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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:45 am
...!Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:57 amJust a another plonker PM who want to get his 'name' in the history books .... when Flash Gordon drove me tractor son South was South and North was North .. however the name AOTEAROA did stick since my school days cos i still look up and say BLOODY CLOUD !
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:44 amIan Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Oct 15 2013,10:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>.... when Flash Gordon drove me tractor son South was South and North was North
Nah, then South was Middle and Stewart was South.
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 11:31 amAnd Taupo was "tow-po" and not "Tor-por." ... and on and on and on...... 
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:15 pmAnd the Mountains to the list Cook is was and Egmont it was ... Wanganui ... well without the 'H' , Good ole Doug wanted to kick me up the butt was to edit me posting bouts the scenery label ... next thing .. it ta be WHamillton 
steelsporran wrote:QUOTE (steelsporran @ Oct 15 2013,11:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nah, then South was Middle and Stewart was South.
Heading West Kapiti Is was confused for Australia ... just so many more Kiwis there
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:37 pmI must admit, that the multitude of Maori names of places in New Zealand, often puts me off from flying there each day!
I find it impossible to pronounce them, or remember their spellings...very confusing!
As an English Bloke, I can cope with the Latin (South American/Spanish/Mexican) place names in the USA, but Maori place names in New Zealand leave me completely flummoxed!...
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Since the Europeans, etc, landed there, I often wonder how much "Maori" still influences New Zealand?
Paul....Always curious of such things!....
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I find it impossible to pronounce them, or remember their spellings...very confusing!
As an English Bloke, I can cope with the Latin (South American/Spanish/Mexican) place names in the USA, but Maori place names in New Zealand leave me completely flummoxed!...
...!Since the Europeans, etc, landed there, I often wonder how much "Maori" still influences New Zealand?
Paul....Always curious of such things!....
.... ...!Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:59 amQUOTE
Since the Europeans, etc, landed there, I often wonder how much "Maori" still influences New Zealand?[/quote]
not much..... but the lawyers and accountants living with snouts in the "Treaty Trough" ....... that's a different story!!!!!!
not much..... but the lawyers and accountants living with snouts in the "Treaty Trough" ....... that's a different story!!!!!!
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:59 amtowerguy wrote:QUOTE (towerguy @ Oct 16 2013,6:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>not much..... but the lawyers and accountants
Gawd
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 8:45 amIan Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Oct 15 2013,7:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Gawd
I can think of lots of appropriate, similar sounding words that fit that sound, Ian...
Paul....
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:07 amFozzer wrote:QUOTE (Fozzer @ Oct 16 2013,9:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I can think of lots of appropriate, similar sounding words that fit that sound, Ian...
Yeah true , but those 'Truckers' do a lot more than loada names and change em whenever .... hang on sorta like the rule makers of the land