I have been helping Ledra move from their farm yesterday. We do organic church with these awesome people. They have been on this farm for 126 years which is massive in New Zealand terms, considering the country was only discovered 250 years ago.
Ledra showed me how Kiwi Farmers care for the environment by having a plastics fire finishing with throwing a Wind Surfer on the top of it
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The_Walrus
- http://www.doctor-dark.co.uk
- 01/05/2007 @ 09:06:47
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philipedwards
- http://www.homechurch.org.nz
- 01/05/2007 @ 11:50:36
Yes, good point, that was a tad un PC of me. Though to regain my PC status I would like to point out that 'Maoris' is considered a tad derogatry as there is only 'Maori' whether singular or plural, just like there is no 'English's'.
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- 02/05/2007 @ 07:44:43
hmm a can of worms. I do wish Eurocentric Christian kiwis would expand their universe to accept and understand other cultures (most especially Tangata Whenua in our own backyard). Please, please, please don't condescend to blaming 'pc' language. I like a lot of what you are contributing Philip. I am learning a lot from your blog entries. But hopefully we all have areas that we are learning in. Cultural world views involve real people, with real lives, and differing vantages to the same realities that I may possess.
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philipedwards
- http://www.homechurch.org.nz
- 02/05/2007 @ 10:15:17
No arguments with you here, and I accept the problems Euro-centric Christian Kiwis (myself included)have created and are creating with the blind spots we carry in regards to faith and culture etc.
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I had not realised the Maoris only arrived in NZ 250 years ago.