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Kua mau te wehi!
TV3 Sports News tonight carried a report on an ice hockey game between New Zealand and Australia. Guess what the Ice Blacks, standing on the ice in their uniforms and skates, did at the beginning of the game? -
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I've spent a little time this week sorting out some of the 2000 or so books in my study. I find I have read quite a lot of them, and referred to quite a lot more. I was astonished to find an Oxford text of Demosthenes' Orations. I definitely haven't read that. Must have got it at a Regent Book Sale ( Read more... ) -
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I pānuitia katoatia e au te Rongopai a Matiu i tērā wiki. -
Māori Language Week
Ko tēnei rā te tīmatanga o te Wiki o te Reo Māori. I pānuitia e au e rima ngā ūpoko o te Rongopai a Matiu. Ka pīrangi au ki te pānui i te pukapuka katoa i te wiki nei. -
Things I noticed about Australia on my first trip there
Yachts. Looking down on the harbour as the plane flew into Sydney-huge numbers of yachts crowding every little indentation of coast for miles and miles round the harbour.
Trees. On the trip to Katoomba-trees, trees, trees. So much of the landscape in and around Sydney is trees, mostly eucalyptus. They have trees there like we have grass here. West ( Read more... ) -
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My passport arrived by courier this morning!!
How to insult your grandfather: If he shows you his passport photo and asks, "Do you think it's a good photo?" say, "Yes."
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The good, the really good, and one bit of the other stuff
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What makes a song a good song?
Barry (surname Clubb, I think, or possibly Chubb) and Marguerite are organising some sort of songwriters' school in Christchurch for one weekend in August. They were among those who had lunch at Oamaru's Criterion Hotel on Monday, and they both seem quite keen that I should come up. I'm not convinced that my songwriting would benefit from such a ( Read more... ) -
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Whitestone was great. Excellent concerts from Anna Heinz, Native (versatile Dunedin acoustic band with Hamish Mepham doing vocal leads, and featuring some weird and definitely wonderful instrumentation) and Little Green Men (Brad and Chrissie). I sang my new song-first in the Friday night session (with Sue Harkness sitting right in front of me) and ( Read more... ) -
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33 radiotherapy sessions down, 4 to go. Checkups later in June, heart checkups in July, then I'm ready to face the next health crisis, whatever it may be.