kia ora koutou

A problem while translating the Treaty of Waitangi

A pakeha version:                      A maori version:

THE FIRST ARTICLE             THE FIRST ARTICLE
I am the boss.                            You are the boss.

THE SECOND ARTICLE        THE SECOND ARTICLE
You are the boss.                       I am the boss.

THE THIRD ARTICLE            THE THIRD ARTICLE
Now that's sorted out                How about those muskets?
put some clothes on,
          pay your rates,
                 get a job
and find a lawyer.

-- Glenn Colquhoun.

This is instead of me being thoughtful about Waitangi Day, which is the day it is today. I'm not being thoughtful because - you know the Wellingtonista venn diagram that's been going around? Stoners, munters, One Love, the Sevens, Newtown and te Aro? Well, I just worked the night shift at a Newtown bottlestore, so I deserve not to be thoughtful today.

Ka kite ano.