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Posted: Jan 21st 2009 11:00PM (Unverified) said

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Heh, I find it funny how Australia was meant to boost our tourism industry, but the only place in the world it didn't flop was Oz (although many people down under thought it was shit boring). It made the news here when it wasn't nominated for an Oscar.

Oh, and your post has an error. New Zealand isn't a country - it's a state of Australia. Except they are special as they are the only State which have their own Prime Minister and special laws regarding sex with animals.

Posted: Jan 22nd 2009 5:00AM AntiVillian said

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Maui legend has it the entire island is a giant fish...
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Posted: Jan 22nd 2009 5:24AM (Unverified) said

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Do you mean Māori?
Becuase Maui is the second largest Hawaiian island, whereas the Māori people are the original inhabitants of New Zealand.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori

By the way, which island was a giant fish? Australia?
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Posted: Jan 22nd 2009 5:41AM AntiVillian said

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*shakes fist at weird spelling*

I believe the bottom half of new zealand was the fish and the top half was something it was eating... or something along those lines anyway.

Posted: Jan 22nd 2009 6:02PM (Unverified) said

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ohh!
You mean the North island is meant to be a fish.
So take that!
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Posted: Jan 23rd 2009 10:35AM (Unverified) said

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Maui is also the name of the man who, according to Maori legend, fished up the North Island (his 'ika'). It's a common legend throughout the Pacific. We have it in New Zealand, but they also have it in Tonga, French Polynesia, pretty much anywhere that Polynesian people settled.

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