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Number 77Mar, 2015

Grey Power Wanganui IncPO Box 4197WANGANUI 4541

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From the President - Graham Adams

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T he y ea r s ta r t ed on a h i gh f o r G r ey P ower whe n a t eamf r om t he W anganu i Cl ub won t he Na t i ona l W om en’s F ou r sbow l s c ham p i onsh i p i n B r owns B a y, A uc k l a nd . T he t eamwas sk i p ped b y M em ber sh i p - S ec r e t a r y C y n t h i a A da m s,who had wi t h he r Do t B e l l i ss a nd G r ey P ower m em b er sG l e ny s P i dwe l l and P am B ur g ess . T he i r oppo nen ts i nt he f i na l we r e m uc h y ou nge r wom e n who se t o ta l a geswer e ab ou t 3 0% o f t he i r s ! ! A nd t he m or a l i s? ?? Youdec i de! !

December ’s m eet ing which f eatured Adv ance Care P lanningwas we l l a t t end ed .Dr A l an M ang an , s uppo r t ed by J e ann i e F ow l e r f r om t heDHB , ex p l a i ne d i n de ta i l wh a t A C P i s a l l abou t and t hev a r i e t y o f ques t i ons f r om m em ber s we r e i nd i c a t i v e o f t hec on c e r ns wh i c h t h ey ex pe r i e nc e as t h ey g r ow o l de r. I npa r t i c u l a r, t he c on t e n t i ou s m a t t e r o f a ss i s t ed dy i ng wasd i sc ussed at l engt h and hand l ed de l i c a te l y by D r M angan .I hav e been c om m ended by sev e ra l m em ber s f or i n i t i a t i ngt he d i s c uss i on an d t wo hav e r eq uest ed pu b l i c a t i on o fthe supp l i ed adv e r t i sem ent on page 3 re l a t i ng to a m eet i ngt o be h e l d i n W a nganu i on S und ay 1 M ar c h abo u t E nd -o f - L i f e Cho i c e . I n t e r e s t i n g l y, t he s ub j e c t wa s c ov e r ed i nt he S und ay St a r Ti m es o f 17 J anu a r y wh i c h r e f e r r ed t o ag r oup of A uc k l and Un i v e r s i t y r esear c he r s whose f i nd i ngson assi sted dying were publ ished i n the Journal Of Pal l i at iv eM ed i c i ne i n De c em be r, 20 14 .

S u b scr i p t i o n s a r e due i n M ar c h and c an b e pa i d e i t he rby c heq ue o r c ash , i n wh i c h c a se be su r e t o use t he f o r mi n th i s news l e t te r or by i n t e r ne t bank i ng . I f us i ng i n te r ne tp l e ase be c e r ta i n t o i den t i f y t he pay m en t by su r n am eand i n i t i a l s .Di s co u n t b o o k i s be i n g upd a t ed and r ep r i n t ed and w i l lbe sen t t o m em ber s on pay m e n t o f t he i r su bsc r i p t i o ns .T ho se wh o a r e f i n anc i a l t o 2016 wi l l r ec e i v e t he i r s i nM ar c h .F o r yo u r D i a r i e s : M e m ber s ’ m ee t i ngs f o r t he y ea r w i l lbe he l d on 1 2 M ar c h , 11 J u ne ( A G M ) , 10 S ep t em ber and10 Dec em b er.

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Choose carefullyThe inclusive price doesn’t include high end,more expensive frames or extras you may want.You can’t ‘top up’ or ‘up-grade’ with your ownmoney so you can obtain costlier items orextras.The optometrist or optician will only exchangeor repair a product if the glasses are faulty,not because you have changed your mind.If you break your glasses, the optometrist oroptician won’t replace them or refund moneyto you. If you need another pair of glasses youwill need to apply for hardship assistance again.Your glasses are covered by a two yearwarranty. If you glasses are faulty pleasecontact the optometrist or optician.There is no change to the qualification criteriafor receiving hardship assistance. MSD onlyadvances money to meet an immediate andessential need, not for added extras. source: www.msd.co.nz

Bet ter the devi l you know…W ay ne a nd J i m wer e qu i e t l y s i t t i ng i n a boa t , f i s h i ng and d r i nk i ng t i nn i es .“ I ’ m gon na d i v o r c e t he wi f e , ” s ay s W ay ne , “ she a i n ’ t sp ok en t o m e i n ov e r t wom on t h s . ”J i m tak e s a swi g o f be e r s l owl y and say s , “ B e t t e r t h i nk i t ov e r … . W om en l i k e t ha ta r e ha r d t o f i n d . ”

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I have a most in te rest ing book en t i t l edR ic h a r d Tay l o r : M i ss i on a ry Tr am p e r,published by A.H.and A.W. Reed, writ teni n 1 96 6 b y A .D . Me ad wh o a ls o w r o t eW an ga n u i R i ve r ( 19 5 7 ) . I q u o te f ro mhis introduction, “One source of variat ionw as du e t o d ia l ec t ; i n pa r t i c u l a r t h eas p i ra te h , wh e t h e r b y i ts e l f o r i n t h ec om b in a t i o n w h , w as f u l l y s o un de donly among the Ngapuhis of North Auckland;further south it was either lightly soundedo r a lm os t su pp re ss e d …”I see four reasons not to change “Wanganui”t o “W ha n ga nu i ” .

