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Hotaka
Friday 8th

Kaupapa koorero moo te raa nei
Te Whare Miere

Rangahau

Kei te aha a Reipa moo Chris Carter. E ai ki te koorero e tuhi pukapuka ana a Chris Carter. E aha a Piripi Goff me te Toorangapu Reipa moo teenei?

Subject of the day
Parliament

Analysis
What is Labour doing about Chris Carter. It is said that he is writing a book. What will Phil Goff and the Labour Party do about this?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10677828

Aotearoa: The Collection
The carvers have come up with the idea of a whare to house these ten volumes by Peter Cleave and this will have inlays of pounamu and/or jasper. Aotearoa: The Collection is being ordered as a celebrity gift and is one of a kind in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
ISBN
978-1-877229-45-9

Retail NZD 750.00



Isis:the dancing tramp by Benjamin Drum continues
Part Five
Tom Doon

From his cell in Miami Wolfgang tries to get his lawyers to arrange bail. They report that they are up against a stonewall. Wolfgang seethes. Arrangements are madewith the guards that money can buy but even then Wolfgang has trouble getting what he wants. He is up against an organisation at least as good as his own, the other hapf of the ex-Stasi. Wolfgang steps up his attention. His competitive urges are stimulated and aroused again.

Sam has a call from her cousin, Tom Doon in Trenchtown, Jamaica. They talk loosely about the world. This is a social call. They are close friends as well as cousins.

Simon sits across from Sam at the Boathouse. He is working on a Job Sheet, The Case of the Tramp. At the moment there is not much on it. But Simon is convinced something is up.

Outside on the riverbank life goes on. Astor runs about or lies in the sun. The angler casts, never seeming to catch anything. The Tramp dances, Rob draws, Esme and Bella sit in College Park and talk about their mothers.

Simon thinks about the Tramp's routine. He is not always antisocial. The Tramp enjoys going to a church soup kitchen in Jericho but seldom lingers to talk. He is afraid of breaking into one of his dances and causing a scene.

He likes roasting chestnuts. For this he needs a fire and sometimes, on a very quiet night in winter the Guv asks him in to the Joiner's to sit by the fire and roast a few.

Once in a while he sings songs of the sixties like Love me do. Not loudly but loud enough for Esme and Bella to hear and to smile. These are his good times. He consciously sings. The dance is another thing. It just comes over him and he has to dance.

Occasionally he limps. The Tramp does not understand why this is so. It is like a phantom pain. He knows it is there, he has to limp but he cannot pinpoint the spot where it actually hurts.

Over the next few days the Tramp is watched by, or seemed to be watched by others. One actually happened to be a birdwatcher. Esme falls for this. She runs to get Simon. When the person concerned is approached by Simon its a little embarrasssing for all concerned.

Later Esme also thinks she sees someone else again. She is a bit rattled. Bella tells her not to worry. They get on with planning their visit to the rock festival.

The runner comes down the path. He is muttering away to himself. Esme and Bella strain to hear what is being said. Paul is frowning and fairly chattering away to himself. Something about Memphis.

Bella is fascinated by diets. She has lots of books which she shares with her mother about what to eat, how much and when. Sometimes she tries them but because she does not really need to do so its all a bit academic.

She is thinking about learning the violin. It would be marvelous to be musical. Bella once tried to learn the piano but she never seemed to find time to practice.

Bella is wondering about a career. There is nothing that appeals to her. Her father is pressing her to find something that she likes and to aim for it. Her mother, seizing what s at hand suggests being a dietician.

Rob and Bella are planing a holiday. Where can they go? They are both under age and fat chance of parents approving. How would they go? Neither of them has a license so a car is out of the question.

Ella has gone right off meat. She has spoken to Sam about becoming a vegan but it seems like too much effort and would be hard to bring off at home.

Esme has tickets for a pop concert. This is something that the three of them, Bella, Rob and Esme can do. They plan the day.

Esme takes some photos of Astor in the park with her new camera. She wonders whether Rob has time these days to make stencils from her photos. Mind you, she thought, Rob's style is changing so much these days...

In Belfast the Ringmaster works with the lions. There is some whip work involved and he takes care to look after the animals while he appears to be the liontamer. This is partly a survival strategy and also a reflection of his genuine regard for animals.

