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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has officially declared open the Transmission Gully motorway, while the road has been named Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata.
Can you imagine if there was an accident and you dialed 111 and you were asked where it was, shit that would be a mouthful to get out in a hurry.
I know its a cultural thing but shit how about naming something that is inline with European culture for a change?
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because the pre europeans were known for their fearsome roadbuilding skills.
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maybe Transmission Gully Motorway?
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the last laugh is on the pre europeans tho
'Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata', which loosely translated means
'your waka is a donkey'
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30-03-2022, 12:12 PM
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(30-03-2022, 12:08 PM)Magoo Wrote: the last laugh is on the pre europeans tho
'Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata', which loosely translated means
'your waka is a donkey' google translates it as
The Great Path of Rangihaeata
Te Ara might be a bit easier - The Way
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(30-03-2022, 12:08 PM)Magoo Wrote: the last laugh is on the pre europeans tho
'Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata', which loosely translated means
'your waka is a donkey' We're the donkeys, getting sucked into a PPP to finance and build it.
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30-03-2022, 01:11 PM
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(30-03-2022, 12:12 PM)king1 Wrote: (30-03-2022, 12:08 PM)Magoo Wrote: the last laugh is on the pre europeans tho
'Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata', which loosely translated means
'your waka is a donkey' google translates it as
The Great Path of Rangihaeata
Te Ara might be a bit easier - The Way no, that seems wrong.
im pretty sure im right.
(30-03-2022, 01:09 PM)Praktica Wrote: (30-03-2022, 12:08 PM)Magoo Wrote: the last laugh is on the pre europeans tho
'Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata', which loosely translated means
'your waka is a donkey' We're the donkeys, getting sucked into a PPP to finance and build it. is that pp, private and public funded?
which group is the lesser villain?
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(30-03-2022, 12:08 PM)Magoo Wrote: the last laugh is on the pre europeans tho
'Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata', which loosely translated means
'your waka is a donkey'
Love it 
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(30-03-2022, 01:11 PM)Magoo Wrote: (30-03-2022, 12:12 PM)king1 Wrote: google translates it as
The Great Path of Rangihaeata
Te Ara might be a bit easier - The Way no, that seems wrong.
im pretty sure im right.
(30-03-2022, 01:09 PM)Praktica Wrote: We're the donkeys, getting sucked into a PPP to finance and build it. is that pp, private and public funded?
which group is the lesser villain? Britain tried using PPPs to build hospitals - they ended up with expensive buildings not fit for purpose - taxpayers ripped off again.
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PPPs are like that old story about the scorpion and the fox crossing the river. Trusting anything or anyone to go against their nature is simply dumb. Private enterprise is about profit. Public enterprise is about something else entirely. The two can never be good bedfellows. Or cross a river without each putting themself in danger of drowning...
As a social enterprise, with tax payer's money funding? No one will get what they want...
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Its probably just going to end up being called transmission gully, or the gully road, or perhaps the 100 year road. 
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(30-03-2022, 12:08 PM)Magoo Wrote: the last laugh is on the pre europeans tho
'Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata', which loosely translated means
'your waka is a donkey' I smell BS. Maori wouldn't have even known what a donkey was in pre-European times so obviously wouldn't have had a word for them in their language.
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31-03-2022, 02:47 PM
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yeah, where'd you get your translation from Magoo? fess up...
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31-03-2022, 03:08 PM
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(31-03-2022, 02:38 PM)harm_less Wrote: (30-03-2022, 12:08 PM)Magoo Wrote: the last laugh is on the pre europeans tho
'Te Ara Nui o Te Rangihaeata', which loosely translated means
'your waka is a donkey' I smell BS. Maori wouldn't have even known what a donkey was in pre-European times so obviously wouldn't have had a word for them in their language. dont be silly. everyone knows what a donkey is.
they probly had them back in Hawaiiki for harvesting yams and such
there was never going to be enough room in a waka for a donkey.
(31-03-2022, 02:47 PM)king1 Wrote: yeah, where'd you get your translation from Magoo? fess up... i do all my own translating.
not fussy which language, i translate them all.
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