Still Waters Posted July 29, 2011 #1 Share Posted July 29, 2011 A MYTHICAL swamp monster "hiding" under Auckland is threatening to derail a project to improve the New Zealand city's traffic gridlock.The North Island city is trying to move ahead with a multi-billion railway tunnel project to improve the minimal train network and free up its car-filled streets. But Horotiu, a mythical monster, put the NZ$2.6 billion ($2.1 billion) project in doubt after an indigenous Maori board protested that it will destroy grounds once patrolled by the make-believe taniwha, pronounced tani-fa. Glenn Wilcox, a member of the Maori Statutory Board, which protects Maori interests, complained that the plan did not take into account the monster, which "was here first". The taniwha is a mythical protector with a powerful role in Maori folklore, but get it angry and you're in trouble, Mr Wilcox said. Read more... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie333 Posted July 29, 2011 #2 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I am sure this is just a legend but somehow I find myself wanting the Maori peoples wish respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert1 Posted July 29, 2011 #3 Share Posted July 29, 2011 A much needed public works project is being sidetracked on account of a mythical monster. How silly can these things get? I'm so glad I don't live in New Zealand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
village_idiot Posted July 29, 2011 #4 Share Posted July 29, 2011 A much needed public works project is being sidetracked on account of a mythical monster. How silly can these things get? I'm so glad I don't live in New Zealand. Yeah, no kidding...If this was in the US, we'd have bulldozed and been done before anyone had a say in the matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Buzzkill Posted July 30, 2011 #5 Share Posted July 30, 2011 To be fair, the monster goes away (as it did in the Waikato, and Pohoi) when you pay the Maori elders millions of dollars. This is the legacy of a treaty that protects the religion of the native people, even though none of those people actually believe in the old religion of monsters and gods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted July 30, 2011 #6 Share Posted July 30, 2011 A much needed public works project is being sidetracked on account of a mythical monster. How silly can these things get? I'm so glad I don't live in New Zealand. I disagree with you in the US people put God before things all the time, is he not mythical?! Also n the UK I cannot imagine anyone being able to put a motorway or railway through Lochness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchall Posted July 30, 2011 #7 Share Posted July 30, 2011 "A much needed public works project is being sidetracked on account of a mythical monster. How silly can these things get? I'm so glad I don't live in New Zealand." The New Zealand people are probably MIGHTY HAPPY also that you don't live there !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarGateAtlantis Posted July 30, 2011 #8 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Does it matter if this thing is real? I only care if the pleisiosaurs are still around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omg lemonade Posted July 30, 2011 #9 Share Posted July 30, 2011 i live in nz, seriously every other week the maoris are protesting about something about "their" land all they do is annoy everyone, no one gives them respect and no one ever is, they are always trying to win fights they cant, 1st the shore beds, then the air space, now this, grow up you losers and get a job ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalDreamer Posted July 30, 2011 #10 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Its ab-suh-loot-lie moronic that a public works project is being sidetracked due to sightings of a mythical monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXHellkittiesXx Posted July 31, 2011 #11 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Lol, humans... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravinar Posted July 31, 2011 #12 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I am sure this is just a legend but somehow I find myself wanting the Maori peoples wish respected. even if its a load of bull i would much rather the Maori people get there way. why? because any thing that stops a natural environment from becoming a polluted concrete sh** hole is a good thing in my book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffybunny Posted July 31, 2011 #13 Share Posted July 31, 2011 even if its a load of bull i would much rather the Maori people get there way. why? because any thing that stops a natural environment from becoming a polluted concrete sh** hole is a good thing in my book! Does that mean you are giving up your home and moving into a cave? or do concrete pooholes only apply to other people's stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravinar Posted August 1, 2011 #14 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Does that mean you are giving up your home and moving into a cave? or do concrete pooholes only apply to other people's stuff? look all i was saying is that I'm against development projects that just plow right through and destroy natural environments. can you really say this development project wont do just that? if you can i will shut my mouth but some how i really doubt that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffybunny Posted August 1, 2011 #15 Share Posted August 1, 2011 look all i was saying is that I'm against development projects that just plow right through and destroy natural environments. can you really say this development project wont do just that? if you can i will shut my mouth but some how i really doubt that. What was there before your home was built? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soul Kitchen Posted August 1, 2011 #16 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I'm so glad I don't live in New Zealand. I never thought I'd hear that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravinar Posted August 1, 2011 #17 Share Posted August 1, 2011 What was there before your home was built? ... a farm. but that is besides the point! Am i to assume that your in favor of this project even though it will ether pollute or outright destroy the natural environment its building on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconis Posted August 1, 2011 #18 Share Posted August 1, 2011 (edited) It sounds alot like the Australian aboriginals complaining about "sacred sites". personally though, i hope the swamp doesnt have a train line going through it, i cant see a 2 billion dollar transit project being too environmentally sensitive. Why not commision a few (more) hybrid-gas busses, seems to have worked here in (western) Australia. Edited August 1, 2011 by draconis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted August 6, 2011 #19 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Split Enz - "Dirty Creature" (Australian Band whose members were from NZ) Dirty Creature come my way from the bottom of a big black lake Shuffles up to my window making sure I'm awake S'probably gonna pick my brain Got me in a vice-like grip He said one slip, your dead. Ha. Dirty Creature of habit, Little horror here to stay Anyone in his right mind would tell it to go away But the river of dread runs deep, full of unspeakable things The creature don't mess around I don't wanna mess with him I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna sail I don't wanna, I don't wanna sail tonight Dirty Creature's got me at a disadvantage from the inside. Tentacles on the brain keep me from falling asleep I'm rooted to the spot, The beast don't know when to stop Sneaking up from behind, Binds and gags my wits Dirty Creature got my head exactly where he wants it I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna, I don't wanna sail tonight, Taniwha is waiting for me just below the surface so bright (Yeah-eah-eah-eah) Even as we speak the Dirty Creature springs a nasty surprise. Dirty Creature knows my type found it in a magazine He's seen the look of fear before splattered all over the screen The animal magnet thug draws me out of myself I need a dragon-slayer who can save me from myself I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna set sail for the middle of nowhere tonight Dirty Creature's got me at a disadvantage from the inside (Yeah-eah-eah-eah-eah) I don't wanna sail upon the waters of invention tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unseen Posted August 6, 2011 #20 Share Posted August 6, 2011 I disagree with you in the US people put God before things all the time, is he not mythical?! Also n the UK I cannot imagine anyone being able to put a motorway or railway through Lochness. I disagree with what you said,Putting "GOD before things all the time" Unless you mean GOD being Money.Now I know that "RELIGION" sticks it's ugly pointed booger filled nose in somethings but not everything. But if it came to Voters saying "YOU can't build here because bigfoot wonders these woods" there would be some what of a stand still but eventually Money talks and B.S. walks unless Bigfoot himself Votes and pickets and has a deed for the land on which building is wanting then I do believe he would take a lump sum of $$$$ and then find some other place to leave his tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitat Posted August 6, 2011 #21 Share Posted August 6, 2011 To be fair, the monster goes away (as it did in the Waikato, and Pohoi) when you pay the Maori elders millions of dollars. This is the legacy of a treaty that protects the religion of the native people, even though none of those people actually believe in the old religion of monsters and gods I am starting to see the picture here, I think. Thanks for clearing this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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