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Improving article

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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)[reply]

Status of languages

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]
Which particular "Wikipedia" are you referring to here? :-) PatricKiwi (talk) 11:41, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]