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Thread ID: 77523	2007-03-12 20:30:00	Source of Pandemic found in Christchurch.	B.M. (505)	PC World Chat

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532451	2007-03-12 20:30:00	Thought to be heading towards Wanganui. :D Story off "The Stuff" website (Fairfax owned Newspapers) Burglar 'suffered from Maori sickness' The Dominion Post, Saturday, 10 March 2007 A man who smashed his way into a suburban Christchurch house after threatening a woman occupant was suffering from "Maori sickness" at the time a minister says. The Rev Whare Kawa Kaa told Christchurch District Court judge Colin Doherty yesterday that after he diagnosed Adam Daniel Cooper's problem, and took action, the young man was cured. "He's now got his memory back, got his mind back," said Mr Kaa, minister at the Phillipstown church, who has known Cooper for many years. Mr Kaa said that the problem stemmed from Cooper's carrying a taiaha (long club) and a tokotoko (walking stick). "It is only elders who carry these things around. The Maori sickness was upon him. That is the sacredness of carrying these things. It was like a curse had been laid upon him." He asked Cooper's mother and father to bring the items to his house so that they could be blessed, and then he had them send the items away. "Maori sickness was pretty strong in the time of our fathers and grandfathers. It is still happening if things are not done in the right manner." Cooper, 23, had pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary, and was appearing for sentence. He had met a drunken cousin who was arguing with two women outside a Linwood house. Cooper threatened one woman and, when they retreated into the house, he and his cousin smashed the front door and windows and went in. A male occupant fired a shotgun down the hallway. No one was hit. The man who allegedly fired the gun is awaiting trial. Judge Doherty gave Cooper a substantial reduction on his sentence for his previous good character, his late guilty plea and because he had good support from his whanau. He jailed him for nine months, with leave to apply for home detention. In 2000, Tariana Turia, who was then associate Maori affairs minister, questioned whether psychologists had the appropriate training to deal with issues such as Maori sickness (mate Maori). Victoria University's head of Maori studies, Peter Adds, said mate Maori was a fairly common condition. "It's usually brought on when people believe they have broken a tapu and are paying the consequences."	B.M. (505)
532452	2007-03-12 21:04:00	In western society it is called being 'possessed by demons'. Catholic priests are trained in the rites of exorcism, they seem to take it just as seriously as the Maori do 'mate Maori'. One despairs of the human race ever becoming 'civilised'...........:lol:	Terry Porritt (14)
532453	2007-03-13 00:04:00	What he said . . . mate Maori was a fairly common condition . "It's usually brought on when people believe they have broken a tapu and are paying the consequences . " What we have learned to understand . . . mate Maori was a fairly common condition . "It's usually brought up when people caught after they have broken anything (laws, heads, customs, parole etc . ) wish to avoid the consequences . " Legal aid is a given .	R2x1 (4628)
532454	2007-03-13 00:18:00	"Maori sickness", "mate Maori" - more PC b######t!!! It's the equivalent of "no concept of personal responsibility"!	johcar (6283)
532455	2007-03-13 02:13:00	"Maori sickness", "mate Maori" - more PC b######t!!! It's the equivalent of "no concept of personal responsibility"! Yeah, but legal aid is a given :D (thanks R2X1!)	Shortcircuit (1666)
532456	2007-03-13 05:28:00	Like the Cabinet "collective responsibility"? That seems to provide lots of aid for lawyers.	Graham L (2)
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