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July 23, 2012 8:00am by Kokila Patel

General Debate 23 July 2012

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Komata

BTW: It seems that this week is ‘Maori language week’, originally sanctioned by labour, so, because its covered by an Act of Parliament, it’s going to be a week of force-feeding. Close your ears Kamrades. . .
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July 23, 2012 7:24pm
Steve (North Shore)

http://www.stars21.com/translator/main.php

What’s wrong with this picture???
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July 23, 2012 7:27pm
wiseowl

Other Andy Towel,
I think you are lost.
The Labourites are meeting in the phone box down the road.
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July 23, 2012 7:30pm
Other_Andy

Realy ‘wiseowl’?
Says who?
You?
Ho hoo

Somebody who thinks that learning a few words in Maori is indoctrination and thinks that two year olds will be confused by learning a few words in another language is deluded and a hick.

I can’t think of valid reasons why you wouldn’t want your child to learn a few words of Maori.
Give it a try without the ad-homonims..
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July 23, 2012 7:44pm
Scott Chris

A guy who shot another in the eye point blank with a pellet gun blinding him gets a four month home detention sentence:

Speer, aged 19 at the time, had a social phobia and felt threatened when the victim walked past and made a comment about his girlfriend.

He took the gun out of his belt and shot the man at point blank range, once in the forehead and once in the eye.

The victim was taken to hospital and Speer and his girlfriend walked away. The incident was recorded on a crime surveillance camera and Speer soon gave himself up.

Okay so the sentence seems very lenient but luckily for the victim the only weapon the mentally imbalanced perp was able to get his hands on was an air pistol. Had he been in the US, no doubt the perp would have been packing some real heat.
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July 23, 2012 7:47pm
Tauhei Notts

I always politely help new New Zealanders with Maori culture.
I had to correct a Canadian immigrant who thought the tangata whenua was a Maori lesbian.
Another friend potted seven balls at pool then went in off on the last ball.
“I choked on the black” he exclaimed.
I had to mention to another new New Zealander that what he said was nothing to do with Maori fellatio.
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July 23, 2012 7:54pm
nasska

Time to do the inner-blonde test!! Pay close attention! There are 10 questions, so you should be able to answer them all in 5 minutes. DO NOT look at the answers found at the end of this document, that would be cheating! Write each of your answers down, it makes a difference!

QUESTIONS:

1. Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?

2. If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it be before all the pills had been taken?

3. I went to bed at eight o’clock in the evening and wound up my clock and set the alarm to sound at nine o’clock in the morning. How many hours sleep would I get before being woken by the alarm?

4. Divide 30 by half and add ten. What do you get?

5. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. How many live sheep were left?

6. If you had only one match and entered a COLD and DARK room, where there was an oil heater, an oil lamp and a candle, which would you light first?

7. A man builds a house with four sides of rectangular construction, each side having a southern exposure. A big bear comes along. What colour is the bear?

8. Take 2 apples from 3 apples. What do you have?

9. How many animals of each species did Moses take with him in the Ark?

10. If you drove a bus with 43 people on board from Chicago and stopped at Pittsburgh to pick up 7 more people and drop off 5 passengers and at Cleveland to drop off 8 passengers and pick up 4 more and eventually arrive at Philadelphia 20 hours later, what’s the name of the driver?

ANSWERS :

1. All of them. Every month has at least 28 days.
2. 1 hour. If you take a pill at 1 o’clock, then another at 1.30 and the last at 2 o’clock, they will be taken in 1 hour.
3. 1 hour. It is a wind up alarm clock which cannot discriminate between a.m. and p.m.
4. 70. Dividing by half is the same as multiplying by 2.
5. 9 live sheep.
6. The match.
7. White. If all walls face south, the house must be on the North Pole.
8. 2 apples. I HAVE 3 APPLES, YOU TAKE 2, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
9. None. It was Noah, not Moses.
10. YOU are the driver.

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5 Primary school pupil
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2 Teacher
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July 23, 2012 8:05pm
Northland Wahine

…has a quite chuckle to myself over those who object to it being Maori language week… New Zealand is full of Maori place names. Must irk people when they have to use them… And yes, there are different dialects, Whanganui Wanganui… whatever. And like the english language, pronounciation changes, the language changes, it grows.

I’m not fluent in te reo by any means. My 5 yr old son is more fluent than I and I hope he continues to be so. That is my choice, but as he gets older and if he asks not to be in a bilingual class, I will honour his wish. His english reading level has certainly not suffered for it as he reading age is 9 years old. That I believe has been achieved by encouraging his passion for books and being encouraged to use te reo where possible.

It’s one week in a year… and what you resist, persists…
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July 23, 2012 8:05pm
Viking2

So you thnik its all ok in Aussie?

Building industry gradually crumbling

AUSTRALIA’S building industry is in survival mode, with official statistics revealing that at least two companies a day are going to the wall as labour costs continue to rise, profit margins flatline and banks play hardball on funding.

The latest statistics on liquidations and voluntary administrations show that since January 1 more than 363 companies in the building industry, excluding mining, have collapsed, more than 200 of them from New South Wales and 95 from Victoria.

What is even more alarming is the trend seems to be getting worse, with 30 building companies failing in March, 33 in April, 51 in May, 63 in June and a whopping 40 collapsing in the first 10 days of July.

http://smh.domain.com.au/real-estate-news/building-industry-gradually-crumbling-20120723-22iu4.html
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July 23, 2012 8:08pm
krazykiwi

Had he been in the US, no doubt the perp would have been packing some real heat.

Or if had he been in Africa, or Asia, or Europe. I’m told that if he was in Finnland he’s almost certainly have have access to a machine gun.
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July 23, 2012 8:08pm
Steve (North Shore)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7332246/NZSO-could-be-axed

Can it. Oh, how about those who like it start paying instead of me paying for them?
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July 23, 2012 8:40pm
nasska

Couldn’t agree more Steve…if they can’t attract sufficient paying customers, can the bloody things. The culture vultures who get off on symphony orchestras should get the same subsidies as fans of ACDC or Pink Floyd ie. nothing.
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July 23, 2012 8:56pm
kowtow

nasska

does 9 above mean you do believe what’s in the Book of Genesis? 🙂
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July 23, 2012 9:42pm
Scott Chris

RIP Margaret Mahy. She wrote wonderful kids books.
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July 23, 2012 11:18pm
big bruv

Steve.

Why stop with the NZSO?

I would stop fund the ‘arts’ completley, if the bastards can survive on their own then great, if not then they can bugger off.
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July 23, 2012 11:20pm
Manolo

We are paying for this scum. Bludgers, parasites and crims.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7334058/Solo-mums-jailed-for-cannabis-dealing
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July 24, 2012 7:01am
big bruv

FFS!

TV is unwatchable this week. Every single talking head is speaking in an irrelevant language that I simply do not understand.

Can we stop this PC bullshit and go back to using English.
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