Last night Sis and I went to a Maori concert. It was neat. There were 7 performers who sang and danced. We got to see them do a haka. Haka are the preparation for battle. Performing one gets a warrior ready to go berserk. Recently the haka has been used by the All Blacks before games. I guess it didn't work Sunday. All Black lost to France and a lot of people have been upset. (I find it fantastic that the link above is from Al Jazeera English-everybody loves rugby!)
The concert performers were mostly young and I was thinking this could be a great summer job. They have to do two shows a night but their days are free!
On the way back we were talking to the the bus driving who told us South Islanders don't feel quite equal with North Islanders. He said it was because the bigger cities, the financial city and the capitol are all in the North. He says people ask him where he is from and when he says the North they say with mingled disgust and envy, "Oh, Auckland." (He isn't from there but it's like saying you are from the US and people replying, "Oh, New York.")
He said part of the reason was in the entire South Island there are 1 million people. And that a third of them live here, in Christchurch. 1 million people in the whole island. He said the North has 3 million which is still small but only 1 million people? That's got to be less than Mount Airy!
Today we are leaving Christchurch to drive to Twizel and Mt Cook
According to the guide books we will be driving through county used in the filming of Lord of the Rings. Edoras and the battle on Pellinor fields.
This will be my first time driving to on the left. Think good thoughts for me.
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