MM> Speaking of which, I'm still recovering from being exposed to
 MM> a radio interviewer who (a) has read Helen's `for sure' bill
 MM> and (b) got some hapless Rotorua Maori businessman on the
 MM> line.

 MM> The guy was in lynch mood over Helen favouring sheep to
 MM> `wreakers'
 MM> - and the impending theft of land and rights.   However, he
 MM> couldnt point to the parts of the bill that did the thieving,
 MM> nor could he tell what was about to be thieved.

 MM> And then he told the radio man that it was alright to swan
 MM> around in cars cause `hikoi' meant `journey'...

 MM> It was clear that neither the interviewer nor the interviewee
 MM> spoke Maori,  `cos `haere' is the word for both `walk' and
 MM> `journey',  while `hikoi' stands for `step'...

 MM> Unless the Rev Williams invented a `Malice in Blunderland'
 MM> language for the natives,  wherein words can mean whatever you
 MM> want them to mean...

Proof of that in the literal translation of the Treaty. ;-)))

 - From the insane desk of Supernerd
 - Tact is for weenies.

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