1. As seen in this quote, the pronunciationv a r ie d f r om p l ac e t o p la ce .

2 . T he t r a ns l a t o r s a t t h e t im ew er e g e ne ra l l y le a rn e d m en , s k i l l e din language acquisition and in translation.They wro te the language as they heardit. It would be an affront to their ancestorsto now sta te tha t these expe rt l ingu is ts“heard it wrong”. The reason they wrotet he wo r d “ Ma o r i ” , f o r ex a mp l e , on ew ou l d lo g ic a l l y a ss u me wa s b ec a us et ha t ’ s h o w th e y h ea rd i t .

3. Anyone can say almost anythinga ny w a y t he y w a n t t o , w i t h i n r ea s on .It ’s general ly a f ree world in that sense.I t j u s t w or ks be t t e r w he n th e re i s as tan da r d p ro nu nc ia t io n .

But i t can ’ t be leg is la ted becauselanguage changes - we a l l p lay a roundw i t h i t . I f so m e p eo p le wa n t t o sa y(phonetically) “ fakatane” for Whakatanethen t ha t ’s f ine , le t them say i t . I p re fert he “ l i gh t l y so u nd ed ” v e rs i on , a n d Ithink from what Mead states it ’s probablymore au then t i c , assuming we a l l wan tto be au then t i c . I am used to “ f i t ianga”as pronuncia t ion of Whit ianga becauset ha t ’s wh a t I g r ew u p w i t h , b u t i t ’ sp ro b ab l y n o t au t he n t i c , t h e “ l i g h t l yso und ed ” on e b e i ng mo r e s o .

Aga in , a s tandard pronunc ia t ionmakes sense because it makes understandinge as i e r. A n d i f t he re we r e v a r i a t i on sw he n i t w a s f i r s t wr i t t e n , i t sh o u l dbe no p r ob lem to h ave v a r ia t ions nowi n o u r p r o nu nc i a t i on , b u t s ta y w i t ht he o r ig i na l s p e l l i n g , be c au s e i t w a s

m os t l i ke l y t he c lo s e s t r en d i t i o n ? I fwe do not legislate for English spellingthenw hy f o r Mao r i ?

4. My fourth point is that Europeansbrought wi th t hem the means o f wr i t inga language, i .e. an a lphabet. In a senset he y “ h o l d t h e pa t en t ” . Ma o r i d i d n ’ ts ee t h e n ee d f o r a w r i t t en l a ng u ag eand thus nev e r de ve lop ed o ne .

Europeans came a long and gavethem one. Pe rhaps an a rgumen t cou ldb e ma d e t ha t t he Eu ro p ea n s sh o u l dth e re f o re ha ve t he f i r s t c ho i ce on t hesp e l l i ng !

I f t h e r e i s a ra d ic a l e r r o r so me -w he r e t he n t h a t co u ld be co r re c te db u t I s us p ec t t h a t 9 9 .9 % o f t h e t im eany “er rors” a re ins ign i f icant . Seve ra l lc on s on a n ts a re o f co u rs e n o t in t h eE u r o pe a n r ep e r t o i r e o f s o un d s , t h eh a r d e r “ r ” a nd t h e “ ng ” a t t he s ta r t o fa w o rd be in g e x am p le s . I t ’ s t o ta l l yap p r op r i a t e t ha t pe op le t r y t o g e t t hesound correct in a word such as “Ngatea”.

B u t as a t ea c he r o f l an g ua g e Iam aware that there is always a reasonablys ig n i f i c a n t se c t i on o f t h e p o pu la t io nwho w i l l a lw a ys s t ru gg le w i t h a s oundthat is no t part o f the i r nat ive language,o r n o t bo t he r t o s t r u g g l e w i t h i t a ta l l , o p t i ng f o r t h e c lo s es t o r e as i es ts ou nd (s u ch a s t h e ab o ve be co m in gs i mp ly “ Na t ea ” ) a nd i t i s by no m ea nsl im i t e d t o o n l y n o n - Ma o r i .

I t is a ll a way o f assert ing onesel fo r o ne ’s cu l t u r e – t h i s po l i t i c i sa t io no f l an g ua g e , a w ay o f s a y i n g “ he r e Ia m – r e co gn i se me ! ” T he po l i t i c a l l yc o r r ec t l e g i s la t io n o f l an g ua g e , t h esocial eng ineering of language change,i s a ls o a n o t h e r wa y o f a t t e mp t in g t ore ass e r t p owe r.

G i ve n hu ma n na t u r e , t he w ho lemovement in this direction is understandablea nd i t ha p pe n s i n a l l k i nd s o f o t h e rcontexts as we l l , wi th d i f f e rent po l it ica land specia l i n te res t g roups. But i t cana ls o b e a w a y o f “ ge t t i n g ba c k ” , i nt h i s ca s e o f i n f e r r i ng t h a t E u r o pe an sw er e w ro ng an d a re w r o ng in c e r ta i nth in gs s uc h as l an gu ag e .

