Persuasive Writing

Persuasive Writing : Should the Queen's Birthday be Celebrated in New Zealand.

In my opinion, I believe the Queen’s Birthday should no longer be a public holiday in New Zealand. Although this would mean going to work and school instead of relaxing at home, I am sure there could be another holiday that would replace it such as Matariki. I have many reasons why the Queen’s Birthday shouldn’t be celebrated in New Zealand, Here are some of them.

To begin with the Queen is actually the Queen of England not New Zealand. So Having a Public holiday for someone that doesn’t live in New Zealand or is not the Queen of New Zealand just wouldn’t make sense at all. If we were to put Matariki in the place of the Queen’s birthday it would make more sense, because Matariki is a Maori Celebration that is only celebrated in New Zealand.

Another thing is the Queen of England hasn’t really done anything special for New Zealand. So by celebrating her birthday when she hasn’t done anything for us would just be unfair. Instead of wasting our time we can just celebrate matariki because it started of her in New Zealand so by celebrating it in the place of the Queen's birthday would be an excellent idea.

One last reason is that when the queen's birthday occurs no one really has a big celebration for it. Instead people just look forward to having a day of work and school. If Matariki was celebrated instead I think it would be much better because then everyone would be able to get together and celebrate it properly.

For all these reasons, I strongly believe the Queen’s birthday should no longer be celebrated in New Zealand. Having Matariki in its place would be much better for the whole country.