#Latest news with #femaleMinistersRNZ News15-05-2025PoliticsRNZ NewsHave attitudes changed to the C-word?life and society language 28 minutes ago A sweary few days in politics has raised questions about the use of the C word. Minister Brooke van Velden dropped the verbal grenade in Parliament in protest over the slur being directed at her and other female ministers in a newspaper column about rushed changes to pay equity laws. Keith Montgomery from the University of Auckland linguistics department spoke to Lisa Owen.
RNZ News15-05-2025PoliticsRNZ NewsHave attitudes changed to the C-word?life and society language 28 minutes ago A sweary few days in politics has raised questions about the use of the C word. Minister Brooke van Velden dropped the verbal grenade in Parliament in protest over the slur being directed at her and other female ministers in a newspaper column about rushed changes to pay equity laws. Keith Montgomery from the University of Auckland linguistics department spoke to Lisa Owen.
15-05-2025
