Received voting check papers yesterday. For the correct roll. Shades of "Ziegen Sie uns Ihre Papiere, ja?".
Good that the title has been changed iaw recent government missives to reduce the size of native wording in title logos.
But some hold-out at the Electoral Commission couldn't resist virtue-signalling by leaving a 'tena koe' remnant in the letter opener.
No sign of the not unusual hardworking interdepartmental a Mr. nga mihi at the end (letter appears to be unsigned - maybe it is a scam?). Otherwise completely written in English. Maybe it should be Mrs., maybe a Miss? One would have to check with our leading light on the gender definitions, one 'is it a woman?' Mr. C. Hipkins. //
At least it isn't the totally presumptive 'kia ora' present as an opener in so many communications these days. Thank God, not even a mention of a whanau or a motu whatever they are in this letter. I live in a country formally named as New Zealand, not in some figment of one's imagination.
What happened to Dear Sir or Dear Madam for a formal letter? And a signature at the end?
Come on Electoral Commission sort out your virtue-signallers and formally communicate in English.
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