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Hard News: Friday Music: Who is the head Space Māori?

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  • Russell Brown,

    Gary Steel has just posted a tribute to Ron Kane.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Hugh Wilson,

    Good looking on the S.O.U.L BBoy edit - as the soundcloud page notes it has some infamy as the source of Pete Rock & CL Smooth's 'Go with the flow'. At least one of S.O.U.L's albums (and possibly both) had an Australian pressing BITD - another page in the 'the industry did that?' book for folks like me who find these things really interesting ...

    Melbourne • Since Feb 2013 • 168 posts Report Reply

  • Craig Young,

    Surely Temuera Morrison when you think about it. He did play Boba Fett's dad in the second Star Wars movie, Attack of the Clones.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 573 posts Report Reply

  • linger, in reply to Craig Young,

    I think some degree of authorship, rather than only participation as an actor, is being assumed. Otherwise we'd also have to consider Cliff Curtis in Sunshine .

    Tokyo • Since Apr 2007 • 1944 posts Report Reply

  • mark taslov,

    Rona

    Rona was the daughter of the sea god Tangaroa. She was the Tide Controller. One night she was carrying a bucket with stream water back home to her children, when the path became dark. The Moon slipped behind the clouds making it impossible to see anything. As Rona was walking, she hit her foot against a root that was sticking out of the ground. She was so upset that she couldn't see the root, she made some unkind remarks about the Moon.

    The Moon heard her remarks and put a curse on the Maori people. The Moon grabbed Rona and her water bucket. Many people today see a woman with a bucket in the Moon. It is said that when Rona upsets her bucket, it rains. This Maori story symbolizes the influence of the Moon on the rain and on the waters of the Earth, and especially on the tides.

    In a separate Maori myth, a man named Rona went to the Moon to find his wife. To this day, the two take turns eating each other. This is how the phases of the Moon were explained

    Te Ika-a-Māui • Since Mar 2008 • 2281 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to mark taslov,

    This Maori story symbolizes the influence of the Moon...

    Then there's mooning as in whakapohane.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Jeremy Andrew,

    Looks like Taika is pulling ahead - being headhunted for Star Wars gives him double-extra-bonus space Maori points...

    Hamiltron - City of the F… • Since Nov 2006 • 900 posts Report Reply

  • babybaby312 baby312,

    The push to (re)raise the drinking age, restrict party pills, ban fireworks and otherwise legislate safety into our lives raises the question: are we becoming too safe for our own good?

    manage • Since Dec 2017 • 1 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Jeremy Andrew,

    Looks like Taika is pulling ahead – being headhunted for Star Wars gives him double-extra-bonus space Maori points…

    Unassailable lead, you'd think. For a generation at least.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Jeremy Andrew,

    Taika is pulling ahead – being headhunted for Star Wars gives him double-extra-bonus space Maori points…

    "I can't heat your ghost ships, Luke!"

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Jeremy Andrew, in reply to Russell Brown,

    Well, if he can elbow Tarantino out the way & do Star Trek as well, then its in the bag.

    Hamiltron - City of the F… • Since Nov 2006 • 900 posts Report Reply

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