Esme thinks she sees someone else watching the Tramp but she can't tell for sure. She asks Bella and Rob to keep an eye out. They think Esme might be losing it just a bit.

Rob has been decorating walls around his house. Little sculptures in brick and stone could be seen every few metres. The house backed on to the Isis.
Rob is nearly finished school and can't wait until its over.

He is reading a lot of technical stuff to help him with his sculptures. Engines to turn wheels of paper. Wooden cogs and steel ratchets. Rob's room is stacked full of these constructions.

Rob is playing rugby at school. He is the second five eighth. He likes paying in a team. He likes being fit. But he could do without coaches that seem to shout all day and long bus trips.

Rob likes steak. His mum says he is growing at a rate that defies description. He ignores that kind of comment and eats whatever is put before him. He never seems to get fat though.

Rob's part in the planning of the holiday with Bella relates to the food bit. Where will they eat and what? Since it is a holiday that will never happen he can imagine the finest foods.

Esme has doubts about the angler. He never seems to catch much. Who is he and where does he come from and what is he doing on their stretch of the river Isis?

Like Bella she is starting to read Iris Murdoch. Bella is reading Iris Murdoch but having to ask her mother for explanations which irks her no end. Esme staggers ahead on her own with Iris.

Esme and Bella were now both in the hockey team at school. Bella is the vice captain of the hockey team in fact. Esme is Right Back. It gets them out and about and they have been as far afield as Reading this year.

Bella is looking forward to going to the concert with Esme and Rob. With Esme she plans what to wear. Who they will see. How they will treat people they meet.

Esme is learning the guitar. Her specialty is the bass although she is interested in playing lead. Its fun at this stage. Its also a way of meeting people and not having to do boring things instead.

She has discovered salads and become good at making them. At home she is growing rocket and other herbs. This means that her salads really are her own.

Esme likes old fashioned music, Dadrock. Much to the amusement of her parents. But its because she likes the classic rock tracks and their basslines. Pop music is not a frivolous thing for her.

Esme is worried about the Tramp. He is so serious now. She preferred it when he sang more. Questions as to how he came to be like this and who he really is keep coming back to her.

The man with the private zoo in Bogota had been approached by some Germans with whom had dealt over the years. He has agreed to release Julio for a job. His wish was to be kept out of the loop. Julio would be away and then he would return.








