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Did anyone watch the Olympic opening ceremony in Paris last night?
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I watched it, honestly I was a bit underwhelmed but I dont understand why it's being absolutely trashed online. They did well considering the bits they had to cut due to weather
 
I don't have good coordination at the best of times, but I stubbed my toe two hours ago, and it still hurts so much! Then, I hit my head on the corner of the kitchen cupboard that I had just opened, and now my head aches. How is everyone else doing?
 
Ouch!! Hope they both feel better soon, I hate it when that sort of thing happens. I used to stub my toe a lot when I was a kid so I empathise, it sucks (I think I just had under-developed coordination or something?)

I'm hanging in there, got an assignment due on Friday that I've mostly done but I feel like the writing is all over the place (maybe planning would have been wise). Then, after this week, I'm on mid-semester break! Two weeks off uni but I've still got my te reo Māori classes happening.
 
oh wow verity, what a day!

my sister is coming down to visit next weekend so that’ll be nice, i haven’t seen her physically in quite some time since she lives in a different state with her partners.

otherwise mostly i’m working!
 
My toe's still purple, but it's healing up thanks! Good luck with your assignment, Sarah. And Zazz, that sounds like something exciting to look forward to! :D
 
Yeeouch, purple?! Hope your toe's doing better, Verity! I'm cheering the healing process on.
 
Life has been life-ing. :o‍💨 Hope you're all having a good week though!

Haha, funny the site won't let me post the upside smiley emoji.
 
the upside down smiley is the best tho
 
Not sure if anyone from outside the country follows major events here, but the Māori king Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII passed away last week, and yesterday the new monarch was raised up, his youngest daughter Kuini Ngāwai Hono i te Pō Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VIII. She's the eighth monarch to hold the position, the second woman, and I believe the second youngest. Māori monarchy isn't automatically hereditary, but she was chosen by the Tekau-mā-rua (the official Kīngitanga council) based on her strong and prominent record of representing and uplifting Māori culture and values.

I wasn't really paying attention to the Kīngitanga when Kīngi Tūheitia took the throne (I was busy being thirteen) so it's been interesting actually being aware of the succession procedures this time around. (I hadn't even realised it was an elected position until recently.) Kīngi Tūheitia did a lot of incredible work in his time, especially in the last year as our right wing government has been making overt and violent attacks on Māori rights, and I have no doubt Kuini Ngāwai Hono i te Pō will follow in his footsteps and keep moving forward in a positive direction in such a difficult time.
 
It's really funny you mention this because this came up on my tiktok fyp last night so i was watching her succession on tiktok
 
Ainsley Lynch said:
Not sure if anyone from outside the country follows major events here, but the Māori king Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII passed away last week, and yesterday the new monarch was raised up, his youngest daughter Kuini Ngāwai Hono i te Pō Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VIII. She's the eighth monarch to hold the position, the second woman, and I believe the second youngest. Māori monarchy isn't automatically hereditary, but she was chosen by the Tekau-mā-rua (the official Kīngitanga council) based on her strong and prominent record of representing and uplifting Māori culture and values.

I wasn't really paying attention to the Kīngitanga when Kīngi Tūheitia took the throne (I was busy being thirteen) so it's been interesting actually being aware of the succession procedures this time around. (I hadn't even realised it was an elected position until recently.) Kīngi Tūheitia did a lot of incredible work in his time, especially in the last year as our right wing government has been making overt and violent attacks on Māori rights, and I have no doubt Kuini Ngāwai Hono i te Pō will follow in his footsteps and keep moving forward in a positive direction in such a difficult time.
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Kia ora e hoa, he ātaahua āu kōrero. Ngā mihi ki a koe mō whakamaranga te mana o te Kīngitanga. My Māori is limited and I'm still learning so that probably wasn't fully grammatically correct but I just felt the urge to use the reo (it is Mahuru Māori after all). It is a difficult time, and a sad time, with our current government doing what they're doing (too many things to mention, insidiously done as well, I might add). I can only hope for the future and I'm sure the new Kuini will pave the way forward for Māori and Pākehā alike. (I feel a bit weird saying that as someone from Ngāpuhi where we don't really go for Kīngitanga but I'm in a position where I want the best for Māori and if the Kīngitanga is it then I'm not going to be a naysayer. I need to have hope in something lol).

edit: forgot kōrero was 'a' category not 'o'
 
I learnt today that if you press the windows key and L, it instantly locks your computer! Whaaat! I've been pressing ctrl alt delete, then lock, like an absolute DINOSAUR all this time! =))
 
Morrie Ayre said:
I learnt today that if you press the windows key and L, it instantly locks your computer! Whaaat! I've been pressing ctrl alt delete, then lock, like an absolute DINOSAUR all this time! =))
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I honestly didn't know you could do that until I started my current job. It's been a game changer.
 
Yeah, it was a lesson, I have a keyboard now that just had a lock key so I don't even need to press anything else.
 
I feel like the only times I ever post here is when there's local news I'm looking for a place to drop :r

If anyone's seen that viral clip of Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clake & Te Pāti Māori doing a haka in parliament & wondered what the broader context was, I found this really comprehensive & easy to understand explanation from a lawyer of what's been going on. (The tl;dr is that a minority party in parliament is trying to redefine our founding document Te Tiriti o Waitangi to remove rights & protections that were guaranteed to Māori)


The bill was recently moved up in the schedule, so it would have its first reading before the protest hīkoi (a march spanning the entire country) would reach parliament. When Te Pāti Māori were called to give their votes on the bill they instead broke into a haka directed at David Seymour, who's been the driving force behind this bill, as well as the rest of his right wing coalition partners, who agreed to back it in exchange for power. After a recess, the vote was repeated and the bill passed first reading & will be going forward to public submissions and second reading. I'd also really recommend listening to Rawiri Waititi's speech to parliament. It's been overshadowed by the haka, but I think it's one of the most important political speeches in this country's history.

If anyone would like to sign a petition to support Te Tiriti o Waitangi & oppose the bill, you can do so here!
 
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I enjoyed Rawiri Waititi saying "see you next Tuesday" to David.
 
I mean, that's when the Hīkoi's arriving at parliament.... totally innocent phrase couldn't possibly mean anything else :r
 
I love that Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō has come to walk with them. I hate that she has to do this, that any of them need to do this, but love that she can.
 
It's honestly been amazing seeing the support this got. There were at least 35,000 people at the hīkoi in Wellington yesterday from the news sources I've looked at and there are aerial photographs that are just incredible to look at. The fact that this bill was even allowed to get this far is ridiculous, but the way it's galvanised people together is beautiful. I didn't get to make it to the hīkoi when it came through Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland where I live, but I know people who went and they say it was just an amazing vibe. Maybe I'm riding the high a bit, but it's just awesome that this many people care about this issue from all walks of life, Māori and non-Māori alike, that people care that sovereignty was never ceded. My ancestors didn't sign the treaty, but one of the chiefs of my hapū (sub-tribe) did. He had a vision that one day the mana or honour/prestige of the te tiriti would be stampled on and actually wanted to remove his signature. I hope a day comes when he looks down and sees good come from the fact that he didn't get to remove it.

Anyway sorry for the length, it's just in the air here in Aotearoa pretty strongly and its something I'm invested in.
 
Is anyone going anywhere cool over the Christmas break?
 
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