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The Govt. Must Act Now. Stop the Tour. Rally Friday July 3rd. 1981
30 years ago, New Zealand was a nation of protest.
The Springbok – the South African rugby team – were coming to tour New Zealand. Many Kiwis did not want the All Blacks to play rugby against a regime that practiced apartheid. People in their droves turned out to protest.
One of the rallies took place on Friday 3 July 1981, in Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Its intention was to try to stop the tour from going ahead. It was followed by a mass sit-in in Latimer Square where a “tent-city” was erected.
A UK psychologist has declared that a “huge number” of problems dealt with in family planning clinics have their roots in romance novels. She goes on to say that:
our lessons are falling on deaf ears when compared to the values of the Regency heroine gazing adoringly across the Assembly Rooms to catch a glimpse of her man.
So the problems of unwanted pregnancy and failed relationships are all down to Mills and Boon and the like? Who would have thought? Perhaps this psychologist hasn’t read A night with consequences or Stranded, seduced – pregnant. Both sound like they could sit in any family planning clinic bookshelf as a dire warning for irresponsible coupling. I am also rather taken by the title: The librarian’s secret scandal, but purely for professional reasons of course!
For those of you interested in book covers, The art of romance : Mills & Boon and Harlequin cover designs by Joanna Bowring gives a wonderful visual record of romance and love over the years. Published since 1908, Mills and Boon and its heroes and heroines have certainly seen a lot of change.
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Kia ora, for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori we brought you a new word each day related to this year’s theme Manaakitanga (hospitality, kindness, and making visitors welcome).
Here is the list of words and phrases used this week.
Rāhoroi– Saturday
Kia pai tō ra.
Have a good day.
Rāmere / Paraire – Friday
Kia hoki mai ano.
Come back again.
Rāpare / Taite – Thursday
Kia ora, ko Jane tēnei.
Hello, this is Jane.
Rāapa / Wenerei – Wednesday
Tau kē!
Awesome!
Rātū / Tūrei– Tuesday
Nau mai, haere mai ki Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi.
Te Reo Māori — our page of Māori language resources.
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori — Māori Language Week runs from 4 Hōngongoi — 10 Hōngongoi 2011 / 4 July — 10 July 2011. Each year The Māori Language Commission sets a theme, and in 2011 it is “Manaakitanga” — hospitality, kindness, and making visitors welcome.
Kia ora, it is Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and each day we will bring you a new word related to this year’s theme Manaakitanga (hospitality, kindness, and making visitors welcome).
Te Reo Māori — our page of Māori language resources.
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori — Māori Language Week runs from 4 Hōngongoi — 10 Hōngongoi 2011 / 4 July — 10 July 2011. Each year The Māori Language Commission sets a theme, and in 2011 it is “Manaakitanga” — hospitality, kindness, and making visitors welcome.
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Yes, folks, it’s true. Our wandering days may soon be over, at least for a few months. We are hanging up our car keys and bus tickets, and settling in to the latest (and, we like to think, shiniest) library in Christchurch. Central South City is where it’s at, tucked into a corner at South City Shopping Centre, right next to the New World supermarket.
At 9am this morning, with eager crowds already waiting outside, we opened the roller door, and welcomed everyone in. The library is (in what seems to be the phrase of the month) small but perfectly formed, and holds about 7000 items. Most of these are newer titles, and there’s a range of popular material, including a great DVD collection. There’s a lovely kids’ corner, complete with climbing monkeys, sparkly palm trees and bins full of picture books. There are a couple of purple armchairs, and desks for reading or working, and great views of the mall from the big picture window.
Although Central South City won’t have magazines or music collections, we’ve got pretty much everything else that the other bigger libraries have, and by late next week we will also have internet computers, printing facilities and wireless available. It’s beyond great for this displaced librarian to be back in her natural habitat, and playing with all the shiny new books, and chatting with customers, and doing all the things that librarians do.
All we need now is for you to drop in, check out the new library, have a chat and grab some reading for the weekend. We’re open 9 to 6 weekdays, and from 10 – 5 weekends, so there’s really no excuse for you not to come. We’ll even let you buy yourself a cup of coffee at the foodcourt next door when you’re leaving …
Christchurch, gird your loins, pull up your bootstraps and pop a clean hankie in your pocket. Yes, the Christchurch Arts Festival, hard out laughing in the face of adversity, is back, and at the programme launch soirée last night, a varied and exciting array of artsy acts waiting to razzle-dazzle us was revealed.
Spread over eight weekends (12 August- 2 October) with 57 diverse events, The festival is utilising previously unplundered venues including the Rudolph Steiner School Hall, Aranui High Sch0ol’s theatre and most bizarrely/excitingly of all Ginger Meggs Hair Design studio. Thanks to generous sponsorship ticket prices have been kept an incredibly low $5-$20 per ticket per event leaving us with no excuse to not to feast at the fest.
Kia ora, it is Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and each day we will bring you a new word related to this year’s theme Manaakitanga (hospitality, kindness, and making visitors welcome).
Rāmere / Paraire – Friday
Today’s phrase can be used to bid a warm farewell:
Te Reo Māori — our page of Māori language resources.
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori — Māori Language Week runs from 4 Hōngongoi — 10 Hōngongoi 2011 / 4 July — 10 July 2011. Each year The Māori Language Commission sets a theme, and in 2011 it is “Manaakitanga” — hospitality, kindness, and making visitors welcome.
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A UK psychologist
