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the present situation where so many children die
from child abuse may finally abate. -
‘E was a dinkum kiwi guy
though ‘e was born a Scot. -
City of Canterbury Plains,
worldwide as “The Garden City” known;107 lines, 17 comments, on Dec 27 8:04 PM 2005. In Other
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Our present government is what we voters might expect;
always ‘changing’ things to make us seem “politic’ly correct”. -
As an anthem it “inspires the heart and serves to elevate us”
for both words and tune rank high among the anthems of this World. -
I hope that their attempts to change our flag will come to grief
so our honoured “Jack and Stars” will still prevail through joy or tears. -
So that's my tale that I've just told
Of the Man from "Double Corner". -
So that's my tale that I've just told
Of the Man from "Double Corner". -
I hope that their attempts to change our flag will come to grief
so our honoured “Jack and Stars” will still prevail through joy or tears. -
As an anthem it “inspires the heart and serves to elevate us”
for both words and tune rank high among the anthems of this World. -
Our present government is what we voters might expect;
always ‘changing’ things to make us seem “politic’ly correct”. -
City of Canterbury Plains,
worldwide as “The Garden City” known;107 lines, 17 comments, on Dec 27 8:04 PM 2005. In Other
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the present situation where so many children die
from child abuse may finally abate. -
‘E was a dinkum kiwi guy
though ‘e was born a Scot. -
O’ God of Nations! Grant release!
Let this dispute and squabble cease! -
Tino Rangatiratanga is a flag, which Maoris see
as a symbol of our culture and abiding history. -
They come because New Zealand is a better place to live;
it offers greater freedom than most other countries give. -
I’ve seen Great Britain where my great-grandparents used to be
but I was born in Aotearoa and this is home to me. -
Can anybody tell me why our lambing starts in JUNE? / It seems that farmers tend to put their rams out far too soon. / We always get such h
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It’s June and, in New Zealand, it’s already wintertime / when many ‘kiwis’ leave their homes to seek some warmer clime. / Now, as our night
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‘Twas Christmas Eve on a cloudy night in 1953. / The Wellington to Auckland overnighter steam express / into the Whangaehu river,
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O’ give me the hush of the native bush
and the cool stream running clear -
So the All Blacks lost a rugby game with one player on the bench!
But life will go on just the same for us and for the French! -
If any were true model kiwi, he
was the greatest of this latest century.
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Oh! I was born a Kiwi, in New Zealand. Understand?
My great-grandfather, Thomas, was an early pioneer. -
I hope Charles Blomfield’s painting will give you an impression of what we were then deprived.
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I’m somewhat mystified by recent Government ‘apologies’.
It seems that there’s a current rash to undo much historic hash -
It’s often said: “The Lord gives but He also takes away”
and Maoris claimed the cataclysm born of godly wrath. -
The earliest settlers in our country, Aotearoa,
were Polynesian voyagers who came and hunted moa. -
That Moriori settled New Zealand first is a claim
without foundation. -
Today, the 6th of February is Waitangi day.
I was invited yesterday to go to Okains Bay -
Our Government has sent a referendum at this time:
“Should smacking, to correct a child, be rated as a crime?” -
I’m fond of all my Maori friends but roused to indignation
by Iwi claims for ‘customary rights’ or compensation. -
No clemency our pride ensures –
only the ravished land endures.
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