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11.Don't drink any fluids within 2 hours of going to bed. This will reduce the likelihood of needing to get up and go to the bathroom, or at least minimize the frequency.
12.Go to the bathroom right before bed. This will reduce the chances that you'll wake up to go in the middle of the night.
13.Eat a high-protein snack several hours before bed. This can provide the L-tryptophan needed for your melatonin and serotonin production.
14.Also eat a small piece of fruit. This can help the tryptophan cross your blood-brain barrier.
15.Avoid before-bed snacks, particularly grains and sugars. These will raise your blood sugar and delay sleep. Later, when blood sugar drops too low (hypoglycemia), you may wake up and be unable to fall back asleep.
16.Take a hot bath, shower or sauna before bed. When your body temperature is raised in the late evening, it will fall at bedtime, facilitating slumber. The temperature drop from getting out of the bath signals your body it’s time for bed.
17.Wear socks to bed. Feet often feel cold before the rest of the body because they have the poorest circulation. A study has shown that wearing socks reduces night wakings. As an alternative, you could place a hot water bottle near your feet at night.
18.Wear an eye mask to block out light. As discussed earlier, it is very important to sleep in as close to complete darkness as possible. That said, it's not always easy to block out every stream of light using curtains, blinds or drapes, particularly if you live in an urban area (or if your spouse has a different schedule than you do). In these cases, an eye mask can be helpful.
19.Put your work away at least one hour before bed (preferably two hours or more). This will give your mind a chance to unwind so you can go to sleep feeling calm, not hyped up or anxious about tomorrow's deadlines.
20.No TV right before bed. Even better, get the TV out of the bedroom or even completely out of the house. It’s too stimulating to the brain, preventing you from falling asleep quickly. TV disrupts your pineal gland function.
21.Listen to relaxation CDs. Some people find the sound of white noise or nature sounds, such as the ocean or forest, to be soothing for sleep. An excellent relaxation/meditation option to listen to before bed is the Insight audio CD. Another favorite is the Sleep Harmony CD, which uses a combination of advanced vibrational technology and guided meditation to help you effortlessly fall into deep delta sleep within minutes. The CD works on the principle of “sleep wave entrainment” to assist your brain in gearing down for sleep.
22.Read something spiritual or uplifting. This may help you relax. Don't read anything stimulating, such as a mystery or suspense novel, which has the opposite effect. In addition, if you are really enjoying a suspenseful book, you might be tempted to go on reading for hours, instead of going to sleep!
23.Journaling. If you often lay in bed with your mind racing, it might be helpful keep a journal and write down your thoughts before bed. Personally, I have been doing this for 15 years, but prefer to do it in the morning when my brain is functioning at its peak and my cortisol levels are high.
Lifestyle Suggestions That Enhance Sleep
24.Reduce or avoid as many drugs as possible. Many drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, may adversely effect sleep. In most cases, the condition causing the drugs to be taken in the first place can be addressed by following guidelines elsewhere on my web site.
25.Avoid caffeine. At least one study has shown that, in some people, caffeine is not metabolized efficiently, leaving you feeling its effects long after consumption. So, an afternoon cup of coffee or tea will keep some people from falling asleep at night. Be aware that some medications contain caffeine (for example, diet pills).
26.Avoid alcohol. Although alcohol will make you drowsy, the effect is short lived and you will often wake up several hours later, unable to fall back asleep. Alcohol will also keep you from entering the deeper stages of sleep, where your body does most of its healing.
27.Make certain you are exercising regularly. Exercising for at least 30 minutes per day can improve your sleep. However, don't exercise too close to bedtime or it may keep you awake. Studies show exercising in the morning is the best if you can manage it.
28.Lose excess weight. Being overweight can increase your risk of sleep apnea, which can seriously impair your sleep. (CLICK HERE for my nutritional recommendations.)
29.Avoid foods you may be sensitive to. This is particularly true for sugar, grains, and pasteurized dairy. Sensitivity reactions can cause excess congestion, gastrointestinal upset, bloating and gas, and other problems.
30.Have your adrenals checked by a good natural medicine clinician. Scientists have found that insomnia may be caused by adrenal stress.
31.If you are menopausal or perimenopausal, get checked out by a good natural medicine physician. The hormonal changes at this time may cause sleep problems if not properly addressed.

Papers on Social Work 4th Edition by Peter Cleave has been released by Campus Press, There is a discussion of Whanau Ora the New Zealand government's strategy for social work announced in April-May 2010. There is a revisiting of the theme of restorative justice. All this and the classic, prize winning essays on social work education and value systems that have made Papers on Social Work one of the best selling books in the Campus Press set, internationally and locally.


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About the author.
It is said that Peter Cleave has more books in New Zealand Libraries than any other author. Beginning as a collaborator on The Oxford Picture Dictionary of Maori in 1979 there has been a consistent pattern of a book published, an article in a referred journal and then a radio commentary repeated over a long period. With this pattern of published work have come the prizes; the First Class Masterate from Auckland University and a Commonwealth scholarship to the University of Oxford, the Phillip Bagby Scholarship and Rhodes Foundation funds while doing the Oxford Doctorate, the chair of the college common room and on from these to taking the prizes for best paper at conferences like the International Federation of Social Workers in Montreal in 2000.

Peter Cleave is without peer at the meeting place of language, culture and criticism, locally and internationally and this is seen in the sale of his books to libraries in New Zealand and Australia and around the world.

At the same time Peter Cleave, a former captain of the Manurewa High School First Fifteen in South Auckland, works on community radio and touches base with working people. He left school to work on the MV Tofua, a Banana Boat and began to learn about the Pacific, something he is still doing.

About Campus Press
Campus Press is the biggest academic press outside the universities in New Zealand. It was established in 1992 and for the last twelve years has been based in Palmerston North. Campus Press mostly supplies libraries.

Papers on Social Work, 4th Edition follows other releases in 2010 like Takutai: the Foreshore and Seabed, New Zealand’s most topical book with implications for US, European and other coastlines. ISBN 978-1-877229-46-6 See the attachment for the cover.



