Now I understand.....
May 29th 2005, 11:45 am
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Now I understand.....
... why you all want to move to NZ:
May 29th 2005, 12:19 pm
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Re: Now I understand.....
Originally Posted by Toontje
... why you all want to move to NZ:
Tried to give you some k too, but need to spread it around a bit. We saw that on the first map we bought of NZ and it tickled our funny bones
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May 29th 2005, 1:40 pm
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Re: Now I understand.....
Wahayy!! I've been to shag point.. saw the seals! it was a nice day there... apart from the fact that we were stood viewing the seals on a kinda ledge with no barriers with 3 kids under 4 with a massive drop :scared: talk about stress!
May 29th 2005, 9:10 pm
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Re: Now I understand.....
Good one!!
I was just wondering... all these strange place names in NZ... are they pronounced as they are spelt or is there some funny pronunciation I should know about??
I was just wondering... all these strange place names in NZ... are they pronounced as they are spelt or is there some funny pronunciation I should know about??
May 29th 2005, 9:46 pm
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Re: Now I understand.....
Originally Posted by SarahB
Good one!!
I was just wondering... all these strange place names in NZ... are they pronounced as they are spelt or is there some funny pronunciation I should know about??
I was just wondering... all these strange place names in NZ... are they pronounced as they are spelt or is there some funny pronunciation I should know about??
theres a place called Whakatane and also Whakarewarewa.
Maori place names are often pronounced differently than you would think, the accent on the words are all in the wrong places it seems....
May 29th 2005, 9:53 pm
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Re: Now I understand.....
So how do you say Whakarewarewa?? 
May 29th 2005, 11:29 pm
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Re: Now I understand.....
Originally Posted by SarahB
So how do you say Whakarewarewa??
May 30th 2005, 1:16 am
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Re: Now I understand.....
Originally Posted by SarahB
So how do you say Whakarewarewa??
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May 30th 2005, 1:32 am
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Re: Now I understand.....
Originally Posted by Toontje
... why you all want to move to NZ:
Rob
