A cultural mix
It is not unexpected that some Waikato councillors are expecting a backlash from many of their constituents regarding signage in the Waikato, which as well as including the accepted Maori names for towns and railway platforms, seems to be giving te reo a dominance over the English versions which have stood in place for more than a century.
Maori are now pointing out that the treaty formed a partnership, and there were many injustices committed in the name of forming a bicultural society, which need to be addressed.
Some Maori believe that the righting of the historical wrongs should be the implementation of a Maori state of higher citizenship, whereby although Maori are a minority of our population the high chamber of governance should be a Maori one with a power of veto over the existing parliament and its decisions on behalf of the rest of our citizenship comprising many cultures and ethnicity.
It is the very variety of ethnicities that make up that larger part of our citizen demographic that will eventually overcome both the interpretations of the rights conferred on both Maori and Pakeha (largely Europeans) or racial dominance.
As the number of Kiwis who are members of other cultures increases, it is almost inevitable that those cultures will demand a citizen equality and even some of their languages incorporated into the Kiwi linguistic matrix.
The imposition of the powers of other dominant cultures in their erstwhile homelands is often the reason that has driven many of them to emigrate to this country.
Yes let us all paddle our waka in the same direction lest we go around in circles and finally capsize.
Dennis Pennefather, Te Awamutu
Each year buildings, bridges, fountains and monuments around the world are lit up in orange as part of the worldwide campaign.
In Hamilton the local Zonta Club has teamed up with the HCC to light the Anzac Bridge orange.
The club also has a Zonta Says No display in the Central Library and supported the Carving in Ice Theatre for their production of Hush: a verbatim play about family violence.
I did find Hush to be a very powerful performance and applaud the director, Gaye Poole, for her drive to bring this particular play to Hamilton audiences. Jill Hobden, Hamilton (Secretary, Zonta Club of HamiltonWaikato) lottery using 6 numbers from a bin of 40 numbers is not a little over 4 billion.
According to my computer the odds are just under 2.8 billion to one.
The reason for the lower figure is because there are not 40 numbers available when each ball is drawn in sequence.
When the second ball is drawn only 39 numbers are available, when the third ball is drawn only 38 numbers are available, etc.
However if 6 different containers each holding 40 balls were used for a draw with one number being drawn from each of the containers, then Joe Bennett’s odds are correct.
It would then be possible to obtain a winning sequence with each ball drawn having the identical number as all the others, e.g 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1. A result like that would really get the conspiratorial theorists talking.
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