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I t i s a l l a way of asse r t i ng onese l f or one ’sc u l t u r e – t h i s p o l i t i c i sa t i on o f l a ngua ge ,a way o f say i ng “ he r e I am – r e c ogn i sem e ! ” T he po l i t i c a l l y c o r r ec t l eg i s l a t i on o flanguage, the social engineering of languagec hange, i s a l so anot her way o f a t t em pt i ngt o r eas se r t power.

Given human nature, the whole movementi n t h i s d i r e c t i o n i s unde r s tan dab l e and i thap pens i n a l l k i n ds o f o t he r c on t ex ts aswe l l , w i t h d i f f e r en t po l i t i c a l and spec i a li n t e r es t g r ou ps. B u t i t c an a l so be a wayo f “ ge t t i ng bac k ” , i n t h i s c ase o f i n f er r i ngthat E ur opeans were wr ong and ar e wrongi n c e r ta i n t h i ngs suc h as l angua ge .

A nd i f t hey a r e wr ong i n t h a t , t henwha t e l se m ight t hey be wr ong i n? K i ck ingup a f u ss ab ou t a n as p i r a t ed c o nson an tc ou l d a l so b e a way o f c om p ensa t i ng f o rsom e o t h e r l a c k - r ec o gn i t i on , p ower, o rwho knows what else. Such at tent ion-get t ingtac t i c s l eav e , I s uspec t , t h e m a j o r i t y o fus – both Maori and non-Maori, plus ev eryonei n be t ween , un i m p r ess ed .

To t hos e so - c a l l ed a c adem i c s whof ee l t he nee d t o do t h i s , I say, ge t onwi t h t h e i m po r tan t t h i ngs , t he i ssu es t ha td i rec t l y i m pact on a l l o f us – the econom y,t he c r i m e r a t e , ed uc a t i on , h ea l t h , spo r t ,t he need f or up l i f t i ng c u l tu r a l ex p r essi on ,and so m any o t he r p r es s i ng t h i ng s o f f a rg r e a t e r i m po r t anc e t o t h e w ho le o f t hec oun t r y.Guy Steward is a teacher and a freelancew r i t e r S o u r c e : N Z C P R .c o m

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B e i ng K a rma ’s Gues t .A poem by Steve.B ro ther -Maj ik .

Som e t im es those you love c an hur t you,do n’ t f e e l upset o r de pre sse d,wha t goe s aro und, com es around,be on the r ig ht s id e o f k arm a b le sse d.

Ne ver f a i l ing tha t p ro f ound im por tant tes t ,w i th your f ee t stand ing f i rm ly on t hegr ound ,be f r ie nd ly l i ke ka rm a we lc om ing i t ’s gues t ;a lways be ha ppy, and never f e e l st re sse d.

Everyd ay above g round i s a goo d da y,tha t ’s r ea l ly wha t I say,tha t ’s r ea l ly what I have f ound.

o f t ransac t ions pa instak ing ly reco rdedin T u r t on’s deed s p os t ed f o r a l l t o se eo n t he Ne w Z e a l a nd E l e c t r on i c Tex tC en t re o f t h e V i c t o r i a U n i v e r s i t y o fW e l l i n g to n ’s w e bs i t e .

N ew Ze a la n d h a s 26 . 8 - m i l l i o nh ec ta r es o f l a n d . A t o ta l 1 . 2 -m i l l i o nhec ta res we re con f i sca t ed du r ing t he1860s wars (much of which was returneda t t he t ime ) . The re a re app ro x ima t e ly1 .4 7 m i l l i o n h e c ta re s o f Mao r i l an d( inc lud ing cus tomary land). There fore ,Ma o r i l a nd ow ne rs s o l d 24 . 13 -m i l l i onhec ta re s .

T he s tag ge r in g l y f oo l i s h p o l i c yb y t he f o u r t h L a bo u r g ov e rn m en t t olook into grievances back to 1840, invitedc la i ma n ts t o g e t c as h - f o r - g r i ev a nc etop-ups on 19th century sale and purchaseag reem en ts .

Once “rangatiratanga” is understoodt o t ra n s l a t e “ p os s es s io n ” , Mo rg a n ’spompous assertion about the “all importantaspirations encompassed in rangatiratanga”i s reduced to t he nonsens ica l concep to f asp ira t ions t o asse rt ing possessionov e r p rope r t y a l r eady so l d .

And i f “ ranga t i ra ta nga ” i s ta kento mean “self-determination”, the “rangatiratanga ” asp ira t ion appears t o descr ibee i t h e r t h e s ta t e o f s e l f - r e l i an c e t ha te ve r y c i t i ze n w h o wo r ks f o r a l i v in ga l r e ad y h as o r Ma o r i se pa r a t i sm . I fthe la t te r is the case, is Mo rgan ta lk ingu p Ma o r i se pa ra t i sm ?

I c h a l le n g e Mo r ga n t o p re s en ta c o he r en t a r g u m en t t o s u pp o r t h i sco n t en t io n t h a t “b ec aus e t h e c h i e f s ’

s igna tu res we re on t he t e reo ve rs ion .I t ’s ce r ta in ly poss ib le t hey d idn ’ t cedeso ve r e ig n t y t hen ” .

