puff 609 Monday 17th Jan

01 11 Eavesdropper for 13th January 2011 [520 Words]

The ‘London Café’ in George Street echoed to the sound of Peter Cleave and Nicola Hay harmonizing beautifully on a song ‘Veronica Bay’ they were accompanied on drums and bass guitar by Steve Christian and Steve Calvert. Together they are known as the Pony Band. It was brunch on a Sunday and I sat warm and snug as I listened to this very talented musical group.
While they were taking a break I listened in to a couple of Massey students discussing a hot topic amongst students, so naturally my Sally Whites got a boost and what I heard I think needs to be shared.
“Did he really say that? Said the Red haired young woman, whom I will call Red...
“Absolutely”, it was published on their website”, answered a woman of a similar age whose hair was jet black and whom I’ll title Ms. Black.
“Well I think it’s disgusting, I can’t see how anyone in their right mind can compare being raped and having to join the Massey Student Union”, said Ms. Red.
“The man must be an idiot to say such a thing, is he a student? Ms. Black asked.
“Oh he is male, after all no female would make such an inane statement and yes I think he is a student”, said Ms. Red
“I think he is the Chairperson of the local ACT party student mob”, Stated Ms. Black.
“Oh well that explains it, their branch only has a couple of members, they are the crowd who are opposed to compulsory student union membership”. Ms. Red said.
“Weird really, because we all know that if membership is not compulsory then Massey will charge us for the services and it will also mean we will have no say”. Ms Black uttered with a note of seriousness.
“And besides that we’ve already decided that it would be compulsory, in fact we had a vote on it, didn’t we? She added as an afterthought.
“Yes we did and compulsory won hands down, didn’t that MP David Garret belong to the ACT Party? And didn’t he steal the identity of a dead child? Ms. Red enquired.
“Right on both counts and he was forced to resign”, Ms. Black said with a smile.
“Any way do you reckon the Act Party will get compulsory student fees wiped even though students and universities don’t want it changed? Ms. Red asked.
“Oh yes the Nats need the Act party so they will pamper to the 2.5% Act crowd and we’ll have to bloody pay more, or have it added it to our loans”, said Ms. Black.
“The band is starting up again, not bad are they, I’d sooner listen to them rather than talk about the Act Party, and at least the bands got talent…said Ms. Red.
I turned down the volume on my hearing aids and uttered to myself I’m with you Ms. Red as my toe started tapping in time with a Donovan number being expertly rendered by the Pony Band. If I was a lot younger I might have found the nerve to ask Ms. Red for a date…but then we can all dream.

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January 17 Mon
Rangitaanenuirawa
Kaupapa korero mo te ra nei
E aha te kapa paporo o Rangitaane i tenei tau?
Rangahau
Kua haere te kapa paporo ki te whakataetae ki Whakatane? E haere ano te kapa nei ki HopuHopu? He aha te pai o enei haerenga?
Subject of the day
What will the Rangitaane Touch Team do this year?
Analysis
Has this Touch Team gone to Whakatane? Will they go again to HopuHopu? What is the value in these journeys?
www.sportsground.co.nz/whakatanetouch

Maori Unpacked continued
Appendix Three

A note on teaching i and ki

I have found that teaching i and ki in the following order seems to work:

1 following verbs of movement i means from and ki means to
Ka haere au ki te whare, I go to the house
Ka haere au i te whare, I go from the house

2 following statives i means by
Ka riro te keemu i a maatou, the game was won by us

3 i meaning with
Ka koa au i te whare
I'm pleased with the house

4 following universals both i and ki function as connectives as in
ka whakarongo au i a koe
or
Ka whakarongo au ki a koe
I listen to you

5 ki is an instrumental
Ka topa au i te raakau ki te toki, I chopped the tree with the axe

6 i and ki are locatives meaning in or at a certain location
Ka noho au i Rotorua, I live in Rotorua
Ka noho au ki Rotorua, I live in Rotorua

7 ki te means if
Ki te haere au ki Taamaki Makau Rau, If I go to Auckland

8 i te means because
I te hekenga o te ua... because of the falling of the rain