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| Thread ID: 91000 | 2008-06-23 03:21:00 | Mets chums at it again. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 681295 | 2008-06-23 03:21:00 | I find this somewhat annoying,do you? www.nzcpr.com A glimpse. They explain that the stone had to fly first class because Ngai Tahu claimed it was “culturally insensitive to put it in the hold”. Ngai Tahu further insisted that because the stone was “imbued with the spiritual force of the tribe” it had to be accompanied on the journey by two members of the iwi. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 681296 | 2008-06-23 03:31:00 | Thank Labour for that. I think we should ALL be able to put our hand out for a bit of the gravy train...Why? why not :p | vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 681297 | 2008-06-23 03:50:00 | The cost of gifting the 35kg stone was shared between the iwi, the council and Air New Zealand. Ngai Tahu gifted the pounamu, the council paid for sourcing and preparation, and the airline sponsored the flight costs for the stone. The stone took up two seats in economy class for the first leg of the journey from Christchurch to Auckland, but was stowed in a compartment in first class for the trip from Auckland to Hong Kong. Two Ngai Tahu members flew in economy class. The council paid for one Ngai Tahu member's return flight, while the iwi paid for the other. Well if Air NZ wanted to pay for it............ |
pctek (84) | ||
| 681298 | 2008-06-23 04:09:00 | The cost of gifting the 35kg stone was shared between the iwi, the council and Air New Zealand. Ngai Tahu gifted the pounamu, the council paid for sourcing and preparation, and the airline sponsored the flight costs for the stone. The stone took up two seats in economy class for the first leg of the journey from Christchurch to Auckland, but was stowed in a compartment in first class for the trip from Auckland to Hong Kong. Two Ngai Tahu members flew in economy class. The council paid for one Ngai Tahu member's return flight, while the iwi paid for the other. Well if Air NZ wanted to pay for it............ Ah,thats all right then. It might be pointed out that we own Air NZ and councill only have my money to pay for trip. So it would seem that we paid for trip. They would still be walking if they had asked me directly for dosh. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 681299 | 2008-06-23 19:50:00 | The cost of gifting the 35kg stone was shared between the iwi, the council and Air New Zealand. Ngai Tahu gifted the pounamu, the council paid for sourcing and preparation, and the airline sponsored the flight costs for the stone. The stone took up two seats in economy class for the first leg of the journey from Christchurch to Auckland, but was stowed in a compartment in first class for the trip from Auckland to Hong Kong. Two Ngai Tahu members flew in economy class. The council paid for one Ngai Tahu member's return flight, while the iwi paid for the other. Well if Air NZ wanted to pay for it............ Cicero, thanks for highlighting this article. pctek, while it states "the 35kg stone was shared between the iwi, the council and Air New Zealand.", it does not say if the costs were shared equally or in what portion. What I would like to see is the total cost in dollars $$ that the council paid. International flights can be quite expensive - something tells me they did not shop around for the cheapest bargain around. Another relevant quote from the article: "And even though the Maori elite may argue for their fanciful claims under a Treaty of Waitangi catch-all, the Monty Python absurdity of a stone flying first class around the world demonstrates the folly of this course of action." |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 681300 | 2008-06-23 22:35:00 | They gave away a rock? How soon will it be before they want it back?:illogical I thought we were unable to distribute pounamu like that? against spiritual beleifs or something? beetle:illogical |
beetle (243) | ||
| 681301 | 2008-06-23 22:42:00 | I can't see the problem..... Surely its a better way to spend their day then sniffing glue and cannibalism? |
Metla (12) | ||
| 681302 | 2008-06-23 23:04:00 | They gave away a rock? How soon will it be before they want it back?:illogical I thought we were unable to distribute pounamu like that? against spiritual beleifs or something? beetle:illogical :thumbs: :clap :lol: |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 681303 | 2008-06-25 20:47:00 | And a further argument......... "“Already certain new ethnic groups are beginning to resent the ‘privileged’ position of Maori, and use it to argue, not that special Maori positions should be done away with, but that these new cultural and racial enclaves should also be somehow recognised as distinct communities. The Maori seats are being used as part of the model for a Balkanised future. For that reason, too, it is high time, then, they were done away with”. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 681304 | 2008-06-25 22:16:00 | Whatever trophies left NZ way back then, would have gone by sailing ship.So why wasn't a sailing ship used THIS time. PJ. | Poppa John (284) | ||
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