Takutai, the foreshore and seabed by Peter Cleave gives an historical background and then an analysis of the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act and the 2009 Ministerial Review. There is a wide range of examples of co-governance and co-management by iwi and councils of the foreshore and seabed from around Aotearoa/New Zealand. International case studies are also given. The Conclusion sets the scene for the Repeal of the Act and the introduction of new legislation in 2010.

What the critics had to say about the advance article;

one of the most well-conceived discussions of the present state of the Act that exists in print anywhere. …an extremely useful contribution not only to academic discourse, but to issues affecting the national life of the country.

Professor Paul Moon

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Full Review of Peter Cleave’s Ten Volume Set

By Paul Moon

July 2009

The very nature of academic publishing is that it serves a niche market, and in a country as small as New Zealand, that niche can be so narrow that some books probably never see the light of day because they are simply uneconomic to produce. So when a ten-volume set of books is released, written by Professor Peter Cleave – one of New Zealand’s respected academics – attention is bound to be aroused by the scale of the venture, and by the promise of a substantial body of content.

The work’s opening volume comprises a collection of articles, some of which are new, and some of which are revised versions of existing articles that Cleave has written or presented. The relevancy of the work is underscored by the first paper, which contains suggested options for dealing with the vexed issue of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004. The Government has indicated that it will reach some conclusions on this matter within the next two months, but regardless of what is decided, it will be interesting to see the extent to which Cleave’s recommendations are reflected in Government policy, and for academics to debate some of the themes raised long after any settlement has been made at a political level. This article stands out as being the most detailed in this volume, and certainly one of the most well-conceived discussions of the present state of the Act that exists in print anywhere. For this piece alone, the first volume in this collection makes an extremely useful contribution not only to academic discourse, but to issues affecting the national life of the country.

Other articles in this volume focus on issues surrounding Maori language – its survival, its transition from an oral to a written language, and its re-emergence as an oral and written language. To this is added a highly original and possibly even provocative piece on conceptual interpretations of pa; a reflection on issues associated with the 1981 Springbok rugby tour to New Zealand, and concludes with a series of brief but brilliant articles which tackle a variety of culturally-charged concepts, and which, among much else, challenge the reader’s understanding of meanings associated with them.

From a collection of articles, Cleave then provides in the second volume of this collection a book. Starting points? A discussion of contemporary Maori society and culture, is primarily about New Zealand historiography, into which is injected a broad range of arguments and perspectives relating to issues such as culture, identity, tradition and modernity, and the media. One of the great strengths of this volume is the extent to which Cleave is able to draw on international material and examples to illuminate his arguments, without the reader ever getting the sense that he is being overwhelmed by comparative examples from other countries. It is a difficult balance to establish, but when handled as masterfully as in Starting Points? The benefits are immediately apparent. The theme of literacy raised in the first volume reappears briefly in this one, but in a substantially different context, with a strong connection with the way in which history works in cultures that had/have strong oral components. In the central sections of this volume is a series of analyses of the works of other writers, in which Cleave adopts the format of quoting passages from articles, and then providing a commentary on them. This is an approach to criticism that is too seldom utilised. In the case of this volume, it has enabled Cleave to deconstruct and then reconstruct ideas and themes, using these sources as interchangeable building blocks – able to be assembled in a variety of forms according to the writer’s perspectives.

Following on from Starting Points? is the third edition of one of Cleave’s seminal works: Rangahau pae iti kahurangi: Research in a small world of light and shade. This work, on themes and approaches to research in a broadly Maori context, has become a recommended text book for many tertiary course around the country, and draws heavily on traditional concepts of learning and understanding as part of the basis for one of the frameworks of research. The traditional is not closed off from critique, however, and Cleave’s great strength in this area is his ability to combine an in-depth cultural knowledge with recent scholarship on research, producing insightful and useful conclusions for anyone engaged in this area of study.

Another third edition in this collection is Papers on Social Work. His volume is made up of seven papers dealing with subjects from the more standard ones, such as ethics, to the some unlikely choices, such as the city space and social work, and the thematically-related article on places of inquiry. Yet, whether predictable or otherwise, Cleave brings new insights and challenging perspectives to the reader. Even the most experienced social work practitioner would be bound to have the perceptions of their profession augmented as a result of reading this book and absorbing some of its ideas.