I f he had read the t rea ty he wou ldk no w th a t a r t i c l e 1 c le a r l y s ta t es “ t h echiefs of the Confederation of the UnitedTr i b es an d t h e o th e r ch i e f s w h o h av en o t j o i ne d t he c on f ed e r a t io n , ce de t othe Queen of England fo r ever the enti reS ov e r e i gn t y o f t h e i r co un t r y ” .

Anyone who re fers to the “un iqueb ic u l t u ra l c h a r a c t e r o f Ao t ea r oa Ne wZealand” in a sentence, as Morgan does,h as ou t ed h i m o r h e r s e l f a s a c a rd -c a r ry in g t r ea t y i s t w ho i s lo ok in g f o r ase a t o n t h e g r av y t r a i n .

E ve n t ho u gh Mo r ga n c r i t i c i se st he co n du c t o f t he W a i ta ng i Tr ib u na lI don ’ t ho ld much hope fo r h is p roposa lf o r a d i f f e r en t cou r se .

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Gare th M organ- Wrong on Trea tySelf-appointed guru Gareth Morgan boughti n t o h um a n - in d uc e d g l o ba l w a r m in gin an ea r l i e r book and h is cur rent worko n t he Tr ea t y o f W a i t an g i sh o ws h i mas a devotee o f t he make- i t -up as-you-go-along biculturalism that is the def iningc ha r ac t e r i s t i c o f Ne w Z e a l a nd ’s r ac eg ra vy t ra in .

H is co n c l u s i o n t h a t t he t r e a t yprocess is a success because the “t reatyi s n ow ta ke n t o m e an wh a te ve r Ma o r ileade rs and the Crown, as t he pub l i c ’srepresentat ives, agree it means” ignorest he e l e ph a n t in t h e r oo m b y w a y o f arac ia l fau lt l ine tha t came in to ex is tencewith the creation of the Waitangi Tribunali n 1 9 75 .

A long th is f au l t l ine has wideneda g a p o f h a v e s a nd ha v e - n o ts , b o t hamong cit izens with some Maori ancestrya nd be t we en th o se o f Ma o r i a n ce s t r ya nd t h o se w i t ho u t , w i t h t h e p r og r es sof successive “full and f inal sett lements”.

The to ta l se t t l emen t b i l l t o Ma rchl as t y ea r w a s $ 2 . 3 - b i l l i o n . T he n e wl yr i c h t r i b a l co r po r a t i on s pa y l i t t l e o rno tax and two ent i t ies, Waika to -Ta inu iand Nga i Tahu, a re ent i t led to repeatedtop -ups as a pe rcen t o f t he inc reas ingg r an d to ta l .

Mo rg an ’s as se r t i on t h a t ma k i ngi t u p a s t h e y ( Cr o wn an d c la i ma n ts )go a long was neces sa ry beca use “ t heo r ig ina l documen ts a ren ’ t ve ry use fu l ”s ho w s t ha t h e h a s no t l o ok e d c lo s e l ya t t he t e x t s o f e i t h e r Te Ti r i t i o r t h eo f f i c i a l En g l i s h a nd ha s r u le d o u t t h eB us b y F eb r ua r y 4 d r a f t , a l s o k n ow na s t h e L i t t l e w oo d Tr ea ty.

Mo r g an ha s e i t h e r f o r go t t e n o rh as no t t ho u g h t a b ou t t h e f a c t t ha tt he t r ea t y w as d r a f t ed in En g l i sh an dt ra n s l a te d i n to Ma o r i , w h ic h m e an st he m e an in g a nd in te n t i s c l ea r i n t h esource document , the o r ig ina l Eng l ish .

T ha t s ou r ce do c um e n t i s q u i t el i k e l y t h e Bu s by F eb ru a r y 4 d ra f t t ha th as on l y f ou r w o rd s t ha t d i f f e r f ro mTe Ti r i t i , on e o f w h i ch i s t h e da te . Bu ta ny me n t i on o f t h a t d oc u me n t b r i ng sa t o r r en t o f s pa t t a ck s f r om g r ie v e r son t he g ra vy t ra in .

Because Morgan is woefully ignoranto f t he co n te n ts o f t h e t re a t y he ca nm ak e a n i d i o t i c s ta t e me n t l i k e “ ho wd o w e h e l p Ma o r i do m r ea l i s e t h e a l l -impo rtan t asp i ra t ions encompassed inr an g a t i r a ta n ga (u se d i n A r t i c le 2 , t er eo ve r s i on ) i n m o de r n d a y A o te a ro aNe w Z ea l and ? ”

I f h e h a d l o ok ed a t t h e E ng l i s hs ou r ce d r a f t t o se e w h a t t h e w o r d“ ra ng a t i r a tan g a ” t r an s la t ed i n A r t i c l e2 , he wou ld have seen tha t i t t rans la tedt he En g l i s h w o r d “ po s se s s i o n ” , a s i n“ t h e Q u ee n o f E n g l a nd co n f i r ms an dguarantees t o the ch ie f s and t he t r ibesan d to a l l t h e pe op l e o f N ew Ze a l an d ,the possession o f the ir lands, dwel l ingsa nd a l l t he i r p ro pe r t y. ”

Mo rgan i s a lso wrong to buy in toland-loss rhetoric when he writes “just iceand repa ra t ions have been a long t imecoming and, as gene rous as they mightl oo k t o n on - Ma o r i , t he y ’ r e j u s t c e n t sin the do l la r f o r what Maor i lost in te rmso f p rop e r t y ” .

