Posts by Jackie Clark
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I hadn't realised that, Islander. Thanks for that clarification re the Kai Tahu settlement.
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To be fair there is a reasonable compromise and that's to adopt BOTH spellings officially recognising BOTH heritages. It happened with Mt Cook/Aoraki. Why not Wanganui/Whanganui?
With all due respect to you, Emily, that double naming thing is only ever used, I believe, and I am perfectly happy to stand corrected, with tourists in mind. and perhaps as a bit of a nod to our bicultural history and heritage. I also think that it has only happened in this one case. I can think of no others that are commonly used. People either use the Maori or English names for places. Personally, I understand that the Wa/Wha thing down your way has become less about the extra h and more about a bit of a power struggle. I say stop the madness. It was Whanganui before your ancestors and mine arrived here, and Whanganui it should stay. Seriously. Think hard on it, Emily. Is calling your fair city Wanganui/Whanganui really a sensible way of approaching the whole thing. A bit pointless perhaps? Not to mention, smelling a little of civic selfimportance?
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Oh Jackie, wish I could :( Wont be back until October. London is a bit far to get to the pub from. Tell you what, Cutty Sark Pub in Greenwich is mighty perdy and oh so comfortable if you wanna meet me there one night next week. We could sit outside and look across the water at the 02 Dome.:)
What are you doing in London???? Why wasn't I told? I wondered where you were, I have to say. I miss you.
@Sacha yes rum - and pizza even.......... -
On the other hand, speaking of PA social type things, it's the holidays coming up and I have a hankering to see my PA buddies at a certain neighbourhood bar. With rum. Email me if you too have this hankering.
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A PA bookclub? What a very scary thought. I'd have to refrain just because I have a horror of big brainy books. Or even very little brainy books. And I never buy books, I only borrow them from the library. Now, what other excuses can I come up with?
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I think the saw goes that racism is macro, racial prejudice is micro.
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Safe travels, Damian.
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Oh, I feel no compassion for him, Sacha. Just sad that people deal with grief and pain in different ways, and his way of doing so seems to be somewhat selfdestructive.
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My Mum (60ish) really wants a T shirt that says "Michael Laws is a whanker".
That is classic and should be acknowledged, Jeremy. Hail to the mothers, say I. And as for the man himself, I just felt overwhelmingly sad when I saw him on the telly last night. Here's a man who has some huge things going on in his personal life at the moment, and I wonder if he isn't using this as a distraction, or something. He's doing himself no favours. At all.
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Courageous kids
I wonder if that news will appear in the Marsden old girls' newsletter?
Now, now, Hilary. No need to defame my alma mater. :)