puff 608 Friday 14th

This looks interesting

White Cloud Worlds: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artwork
from Aotearoa New Zealand (ed. Paul Tobin, 2010). The book profiles
selected works by 27 established and emerging New Zealand artists. As
noted in the Introduction by Richard Taylor (of Weta Workshop fame), “It
is the gift of great imagination coupled with exceptional technical
illustration skills that makes a great fantasy or concept artist. In the
pages of this book, readers will find examples in which the artists have
gone beyond simply the creation of a beautiful painting and have embedded
a truly unique idea into their art.” Featured artists include Ben Wootten,
Sacha Lees and David Meng.

January 14 Fri Te whare miere
Kaupapa korero mo te ra nei
Kei te aha te Torangapu Reipa i tenei tau?
Rangahau
He whakaaro hou i te Torangapu Reipai te Tau Hou? Kia pena ai he aha ena?
Subject of the day
What is the Labour party doing this year?
Analysis
Are there new thoughts in the New Year from the Labour Party? If so what are they?
www.labour.org.nz/


Maori Unpacked continued
Appendix 2

A Note on three kinds of verb

There are various ways to look at the verb. Biggs in Let's Learn Maori suggested that there is a two part division; statives and universals.

One way to look at these is with the passive in mind.

Statives are inherently passive.

Universals can be made into passives.

Universals may be divided into verbs of movement which do not, as a rule take the passive and the rest which do.

Verbs of movement have a regular usage of i and ki wherein i means from and ki means to. This is set out in the note on i and ki.

It might also be the case that when verbs of movement are made into gerunds they take the o category.

With these distinctions in mind it may be profitable to say that there are three kinds of verb in Maori; statives, universals and verbs of movement. Kenneth Hale's work in this area is very useful.