| From: Margret | Sent: 10/07/2004 2:01 p.m. |
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MANAWATU SWIMMING TEAM ARRIVES IN BRISBANE AND JACKIE'S THERE TO SEE THEM IN THE SWIM OF THINGS in July 2004
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ROSALIE 10 JULY AND TO PATRICIA 17 JULY Rosalie, Missy to us also, lives in Picton and Patricia, aka Trish, in the Tainui rohe. DRIVING MISS DAISY IS NOT FOR COUSIN DANNY THE LARRIKIN A Hard Day's Night for Danny today, he writes, that he's had a hard day driving Mercs. Sad, eh! NEWSLETTER FROM THE WARM CLIMES OF BRISBANE Mari and Jack have done sterling work in producing their newsletter for two volumes and several issues of the Whanau in Touch newsletter. We could convince them to extend the life of their most welcome newsletter - maybe bi-annual (sic) or annual. It would be a loss: but it is much appreciated what they do to get us to enjoy yarns written by the others; wordsmiths again from 'The things we do... Jackie and her horrendous experience of her bicycling accident to Bryan writing about his parenting by Uncle Fred and Aunty Zoe during his times in Auckland. Also the funny anecdotes that Bryan writes of with his Aunt Eleanor (Tuppence), his Uncle Hip (Sixpence) and Uncle Ike (Thruppence). The experiences of staying with Nanna and Pop and staying with the families of the Uncles and the cousine-warfare, inadvertent of course. Poor Danny! Danny, a mate of Bryan's, writes of his time with Kutai, and how to deal with byproducts. Jo-Ann's biographical details let us know of her success at dancing competitions as a ballet dancer. There are lovely photos of her as such, in the PictureAlbum as submitted by Mari and Jack, and she even travelled to the famed competitons in New Plymouth as a competitor and was a winner very often. Danny has sent in Danny asked as to how often he should read this Website 'welcome page ' because he got a surprise to see about those who were in hospital. I told him that its as often as YOU NEED or YOU WANT to read; there's no compulsion as its a portal for whanau news. Jack might read it nightly, Rona has indicated that she does do similar access, me: I read it almost two times a day to see if any one has made a contribution or if I have to acknowledge any new members. When you read the newsletter about Jackie's experience, you can only grim at the report and express horror at what she had to undergo. I reckon that a cartoon is due from her, showing her on 'guard duty' with the other incapacitated prison officer on the other side of the inmate who was a patient owing to his escape attempt. Even the numerous visitors in their uniforms visiting her would make a cartoon subject. I was told by a work colleague that at his tertiary institute that the lecturer said that one course on sexual harrassment said that a man should not hold a door open for a woman to go through as this could be construed - not mis- - as sexual harrassment. I think that chivalry, a la good manners, should have been, as Jackie's work colleagues said, that the male prison officer should have let the lady go through first and not himself. He could have got donged and not her! July is the time for the next lot of birthdays and the source of most of them come via Jack who maintains a database. If there are some missing, be like Rona and tell us who we are missing. State of the Nation - Television show broadcasted by TVOne
Margret |
Pictured are two presenters of that show outside Te Ika A Maui, the carved house or wharenui of Manukorihi where we held the reunion organised by Trish. The tv show dealt with issues relative to the Treaty of Waitangi and also dealt with, but not solve, issues with the land in Waitara. In the audience was Dennis (Patuwairua) and I was awaiting his contribution as the camera switched onto nearby subjects. But, alas and alack, knowledgeable Dennis was a silent witness as to the spectacle before him. He should be our whanau contributor to the next newsletter, don't you think. Line up Neville for the following one. Gloria will send her contribution to Mari and Jack direct, eh!
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