puff 573 Thursday 25th

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Good stuff below from Wheeler's Corner
Parliament has made only desultory and discordant attempts to tackle the damaging impact of pokie machines. A serious examination of these insidious and addictive machines and their social cost is overdue. Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell's Gambling Harm Reduction Bill should be that opportunity. The Speaker, Lockwood Smith, has done his part by giving MPs a conscience vote. It will be a shame if National, Act and United Future ignore that convention. Councils would be able to ban pokies in vulnerable areas, 80 per cent of proceeds from the machines would have to be distributed locally, and payments to the racing industry would be banned. Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy says he is unconvinced the bill would fulfill the Government's aim of minimising the harm of pokies while maximising returns to the community. Yet Mr. Guy says that while he is disappointed with the behaviour of some gaming societies, he does not believe the system should be turned over to local government. [It’s not hard to work out who the Governments friends are]

A spokesman for the Internal Affairs Department suggested this year that 30 of the country's 50 gambling trusts had "issues of non-compliance" similar to those of the Trusts Charitable Foundation, which paid more than $500,000 to one of its trustees to sign up new pokie venues. Further, the department has had to crack down on huge sums being pumped from pokie machines to trotting clubs in a way that raised conflict of interest questions. All in all, there is more than enough evidence to suggest the future of pokie trusts should be looked at. That raised the threat of pokie money going to pet projects unrelated to the local community.

Maori Unpacked continued
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Before we break for supper let's check the room again.

On the Fridge Door Blackboard we have all the negatives under the Banner Headline;

Kua kai koe?
Have you eaten?

Kao. Kaaore anoo
No. Not yet

Kaua e kai kei hiakai koe!
Don't eat unless you are hungry

And just as you go out the door there is a Question Box with

Kei te peehea koe?
How are you?

Ka haere koe ki hea?
Where are you going?

He aha te kaupapa?
What is the purpose?

Aa hea koe e haere?
When will you go?

Ko wai teeraa tangata i waho?
Who is that person outside?

E aua.
I don't know.








And on the coffee table in a Book of Dreams and Reflections there is the Past. The Present and the Future...

Inanahi, he tangata nui au...
I was a big man yesterday...

Aapoopoo, ka hoki mai au.
Tomorrow I will return

I teenei ra ka whakaaro tonu au moo eenei mea.
Today I am thinking about these things

Ko te wawata kia hoki au ki te ngaahere.
The hope is that I will return to the forest.

He aha ai?
Why?

Ki te whakarongo ki nga manu.
To listen to the birds.

Ko teetahi moemoea hoki kia haere au ki taawahi.
Another dream is that I will go overseas.

He aha toou tino hiahia?
What is your greatest desire.

Teenaa, tuhia mai i te Pukapuka o nga Moemoea.
Write it in the Book of Dreams.

Aa teeraa rautau pea ka paanui aau uri i oou whakaaro.

Next century perhaps your descendants will read your thoughts.



He kupu hou- some new words

moemoea- dream

toou- yours singular

teetahi- a certain, singular

hiahia- desire

wawata- aspiration

taawaahi- the other side, overseas

rautau- century

uri- descendants

whakarongo- listen