tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post1476775418374068750..comments2024-01-01T21:19:43.721+13:00Comments on THE LAST VISIBLE DOG: Words in Māori I Should KnowKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-40254409149492775292015-08-06T07:18:35.202+12:002015-08-06T07:18:35.202+12:00We've had quite a few of our place names chang...We've had quite a few of our place names changed back to the original names - example Queen Charlotte Islands in BC are now Haida Gwaii. Some of the native languages are easier than others for us 'European descendants' to wraps our tongues around than others.<br />Oh yes, and I was familiar with at least five words. I'd love to get a Christmas card written in Maori!VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-86234161245979798492015-08-05T00:47:00.177+12:002015-08-05T00:47:00.177+12:00I'm surprised how many of the words I've p...I'm surprised how many of the words I've picked up an understanding of over the last 10 years. Perhaps it's the fact that I have lived in a bi-lingual society for the last 40 years.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-7739187003421340512015-08-04T19:45:23.740+12:002015-08-04T19:45:23.740+12:00I like that we agree Alden.I like that we agree Alden.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-19357557846616084532015-08-04T19:44:52.346+12:002015-08-04T19:44:52.346+12:00Yes YP. True.Yes YP. True.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-37828127978760651342015-08-04T10:53:24.825+12:002015-08-04T10:53:24.825+12:00I couldn't agree more and I think we should go...I couldn't agree more and I think we should go a lot further than just considering it a document of respect. Although I am a fifth generation Pakeha New Zealander I consider Te Reo and many other aspects of Maori culture as Taonga (Treasures) that all Kiwis could benefit from.<br /><br />One thing that I would like to see changed is the name of our country. Our land should be called Aotearoa - not named after a province in The Netherlands. I have respect for Abel Tasman and James Cook as early navigators but they didn't discover Aotearoa (It wasn't lost and was actually discovered by Maori nearly 1000 years earlier) and it already had a name when they arrived.<br />Personally I would like all place names in this country that already had a Maori name at the time of colonialisation to revert to the original ---- Te Ika a Maui (The fish of Maui) and Te Wai Pounamu (The waters of Greenstone) are far more magnificent and interesting names for the blandness of 'The North Island' and 'The South Island'.<br />I am proud of my English, Scottish and Irish heritage but like most Kiwis I now have another one just as rich - available, full of relevant, indigenous meaning and staring me in the face, so I feel we should <br />make more room for it within our unique Kiwi culture.Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519638191408360845.post-21852920270309021502015-08-03T08:52:19.614+12:002015-08-03T08:52:19.614+12:00It is good that you are not the only white New Zea...It is good that you are not the only white New Zealander who shows respect for your indigenous people in this way. I wonder why this respectfulness doesn't appear to have winged its way over The Tasman Sea. Aboriginal people of Australia also deserve reverence instead of scorn.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com