Word: shipley
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...Right Honorable Jenny M. Shipley, who served as prime minister from 1997 to 1999, discussed a variety of hot topics that New Zealand and the U.S. are both currently facing—from affirmative action to gay rights—as part of a talk sponsored by the Institute of Politics in the Quincy House Junior Common Room...
...Shipley said that, like the U.S., New Zealand is currently debating the merits of affirmative action. But there, affirmative action is not an issue of university admissions with regards to race, she said...
...until just a few years ago, traces of a centuries-long conflict between New Zealand’s native culture and language, Maori, and the English language still lingered, spurring conflict between those citizens who yearned to modernize and those who chose to hold on to traditions, Shipley said...
...then had bright-eyed 5-year-old Maori students knowing who they were, and feeling much more confident about their culture,” Shipley said...
...Shipley, who led a successful campaign to make oral contraceptives free of charge for all women in New Zealand, said that the affirmative action legislation reflects her belief that lawmakers must enact programs that realize the wishes and way of life of the country’s citizens...