bod
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Post by bod on Jan 11, 2005 12:38:06 GMT
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Post by whistler on Jan 11, 2005 18:29:46 GMT
Thanks for that, Heads like these used to be on the dusty shelves in the Museums, until it became not PC to do so. I well remember them . There is much history around such heads, including the greedy chiefs that saw them as a source of income, and sold them to Europeans. We still live in wonderful double standards our governement recently spent a fortune digging up and bring back from Europe an "Unknown Soldier" there was a great performance ,at great expense and we all clapped. A couple of years ago, a Maori MP went to England to bring back a couple of those heads and returned them to their Tribe --- There was all sorts of complaints at the Cost.
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bod
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Post by bod on Jan 12, 2005 6:56:16 GMT
Just goes to show you can never ever please everyone....
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Post by Hubert (N. Z.) on Jan 14, 2005 9:10:31 GMT
The NZ Government even spend $47 million to defend a stupid yacht race, and now wants to spend more trying to win it back!
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