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Gare th M organ- Wrong on Trea tySelf-appointed guru Gareth Morgan boughti n t o h um a n - in d uc e d g l o ba l w a r m in gin an ea r l i e r book and h is cur rent worko n t he Tr ea t y o f W a i t an g i sh o ws h i mas a devotee o f t he make- i t -up as-you-go-along biculturalism that is the def iningc ha r ac t e r i s t i c o f Ne w Z e a l a nd ’s r ac eg ra vy t ra in .

H is co n c l u s i o n t h a t t he t r e a t yprocess is a success because the “t reatyi s n ow ta ke n t o m e an wh a te ve r Ma o r ileade rs and the Crown, as t he pub l i c ’srepresentat ives, agree it means” ignorest he e l e ph a n t in t h e r oo m b y w a y o f arac ia l fau lt l ine tha t came in to ex is tencewith the creation of the Waitangi Tribunali n 1 9 75 .

A long th is f au l t l ine has wideneda g a p o f h a v e s a nd ha v e - n o ts , b o t hamong cit izens with some Maori ancestrya nd be t we en th o se o f Ma o r i a n ce s t r ya nd t h o se w i t ho u t , w i t h t h e p r og r es sof successive “full and f inal sett lements”.

The to ta l se t t l emen t b i l l t o Ma rchl as t y ea r w a s $ 2 . 3 - b i l l i o n . T he n e wl yr i c h t r i b a l co r po r a t i on s pa y l i t t l e o rno tax and two ent i t ies, Waika to -Ta inu iand Nga i Tahu, a re ent i t led to repeatedtop -ups as a pe rcen t o f t he inc reas ingg r an d to ta l .

Mo rg an ’s as se r t i on t h a t ma k i ngi t u p a s t h e y ( Cr o wn an d c la i ma n ts )go a long was neces sa ry beca use “ t heo r ig ina l documen ts a ren ’ t ve ry use fu l ”s ho w s t ha t h e h a s no t l o ok e d c lo s e l ya t t he t e x t s o f e i t h e r Te Ti r i t i o r t h eo f f i c i a l En g l i s h a nd ha s r u le d o u t t h eB us b y F eb r ua r y 4 d r a f t , a l s o k n ow na s t h e L i t t l e w oo d Tr ea ty.

Mo r g an ha s e i t h e r f o r go t t e n o rh as no t t ho u g h t a b ou t t h e f a c t t ha tt he t r ea t y w as d r a f t ed in En g l i sh an dt ra n s l a te d i n to Ma o r i , w h ic h m e an st he m e an in g a nd in te n t i s c l ea r i n t h esource document , the o r ig ina l Eng l ish .

T ha t s ou r ce do c um e n t i s q u i t el i k e l y t h e Bu s by F eb ru a r y 4 d ra f t t ha th as on l y f ou r w o rd s t ha t d i f f e r f ro mTe Ti r i t i , on e o f w h i ch i s t h e da te . Bu ta ny me n t i on o f t h a t d oc u me n t b r i ng sa t o r r en t o f s pa t t a ck s f r om g r ie v e r son t he g ra vy t ra in .

Because Morgan is woefully ignoranto f t he co n te n ts o f t h e t re a t y he ca nm ak e a n i d i o t i c s ta t e me n t l i k e “ ho wd o w e h e l p Ma o r i do m r ea l i s e t h e a l l -impo rtan t asp i ra t ions encompassed inr an g a t i r a ta n ga (u se d i n A r t i c le 2 , t er eo ve r s i on ) i n m o de r n d a y A o te a ro aNe w Z ea l and ? ”

I f h e h a d l o ok ed a t t h e E ng l i s hs ou r ce d r a f t t o se e w h a t t h e w o r d“ ra ng a t i r a tan g a ” t r an s la t ed i n A r t i c l e2 , he wou ld have seen tha t i t t rans la tedt he En g l i s h w o r d “ po s se s s i o n ” , a s i n“ t h e Q u ee n o f E n g l a nd co n f i r ms an dguarantees t o the ch ie f s and t he t r ibesan d to a l l t h e pe op l e o f N ew Ze a l an d ,the possession o f the ir lands, dwel l ingsa nd a l l t he i r p ro pe r t y. ”

Mo rgan i s a lso wrong to buy in toland-loss rhetoric when he writes “just iceand repa ra t ions have been a long t imecoming and, as gene rous as they mightl oo k t o n o n - Ma o r i , t he y ’ r e j u s t c e n t sin the do l la r f o r what Maor i lost in te rmso f p rop e r t y ” .

