"I cut the cord from my Mother"

 

• Playing pin-pong with StudyLink. I am enrolled, I am not enrolled. They are paying my fees, oh no they're not. I am getting a student allowance, but only until tomorrow. You don't need to re-apply we'll do it for you, no you need to re-apply. FAIL.

• Not many people know that the name of my region, Kāpiti, is actually an abbreviation. The name, in its entirety is actually 'Te Waewae Kāpiti o Tara rāua ko
  Rangitāne'. As my high school Māori teacher explained to me, this name describes the stomping grounds or tribal boundaries of Ngāi Tara and Rangitāne. So when this Warriner person, gets all up in arms about a single macron, over the 'a' in Kāpiti, it really ticks my tock. Just when you think it couldn't get any worse, he throws comments around like this one:

"At the end of the day, this is New Zealand  it's not Maoriland. I
didn't come to Maoriland, I came to New Zealand. I speak the New Zealand
language, I'm a citizen of New Zealand."  - Mr Warriner

If you are a person that has racist tendencies problems accepting other cultures, then here is some advice: Do not move to a country which has a history built on multiculturalism, and then try and change it to suit you. This is New Zealand, Aotearoa, not little Britain. If you don't like Māori culture, that is your choice. But you have no right to try and change elements of a culture, especially one that you have no affiliation to. Perhaps if a macron is too much to deal with you could just move home to your Mother?

People like this make me so angry and so, so sad.  

• Outrageous Fortune ended. It was a crap ending.  In fact it was a crap last season. I am severely disappointed and Outraged indeed. Season 3 was THE best. Caution clip contains swearing & general Westie sex, drugs and rock'n'roll.

 

• Seeing footage of the Uni students protest in England. Really guys, was that necessary? I mean protest for your cause, but don't get violent. It's not the fault of the poor Police officers, but you injured them anyway. Good one *scoff*.