Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Not good enough

Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter is seeking to amend the Identity Bill to ensure that current New Zealand residents are not disadvantaged by the extension of waiting times. It's a good step, but not good enough. The extended waiting times for citizenship are fundamentally at odds with our values as an open, welcoming, and generous country. They should be scrapped rather than mitigated.

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