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To: marshmallow

Oh I just meant the guy himself not the god...

We learnt a lot about the Maoris and their history in school...

We called them Maoris with the s...

We learnt Maori words, did canoe dances, stick dances, poi, hakas and sang Maori songs...

However the “religious instruction” classes in our government schools were always about Christianity...


77 posted on 12/16/2009 9:47:25 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana
We learnt Maori words, did canoe dances, stick dances, poi, hakas and sang Maori songs...

Been there..........done that....... :-)

Remember walking home from school with a moko scrawled all over my face after our Maori culture class.

You've been here much longer than me. I arrived in '96.

I bet you see big changes when you go back. I sure do. Not for the better, either.

105 posted on 12/16/2009 12:07:03 PM PST by marshmallow ("A country which kills its own children has no future" -Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
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