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History is the simple answer. New Zealand has three official languages, Maori, English and New Zealand Sign language.

Some early settlers spoke Gaelic, French, Norwegian, Danish, and Chinese. The image of the Tower of Babel (albeit apocryphal) is warning enough.

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