NZSBK 2014 dates

**Robert Taylor** · 21st December 2013, 14:13

Originally Posted by wharfy

There doesn't appear to be any evidence of occupation by anyone pre-Maori* (despite the claims of a few "interesting" characters that variously Chineese, Spanish and even Irish settled in New Zealand prior to the Polynesian migration)

The Stuff I was taught at school was in fact mostly bullshit - Someone just made it up ( a plausable theory but falsified evidence).

*Maori (in the Maori language) means "ordinary" or "human being" as opposed to Gods or spirits. Many Maori use the term tangata whenua "the people of the land" .
The much maligned term Pākehā is a Māori language term for New Zealanders who are "of European descent" other migrants and their decendants are "tau iwi"

The current scientific studies appear to show that Polynesians are decendants of the natives from Taiwan.

Yes I hear you about being teached BS , or politically aligned BS at school. I found a few of my left leaning high school teachers insufferable. ( And they likely reciprocated those thoughts, in fairness ) I remember with fondness a teacher telling me that the sacked Aussie priminister Gough Whitlam was going to re-elected by a landslide after he was dismissed by the Governor General. Of course, I disagreed with him and the result was as I had hoped it would be, the polar opposite with Fraser smashing Whitlam. Thankfully not all school teachers are left leaning.
Some of them had been in the real world first and had a protestant right wing work ethic that dictated that sport was largely only for the weekends!

**RobGassit** · 21st December 2013, 16:10

Originally Posted by Robert Taylor

Yes I hear you about being teached BS , or politically aligned BS at school. I found a few of my left leaning high school teachers insufferable. ( And they likely reciprocated those thoughts, in fairness ) I remember with fondness a teacher telling me that the sacked Aussie priminister Gough Whitlam was going to re-elected by a landslide after he was dismissed by the Governor General. Of course, I disagreed with him and the result was as I had hoped it would be, the polar opposite with Fraser smashing Whitlam. Thankfully not all school teachers are left leaning.
Some of them had been in the real world first and had a protestant right wing work ethic that dictated that sport was largely only for the weekends!

Except for test cricket of course, which takes 5 days to have a draw...