No ment ion by Mo rgan o f the f actthat land-owner Maori so ld New Zealandto the wicked white colonizer in hundreds

B y M ik e B u t le r :

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I t i s a l l a way of asse r t i ng onese l f or one ’sc u l t u r e – t h i s p o l i t i c i sa t i on o f l a ngua ge ,a way o f say i ng “ he r e I am – r e c ogn i sem e ! ” T he po l i t i c a l l y c o r r ec t l eg i s l a t i on o flanguage, the social engineering of languagec hange, i s a l so anot her way o f a t t em pt i ngt o r eas se r t power.

Given human nature, the whole movementi n t h i s d i r e c t i o n i s unde r s tan dab l e and i thap pens i n a l l k i n ds o f o t he r c on t ex ts aswe l l , w i t h d i f f e r en t po l i t i c a l and spec i a li n t e r es t g r ou ps. B u t i t c an a l so be a wayo f “ ge t t i ng bac k ” , i n t h i s c ase o f i n f er r i ngthat E ur opeans were wr ong and ar e wrongi n c e r ta i n t h i ngs suc h as l angua ge .

A nd i f t hey a r e wr ong i n t h a t , t henwha t e l se m ight t hey be wr ong i n? K i ck ingup a f u ss ab ou t a n as p i r a t ed c o nson an tc ou l d a l so b e a way o f c om p ensa t i ng f o rsom e o t h e r l a c k - r ec o gn i t i on , p ower, o rwho knows what else. Such at tent ion-get t ingtac t i c s l eav e , I s uspec t , t h e m a j o r i t y o fus – both Maori and non-Maori, plus ev eryonei n be t ween , un i m p r ess ed .

To t hos e so - c a l l ed a c adem i c s whof ee l t he nee d t o do t h i s , I say, ge t onwi t h t h e i m po r tan t t h i ngs , t he i ssu es t ha td i rec t l y i m pact on a l l o f us – the econom y,t he c r i m e r a t e , ed uc a t i on , h ea l t h , spo r t ,t he need f or up l i f t i ng c u l tu r a l ex p r essi on ,and so m any o t he r p r es s i ng t h i ng s o f f a rg r e a t e r i m po r t anc e t o t h e w ho le o f t hec oun t r y.Guy Steward is a teacher and a freelancew r i t e r S o u r c e : N Z C P R .c o m

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Ne ver f a i l ing tha t p ro f ound im por tant tes t ,w i th your f ee t stand ing f i rm ly on t hegr ound ,be f r ie nd ly l i ke ka rm a we lc om ing i t ’s gues t ;a lways be ha ppy, and never f e e l st re sse d.

Everyd ay above g round i s a goo d da y,tha t ’s r ea l ly wha t I say,tha t ’s r ea l ly what I have f ound.

o f t ransac t ions pa instak ing ly reco rdedin T u r t on’s deed s p os t ed f o r a l l t o se eo n t he Ne w Z e a l a nd E l e c t r on i c Tex tC en t re o f t h e V i c t o r i a U n i v e r s i t y o fW e l l i n g to n ’s w e bs i t e .

N ew Ze a la n d h as 26 . 8 - m i l l i o nh ec ta r es o f l a n d . A t o ta l 1 . 2 -m i l l i o nhec ta res we re con f i sca t ed du r ing t he1860s wars (much of which was returneda t t he t ime ) . The re a re app ro x ima t e ly1 .4 7 m i l l i o n h e c ta re s o f Mao r i l an d( inc lud ing cus tomary land). There fore ,Ma o r i l a nd ow ne rs s o l d 24 . 13 -m i l l i onhec ta re s .

T he s tag ge r in g l y f oo l i s h p o l i c yb y t he f o u r t h L a bo u r g ov e rn m en t t olook into grievances back to 1840, invitedc la i ma n ts t o g e t c as h - f o r - g r i ev a nc etop-ups on 19th century sale and purchaseag reem en ts .

Once “rangatiratanga” is understoodt o t ra n s l a t e “ p os s es s io n ” , Mo rg a n ’spompous assertion about the “all importantaspirations encompassed in rangatiratanga”i s reduced to t he nonsens ica l concep to f asp ira t ion s t o asse rt ing possessionov e r p rope r t y a l r eady so l d .

And i f “ ranga t i ra ta nga ” i s ta kento mean “self-determination”, the “rangatiratanga ” asp ira t ion appears t o descr ibee i t h e r t h e s ta t e o f s e l f - r e l i an c e t ha te ve r y c i t i ze n w h o wo r ks f o r a l i v in ga l r e ad y h as o r Ma o r i se pa r a t i sm . I fthe la t te r is the case, is Mo rgan ta lk ingu p Ma o r i se pa ra t i sm ?

I c h a l le n g e Mo r ga n t o p re s en ta c o he r en t a r gu m en t t o s u pp o r t h i sco n t en t io n t h a t “b ec aus e t h e c h i e f s ’

s igna tu res we re on t he t e reo ve rs ion .I t ’s ce r ta in ly poss ib le t hey d idn ’ t cedeso ve r e ig n t y t hen ” .

I f he had read the t rea ty he wou ldk no w th a t a r t i c l e 1 c le a r l y s ta t es “ t h echiefs of the Confederation of the UnitedTr i b es an d t h e o th e r ch i e f s w h o h av en o t j o i ne d t he c on f ed e r a t io n , ce de t othe Queen of England fo r ever the enti reS ov e r e i gn t y o f t h e i r co un t r y ” .

