Pronounce This !!!

A Real Tongue Twister !!!

A few people have asked what is the maori language like and is it easy to learn. Well, try pronouncing the following word which is not only the longest maori place name in NZ, but also the longest in the world. If you can do that, the rest will be as easy as !!!
Are you ready, here it is.........

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

In english it means - The brow of the hill where Tamatea (the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed maountains) who travelled the land, played his flute to his loved one.


It seems that the "word" has had a copyright applied to it, but only after it had a prefix added. If it has had a prefix added, any english teacher will tell you, that if you add a prefix to any word, then it is not the same word. So what's the point in getting a copyright applied to protect it from inappropriate use. I don't think anyone in their right mind or their left mind is going to "pinch it" !!!
It will be one of the things on the agenda, tomorrow when the Waitangi tribunal meets at Waipatu Marae in Hastings to hear the indigenous flora & fauna cultural inttellectual property claim - otherwise known as the Wai 262 claim - often described as the "grandfather" of treaty claims. In 3 days from Monday, Ngati Kahungunu will present evidence, covering everything from commercial rights to waiata and natural health remedies, the allocation of other resources, habitat loss - and how the HeretaungaPlains has been transformed by colonisation.