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- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 abstract "The New Zealand Day Act 1973 made the sixth of February a public holiday in New Zealand. The day had been known for some time as Waitangi Day and commemorated the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. In 1960 the first Waitangi Day Act was passed enabling any area of the country to substitute a Waitangi Day holiday for its provincial anniversary day. This was done for Northland in 1963.Labour's Māori Affairs spokesperson, Matiu Rata, had introduced a New Zealand Day Bill in 1971 but this was not passed. Labour won the 1972 election and subsequently introduced another New Zealand Day Bill, which passed in 1973. The creation of a new public holiday was part of the Third Labour Government's programme of creating a distinct New Zealand identity. Before this act was passed, New Zealand had no real 'national day'. New Zealand Day was intended to create a greater sense of pride and unity amongst New Zealanders.The decision to call the day New Zealand Day rather than Waitangi Day was made by various people within the government, including Prime Minister Norman Kirk and his Minister of Māori Affairs Matiu Rata. They felt that the name New Zealand Day would emphasise that the day was New Zealand's national day, and that it was for all New Zealanders, not just Māori. It may have also been intended to divert attention away from the Treaty of Waitangi, which had been the subject of Māori protests at Waitangi Day in the years before 1973. Many Māori, including the Māori Women's Welfare League, were unhappy with the change of name. The name was changed back by the Third National Government in 1976, in the Waitangi Day Act 1976, which repealed the New Zealand Day Act.".
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- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 wikiPageWikiLink H.L.J._May.
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- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 wikiPageWikiLink Treaty_of_Waitangi.
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- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 wikiPageWikiLinkText "New Zealand Day Act 1973".
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 wikiPageWikiLinkText "New Zealand Day Act".
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 wikiPageWikiLinkText "a national holiday".
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 dateCommenced "Immediate".
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 datepassed "1973".
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 imagesize "180".
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 introducedBy H.L.J._May.
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 legislature New_Zealand_Parliament.
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 longTitle "An Act to make provision for the observance of the 6th day of February in each year as a public holiday to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi".
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 related "Waitangi Day Act 1960 Waitangi Day Act 1976".
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 royalAssent "1973-10-19".
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 shortTitle "New Zealand Day Act 1973".
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 status "Repealed".
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- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 subject Category:1973_in_New_Zealand_law.
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- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 subject Category:Repealed_New_Zealand_legislation.
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 subject Category:Treaty_of_Waitangi.
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- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 comment "The New Zealand Day Act 1973 made the sixth of February a public holiday in New Zealand. The day had been known for some time as Waitangi Day and commemorated the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. In 1960 the first Waitangi Day Act was passed enabling any area of the country to substitute a Waitangi Day holiday for its provincial anniversary day.".
- New_Zealand_Day_Act_1973 label "New Zealand Day Act 1973".
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