, so they're not fake news. I would, however, welcome any suggestions on improving the wording. Michael Glass (talk) 03:32, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

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Measurement of computer monitors has regressed in the last 25 years.
The use of inches to measure computer monitors and TVs could be considered a regression, since NZ used to use metric for these.

From 1974 onwards, the sizes of television sets and (later) computer monitors were given in "cm-v" or "cmv" meaning "centimetres on the diagonal" (and no, I have no idea why "diagonal" was abbreviated to "v").

When I purchased several an early flat-screen monitor in about 1997, its size was given as "33 cmv", and it cost me the princely sum of 1850 NZD.

Some time around 2000 it started to become common to give the sizes in inches, which peeved me at the time, and still does, but I guess the law has not been enforced because people pay for pixels and lumens and don't feel short-changed if the exact dimensions vary slightly.

If I can find my old monitor, and photograph the make, model and measurement printed on the back, I assume that would be sufficient citation to avoid "original research"? Martin Kealey (talk) 15:34, 8 May 2022 (UTC)


 * No, that's how TVs (and later, monitors) have always been measured in NZ. The cmv measurement on your flat-screen monitor will have been for the international market. In the next few months Papers Past is going to be uploading a couple of newspaper archives up into the metric era and you will be able to see 1980s TV ads, still all in inches. Daveosaurus (talk) 19:27, 8 May 2022 (UTC)