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| Thread ID: 113437 | 2010-10-20 02:26:00 | Maori language dying - is it really a problem though? | wratterus (105) | PC World Chat |
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| 1146399 | 2010-10-25 04:24:00 | I wonder when the tax payer funding of this crap will end?? When the Maori party gets it's way and we become a 3rd world corrupt pacific island like Samoa?? | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1146400 | 2010-10-25 05:39:00 | :confused: Why? :confused: I think being a new age twat would help you understand that statement. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1146401 | 2010-10-25 07:00:00 | I think being a new age twat would help you understand that statement. Bit late for that Cic. :) But let me tell you about a hilarious incident at the Auckland Airport a couple of years ago. I flew in from overseas and the terminal was packed. God knows how many planes landed tail astern. Anyway, when I cleared Customs there was a Maori Welcoming Party to greet some dignitary. There they were, covered in War Paint, naked except for grass skirts, looking like they’d been over fed for years, standing there waving a stick, stamping their feet, pulling faces, slapping their thighs, and making a hell of a row. Anyway, the Dignitary either new the protocol, or had been briefed in it, but hundreds of other visitors clearly hadn’t, and the look on their faces was hilarious. :lol: I would have loved to have read some of their first messages home. Like, when we arrived in Auckland there were these Cannibals collecting dinner………… :rolleyes: The mind boggles. :lol: Oh to see ourselves as others see us. ;) |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1146402 | 2010-10-25 07:29:00 | You mean the upper class twits not the normal everyday English spoken by the majority No I mean your every day kiwi female. Their voices are terrible to listen to. So nasal or something. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1146403 | 2010-10-25 10:02:00 | I think the worst tokenism to the Maori Language is having it printed on the New Zealand Passport. This over priced document is meant to be an international travel document. The Maori text on the passport could not be read and understood by any Customs or Immigration official anywhere outside New Zealand, and the chances of finding a New Zealand Immigration or Customs Officer, who could read and understand it would be similar odds to winning a trifecta at a country horse race meeting. |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 1146404 | 2010-10-25 10:06:00 | I think the worst tokenism to the Maori Language is having it printed on the New Zealand Passport. This over priced document is meant to be an international travel document. The Maori text on the passport could not be read and understood by any Customs or Immigration official anywhere outside New Zealand, and the chances of finding a New Zealand Immigration or Customs Officer, who could read and understand it would be similar odds to winning a trifecta at a country horse race meeting. :clap:clap:clap |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1146405 | 2010-10-25 20:12:00 | Bit late for that Cic. :) But let me tell you about a hilarious incident at the Auckland Airport a couple of years ago. I flew in from overseas and the terminal was packed. God knows how many planes landed tail astern. Anyway, when I cleared Customs there was a Maori Welcoming Party to greet some dignitary. There they were, covered in War Paint, naked except for grass skirts, looking like they’d been over fed for years, standing there waving a stick, stamping their feet, pulling faces, slapping their thighs, and making a hell of a row. Anyway, the Dignitary either new the protocol, or had been briefed in it, but hundreds of other visitors clearly hadn’t, and the look on their faces was hilarious. :lol: I would have loved to have read some of their first messages home. Like, when we arrived in Auckland there were these Cannibals collecting dinner………… :rolleyes: The mind boggles. :lol: Oh to see ourselves as others see us. ;) Mind you I am trying to organise something equally brilliant, having Morris dances meet dignitaries at English ports. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1146406 | 2010-10-25 21:31:00 | Mind you I am trying to organise something equally brilliant, having Morris dances meet dignitaries at English ports. Hmmmmm, I can’t quite see Morris Dancers scaring the c..p out of anyone. :lol: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1146407 | 2010-10-25 21:50:00 | Hmmmmm, I can’t quite see Morris Dancers scaring the c..p out of anyone. :lol: The dancers enjoy making a fool of themselves, isn't that frightening? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1146408 | 2010-10-25 22:18:00 | No I mean your every day kiwi female. Their voices are terrible to listen to. So nasal or something. You are telling me bit like nails being drawn down a pre white board device. The toffee nose englander accent like Prince Charles a close second. My fav German with Saxony accent. |
prefect (6291) | ||
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