There’s a part maori bloke in Wellington with that fine old maori surname of McIntyre-Wilson, who is apparently a talented jewellery designer. Recently he was given the job of designing a new children’s playground in the capital’s waterfront Frank Kitt’s park.
Shortly it is to be publicly opened. It largely comprises some slides and swings.
McIntyre-Wilson is quoted in the media saying of it,
“Whetu Marama (this the name it’s been dubbed by the Council wets) is a living, breathing entity that holds and imparts knowledge.
It represents the continuation of our voyaging heritage, a physical and symbolic link to our tupuna. It is a reminder of waka in our history, not just as vessels of transport, but as keepers of stories, technology and traditions”.
That verbiage is world-class cock. It’s a playground with some swings and slides for God’s sake.
If McIntyre-Wilson believes this ridiculous guff then surely the asylum awaits, and indeed the straight jacket for everyone’s protection.
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More likely what awaits is a fat cheque from the public purse.
What the media haven’t yet highlighted is that this is a playgound in an area of the Capital that is hugely popular with families at weekends. There are two swings, and other guff of course. Children staying too long on a swing will doubtless be murdered. And yes Bob, it took longer to build this playground than the Empire State building, seriously. Have you received your invitation to the 5am blessing and powhiri?
Totally right….
Couldn’t agree more – from the wets to the wankery!
This is the standard drivel for anything launched or revealed in New Zealand these days, a never-ending ode to that wonderfulness you identify Sir Bob!
World class BS indeed
Yep. World class cock !!
Sounds like
Sounds like the contract price just went up!
Unfortunately, rather than incarceration in an appropriate institution, he’s more likely to receive encouragement, accolades, and a shower of more ratepayer’s money to do similar things.
Superb.
superb !!!
Public pampering goes a long way towards supporting bureaucracy, especially when it’s not your own money.
Perhaps explains why it took so long to deliver this project.
One does wonder what’s next for the Wellington City Council.. perhaps a cross dressing Mayor, with a degree in social engineering…
I couldn’t agree more.
Have you see the marae built in Invercargill at a cost of 15 million dollars shaped like a fern ,just bloody outrageous
And how much was McIntyre-Wilson paid for his cultural consulting?
The asylum is required for rhe nation that had swallowed this wad of claptrap. Oh, sorry, that nation has become that asylum!. Silly me.
This!! This need to solemnly impart total gibberish every time anything even remotely indigenous occurs. It undermines language and erodes respect for our public bodies. Great article by SRJ-keep them coming.
The real problem is the public at large are buying into this. It’s we, the people, who’ll be lead away and not necessarily in straight jackets.
I’m just glad that I don’t live in Wellington and have to put up with all this moari bullshi
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The problem is Bob that this is for those that live in that parallel universe.
The only thing that is applicable to playgrounds with slides and swings is GRAVITY.
Bob, he had to say that stuff to charge an outrageous fee.
What? a jeweler designed a maori kids playground?
Why not copy the ducks at parliament?
True, but how do we stop this deterioration of our society, are we doomed to go all the way down?
We have very little to no impartial media or public accountability with a large part of our society being badly educated if at all and with the village idiot still has the same voting power we have no chance of improving.
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