puff 606 Wednesday 12th

Maximise writes ib Reader;
‘…Wikileaks is only a false flag operation.

Using some truth, in conjunction with a lot of drama to validate some kind of deceptive information for the public.’

This is interesting. There were some strange things about his bail conditions and it was difficult to work out whether it was the Swedes or the British who were opposing bail at one stage.
One place to start an analysis of this might be with what Maximise calls the ‘drama’. Assange is wanted in Sweden on criminal charges. A large part of the drama seems to be about whether he is a criminal or a crusader. And that’s the nub of the drama, the question that keeps the public interested.
So there is a personal part to the drama.
Then there is the state aspect to the drama. One big state is after Assange and he is being defended or at least stuck up for by smaller states including his native Australia. So the drama has another dimension, a David and Goliath aspect.
This is a pretty good screenplay so far and DiCaprio would be a fair choice for the lead. Like Assange he looks very unlike a terrorist. Assange is even better though. He looks like the guy next door in an American sitcom. Assange looks like the regular guy caught up in irregular circumstances.
If you were writing this as a script you would want to make sure;
1 that the charges were vague and contestable- that way the hero is not clearly a bad guy.
2 that the hero’s intentions were honourable- that way the hero might be a crusader for justice rather than a criminal
3 that the hero looked like one of us so that we could identify with him.
Assange would be perfect for the part.
It may be that Maximise hit the nail on the head with the drama aspect of his thesis. The Wikileaks story is pretty neat. Too neat really…
As for the rest of Maximise’s thesis, that Wikileaks is disinformation of some kind, what about that?




January 12 Wed
Te ao paho
Kaupapa korero mo te ra nei
Toku Kainga ki Te Karere
Rangahau
He korero mo Toku Kainga i Te karere. He tauira pai tenei i runga i te Pou Whakaaata. He aha ai?
Subject of the day
Toku Kainga on Te Karere
Analysis
A discussion of Toku Kainga on Te Karere. This is a good example on Television. Why?
tvnz.co.nz/te-karere


Maori Unpacked continued
68
Unpacking the Agent

By taking the prefix kai- and putting it before another word you can refer to an agent
kai-
kaimahi, worker
kaituhi
writer
Ma te kaiwhakahaere te aahua o te hui.
The form of the hui is over to the organiser.

And now its time to unpack the Revision Exercises. This means going back to the first exercise and beginning with the sounds of the language

Go to your False-bottomed Top Hat or your Box of Magic Tricks and review the magic of the language...

Kia pai oo koutou haereng aa reo!
May your journeys in the language be good!





He kupu hou- some new words

waea- phone

haramai- coming

maa- white

noona- his

kee- otherwise, instead

noa- just

noa iho- quite

mokemoke- lonely

matua keekee- aunt

kau- just, quite

roto- in, inside

hokinga- return


arewhana- elephant

whakahoa- befriend

puta- apear

huinga- gathering

hopua- pool

kohumuhumu- gossip

kore- not

e kore e koe- undoubtedly

iri- hang

moohio- know

paatai- question

nohopuku- sit quietly

heoi- marking an end to one thin and the start of another


pirangi- wish, desire

wera- hot

inaianei- now

kaimahi- worker

kaituhi- writer

kaiwhakahaere- organiser