Christmas meet

Dave, since when did you learn to speak Maori? Tena kotu, tena kotu, haera ra.

Whiwhi ahau e pā ana ki te bit

That had me stumped, bits of it I can work out, I tried the Maori King (Te Arikinui Tuheitia Paki) at Turangawaiwai Marae in Ngaruawahia, but he was too busy!

This is a formal complaint to the moderators about some of the language in this conversation.

Logger started it!

Mu apologies for hi-jacking this conversation!

I will attend as a hologram if I can find enough cameras.

Rhod Lloyd wrote:

This is a formal complaint to the moderators about some of the language in this conversation.

Logger started it!

Mu apologies for hi-jacking this conversation!

I will attend as a hologram if I can find enough cameras.

All I know is,
Rhod Kī tōnu taku waka topaki i te tuna-
And for once it seems you've been able to post at silly o'clock ( here) and Dave wasn't awake!

Logger wrote:

Whiwhi ahau e pā ana ki te bit

It says "I've been around a bit" I think

A bit off topic but Rhod might be interested   ...

There are quite a number of Maori house names ( "tepapa"    )  in the town I live in, and a "Maori Drive". There is a connection with a vicar who introduced beekeeping to N.Z.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cotton_(missionary)

Logger wrote:

Logger wrote:

Whiwhi ahau e pā ana ki te bit

It says "I've been around a bit" I think

Thanks both of you, translating Maori to English is a minefield as the language was never written, and words have multiple meanings, also dependent on their place in the sentence.

I am impressed with your efforts.

MusselMan wrote:

A bit off topic but Rhod might be interested   ...

There are quite a number of Maori house names ( "tepapa"    )  in the town I live in, and a "Maori Drive". There is a connection with a vicar who introduced beekeeping to N.Z.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cotton_(missionary)

Thanks Musselman, Frodsham was not on my travel routes.
I have a couple of mates who are amateur bee keepers here, but NZ only had solitary bees which lay an egg with pollen in tiny holes in clay banks or hard bare soil.