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Thread ID: 111556	2010-08-02 03:19:00	The foreshore,who's is it?	Cicero (40)	PC World Chat

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1123894	2010-08-03 12:48:00	Just a couple of comments: a. a generation is generally regarded as 30 years in historical terms, not 45 (that reduces the time to about 1380 years). However, remember that many people in a whakapapa would have come to a young and rather sticky end. I think that 30 years represented someone in old age, judging by remains dug up from pre colonisation sites, and many ancestors would have died a lot younger than that. b. you may be right about the age of the oldest discovered midden in NZ, but a lot of Māori whakapapa claim to go back beyond migration times, to their Hawaiiki (sp?) origins. Someone earlier mentioned that Māori did not have a written language. True, but they had/have a strong oral tradition, and many whakapapa were recited using what we would call an aide memoire - in the form of a carved staff. As I understand it oral traditions were drummed into promising kids as part of their education, so they were trained from an early age in memorising and reciting their whakapapa. Have a look here if you are interested: www.britishmuseum.org I would like to see you argue with Dr Sharples about this on a marae when he was carrying a taiaha! "I would like to see you argue with Dr Sharples about this on a marae when he was carrying a taiaha!" Standard MAORI answer, when you cant sustain your argument, or get your way, immediatly resort to violence.	angry (15305)
1123895	2010-08-03 17:35:00	"I would like to see you argue with Dr Sharples about this on a marae when he was carrying a taiaha!" Standard MAORI answer, when you cant sustain your argument, or get your way, immediatly resort to violence. So true Ang. Spot on as usual.	Cicero (40)
1123896	2010-08-04 00:57:00	I would like to see you argue with Dr Sharples about this on a marae when he was carrying a taiaha!" NEVER EVER bring a taiaha to a gunfight :devil	SP8's (9836)
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