Anyone who re fers to the “un iqueb ic u l t u ra l c h a r a c t e r o f Ao t ea r oa Ne wZealand” in a sentence, as Morgan does,h as ou t ed h i m o r h e r s e l f a s a c a rd -c a r ry in g t r ea t y i s t w ho i s lo ok in g f o r ase a t o n t h e g r av y t r a i n .

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I have a most in te rest ing book en t i t l edR ic h a r d Tay l o r : M i ss i on a ry Tr am p e r,published by A.H.and A.W. Reed, writ teni n 1 96 6 b y A .D . Me ad wh o a ls o w r o t eW an ga n u i R i ve r ( 19 5 7 ) . I q u o te f ro mhis introduction, “One source of variat ionw as du e t o d ia l ec t ; i n pa r t i c u l a r t h eas p i ra te h , wh e t h e r b y i ts e l f o r i n t h ec om b in a t i o n w h , w as f u l l y s o un de donly among the Ngapuhis of North Auckland;further south it was either lightly soundedo r a lm os t su pp re ss e d …”I see four reasons not to change “Wanganui”t o “W ha n ga nu i ” .

1. As seen in this quote, the pronunciationv a r ie d f r om p l ac e t o p la ce .

2 . T he t r a ns l a t o r s a t t h e t im ew er e g e ne ra l l y le a rn e d m en , s k i l l e din language acquisition and in translation.They wro te the language as they heardit. It would be an affront to their ancestorsto now sta te tha t these expe rt l ingu is ts“heard it wrong”. The reason they wrotet he wo r d “ Ma o r i ” , f o r ex a mp l e , on ew ou l d lo g ic a l l y a ss u me wa s b ec a us et ha t ’ s h o w th e y h ea rd i t .

3. Anyone can say almost anythinga ny w a y t he y w a n t t o , w i t h i n r ea s on .It ’s general ly a f ree world in that sense.I t j u s t w or ks be t t e r w he n th e re i s as tan da r d p ro nu nc ia t io n .

But i t can ’ t be leg is la ted becauselanguage changes - we a l l p lay a roundw i t h i t . I f so m e p eo p le wa n t t o sa y(phonetically) “ fakatane” for Whakatanethen t ha t ’s f ine , le t them say i t . I p re fert he “ l i gh t l y so u nd ed ” v e rs i on , a n d Ithink from what Mead states it ’s probablymore au then t i c , assuming we a l l wan tto be au then t i c . I am used to “ f i t ianga”as pronuncia t ion of Whit ianga becauset ha t ’s wh a t I g r ew u p w i t h , b u t i t ’ sp ro b ab l y n o t au t he n t i c , t h e “ l i g h t l yso und ed ” on e b e i ng mo r e s o .

Aga in , a s tandard pronunc ia t ionmakes sense because it makes understandinge as i e r. A n d i f t he re we r e v a r i a t i on sw he n i t w a s f i r s t wr i t t e n , i t sh o u l dbe no p r ob lem to h ave v a r ia t ions nowi n o u r p r o nu nc i a t i on , b u t s ta y w i t ht he o r ig i na l s p e l l i n g , be c au s e i t w a s

m os t l i ke l y t he c lo s e s t r en d i t i o n ? I fwe do not legislate for English spellingthenw hy f o r Mao r i ?

4. My fourth point is that Europeansbrought wi th t hem the means o f wr i t inga language, i .e. an a lphabet. In a senset he y “ h o l d t h e pa t en t ” . Ma o r i d i d n ’ ts ee t h e n ee d f o r a w r i t t en l a ng u ag eand thus nev e r de ve lop ed o ne .

Europeans came a long and gavethem one. Pe rhaps an a rgumen t cou ldb e ma d e t ha t t he Eu ro p ea n s sh o u l dth e re f o re ha ve t he f i r s t c ho i ce on t hesp e l l i ng !

I f t h e r e i s a ra d ic a l e r r o r so me -w he r e t he n t h a t co u ld be co r re c te db u t I s us p ec t t h a t 9 9 .9 % o f t h e t im eany “er rors” a re ins ign i f icant . Seve ra l lc on s on a n ts a re o f co u rs e n o t in t h eE u r o pe a n r ep e r t o i r e o f s o un d s , t h eh a r d e r “ r ” a nd t h e “ ng ” a t t h e s ta r t o fa w o rd be in g e x am p le s . I t ’ s t o ta l l yap p r op r i a t e t ha t pe op le t r y t o g e t t hesound correct in a word such as “Ngatea”.

B u t as a t ea c he r o f l an g ua g e Iam aware that there is always a reasonablys ig n i f i c a n t se c t i on o f t h e p o pu la t io nwho w i l l a lw a ys s t ru gg le w i t h a s oundthat is no t part o f the i r nat ive language,o r n o t bo t he r t o s t r u gg l e w i t h i t a ta l l , o p t i n g f o r t h e c lo s es t o r e as i es ts ou nd (s u ch a s t h e ab o ve be co m in gs i mp ly “ Na t ea ” ) a nd i t i s by no m ea nsl im i t e d t o o n l y n o n - Ma o r i .