Papers on Social Work is followed by the 244-page volume Papers on Language. Made up of thirteen articles, this work has Cleave again drawing on a useful quantity of international scholarship, and revealing why he is so highly-regarded in the academic community. There are too few writers in this country capable of combining material from so many different disciplines and in a way that produces such a wide variety of perspectives. Again, there is some material here that appears elsewhere, but its precise employment this volume avoids any sense of repetition. A few of the shorter articles in this volume would be suited mainly for teachers of te reo, but otherwise, the tenor of the works as a whole is well-suited to the general academic reader.

The next book in this collection is the 197-page What do we know about the mark on the wall? Images, rules and prior knowledge. As for its subject, Cleave opens with the teasing line: ‘As the author I still have difficulty saying what his book is about’. But rather than answer with a pithy summary, Cleave allows the ideas contained in this work to speak for themselves – no more, no less. Themes about the meaning of ideas, place, and memory compete with topics on historiography, sociolinguistics, and social geography, among many others. This is probably the most challenging book in the collection. Cleave moves, sometimes with great speed, from one topic to another, often leaving just hints of whole new areas of potential exploration. The reader might feel settled with an idea, and then in the next paragraph, Cleave might challenge that idea from several angles, before hauling the topic elsewhere, with a series of careful thematic links. There is no stated topic for this book, and nor ought there to be. It is like a rhapsody, with different motifs surfacing at various points, connected by very little at times, yet, at the conclusion, it all seems to have a link of sorts to the idea of knowledge. This is possibly one of the most satisfying yet challenging works in the collection.

Te Pu Tapere- the impulse to perform, formerly known as Depot Takirua, is the third edition of this work, and focuses mainly on the electronic media. At 204 pages, it is as substantial a work as any of its companion volumes in this collection, and for those studying film and television in New Zealand, it would be indispensible. This most certainly ought to be a prescribed text for all media students. The portrayal of Maori in film and television comes in for close scrutiny here, and Cleave seizes on several deficiencies and stereotypes in the way culture is presented in popular culture. The chapter on Jane Campion’s The Piano is one of the outstanding portions of this book, and as all the other chapters, offers insights that hitherto have not been available to readers interested in these areas of study. Some of the essays in this work date back to the 1990s, but have been revised where appropriate to maintain their currency.

Iwi Station: A Discussion of Print, Radio, Television, and the Internet in Aotearoa/ New Zealand also has a string media focus, as the title suggests. However, in keeping with the general approach of the other volumes in this collection, Cleave has added elements of history, sociology, and anthropology into the mix. And instead of merely being descriptive about the topics he has chosen, Cleave continually probes and questions to elicit deeper meanings behind them. This is most certainly a text that should be compulsory reading for every journalist and person involved in the media in New Zealand. In particular, it lifts the lid on the sorts of conceptual developments in thought that have led to the status the media currently has in New Zealand.

This collection, coming out as a single set, is unique in New Zealand academic writing. But the format and quantity side, the lasting value of these works is in the ideas they express and the changes in perception that they will bring about for the reader. Cleave deserves full praise for the contribution he has made in these works to the intellectual conversation about New Zealandness.

Paul Moon is Professor of History at Te Ara Poutama, the faculty of Maori Development at AUT University.

There are ten books in the basic Campus Press set. All of these are 200 pages or more in length. Terms of Trade are that the books are available from Campus Press for 57.00 NZD as individual titles or for 400.00 NZD for the Collection.

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978-1-877229-35-0 Aotearoa, papers of contest, Third Edition

978-1-877229-32-9 Maori Unpacked Second Edition

978-1-877229-37-4 Iwi Station Second Edition

978-1-877229-39-8 Papers on Language Third Edition

978-1-877229-42-8 Papers on Social Work Third Edition

978-1-877229-43-5 Rangahau pae iti kahurangi Third Edition

978-1-877229-44-2 What do we know about the mark on the wall Third Edition

978-1-877229-43-5 Te Pu Tapere- the Impulse to perform, formerly titled, From the Depot Takirua, Third Edition

978-1-877229-41-1 Papers to conference Fourth Edition

978-1-877229-38-1 Starting Points


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