Te reo Maori no cloak for secularism Mr Speaker

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Ewen McQueen

For nearly 170 years our Parliament has opened each session with a Christian prayer. Last week the new Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, unilaterally ditched it. Gone were references to both the Queen and Jesus Christ….

To continue reading the full article published this week in the NZ Herald click here.

Ewen McQueen
November 2017

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1 Response to Te reo Maori no cloak for secularism Mr Speaker

  1. Roley Rackley says:
    November 19, 2017 at 3:46 pm

    Hello Ewen

    On the related subject of removing the Queen from the opening prayer: monarchy.org.nz is running an automated reply to Trevor Mallard.

    Regards Roley

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