I t is a ll a way o f assert ing onesel fo r o ne ’s cu l t u r e – t h i s po l i t i c i sa t io no f l an g ua g e , a w ay o f s a y i n g “ he r e Ia m – r e co gn i se me ! ” T he po l i t i c a l l yc o r r ec t l e g i s la t io n o f l an g ua g e , t h esocial eng ineering of language change,i s a ls o a n o t h e r wa y o f a t t e mp t in g t ore ass e r t p owe r.

G i ve n hu ma n na t u r e , t he w ho lemovement in this direction is understandablea nd i t ha p p e n s i n a l l k i nd s o f o t he rcontexts as we l l , wi th d i f f e rent po l it ica land specia l i n te res t g roups. But i t cana ls o b e a w a y o f “ ge t t i n g ba c k ” , i nt h i s ca s e o f i n f e r r i ng t h a t E u r o pe an sw er e w ro ng an d a re w r o ng in c e r ta i nth in gs s uc h as l an gu ag e .

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Grey Power Wanganui IncPO Box 4197WANGANUI 4541

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T he y ea r s ta r t ed on a h i gh f o r G r ey P ower whe n a t eamf r om t he W anganu i Cl ub won t he Na t i ona l W om en’s F ou r sbow l s c ham p i onsh i p i n B r owns B a y, A uc k l a nd . T he t eamwas sk i p ped b y M em ber sh i p - S ec r e t a r y C y n t h i a A da m s,who had wi t h he r Do t B e l l i ss a nd G r ey P ower m em b er sG l e ny s P i dwe l l and P am B ur g ess . T he i r oppo nen ts i nt he f i na l we r e m uc h y ou nge r wom e n who se t o ta l a geswer e ab ou t 3 0% o f t he i r s ! ! A nd t he m or a l i s? ?? Youdec i de! !

December ’s m eet ing which f eatured Adv ance Care P lanningwas we l l a t t end ed .Dr A l an M ang an , s uppo r t ed by J e ann i e F ow l e r f r om t heDHB , ex p l a i ne d i n de ta i l wh a t A C P i s a l l abou t and t hev a r i e t y o f ques t i ons f r om m em ber s we r e i nd i c a t i v e o f t hec on c e r ns wh i c h t h ey ex pe r i e nc e as t h ey g r ow o l de r. I npa r t i c u l a r, t he c on t e n t i ou s m a t t e r o f a ss i s t ed dy i ng wasd i sc ussed at l engt h and hand l ed de l i c a te l y by D r M angan .I hav e been c om m ended by sev e ra l m em ber s f or i n i t i a t i ngt he d i s c uss i on an d t wo hav e r eq uest ed pu b l i c a t i on o fthe supp l i ed adv e r t i sem ent on page 3 re l a t i ng to a m eet i ngt o be h e l d i n W a nganu i on S und ay 1 M ar c h abo u t E nd -o f - L i f e Cho i c e . I n t e r e s t i n g l y, t he s ub j e c t wa s c ov e r ed i nt he S und ay St a r Ti m es o f 17 J anu a r y wh i c h r e f e r r ed t o ag r oup of A uc k l and Un i v e r s i t y r esear c he r s whose f i nd i ngson assi sted dying were publ ished i n the Journal Of Pal l i at iv eM ed i c i ne i n De c em be r, 20 14 .

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Your MSD appointmentIt is important that you make an appointmentwith MSD and see them first before going tothe optometrist or optician. You will only needone MSD appointment. You don’t need toprovide quotes from your optometrist oroptician.They will provide you with a list of approvedoptometrists or opticians in your area so youcan choose which one to go to.They will take you through the process andissue you with an MSD payment card if youdon’t already have one – if you have onealready, take it with you. The money on thepayment card can only be used at theoptometrist or optician you select.Your responsibilityAfter your MSD appointment, make anappointment with the optician you have

chosen and please tell them that you are anMSD client. The optician or optometrist willensure that all your information is keptconfidential and secure. You must take yourMSD payment card with you to your MSDappointment and to your appointment with theoptometrist or optician.

What happens nextOnce you’ve had your eye examination theoptometrist or optician will advise you of whatyou need.You will have a wide variety of frames to choosefrom within the selected range.Once you have chosen, the optometrist oroptician will tell you how much it will cost. Thisis the amount you will need to repay MSD.If your clinical needs are higher than normalyour optometrist will provide you with a quoteand you will need to contact MSD about theextra cost.

Choose carefullyThe inclusive price doesn’t include high end,more expensive frames or extras you may want.You can’t ‘top up’ or ‘up-grade’ with your ownmoney so you can obtain costlier items orextras.The optometrist or optician will only exchangeor repair a product if the glasses are faulty,not because you have changed your mind.If you break your glasses, the optometrist oroptician won’t replace them or refund moneyto you. If you need another pair of glasses youwill need to apply for hardship assistance again.Your glasses are covered by a two yearwarranty. If you glasses are faulty pleasecontact the optometrist or optician.There is no change to the qualification criteriafor receiving hardship assistance. MSD onlyadvances money to meet an immediate andessential need, not for added extras. source: www.msd.co.nz

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