Brisbane??? Anyone?

[TeAroha]

Your kids or grand kids will most likely lose the language. It is the same here as it is for the pacific islanders who live in NZ. There are other aspects of the culture you may lose as well.

I will probably have to disagree with you on that one, as I don't believe it can easily be lost espcially if I am surrounding my kids with our culture eg: language, waiata/songs, Tikanga/custom, food, my children are not only Maori but Nigerian, and they very much know both sides, even tho they are living away from their African home... However it will become a choice when they are older to countinue with it, if they like.
The pacific islanders here in New Zealand are very much apart of their culture and from my experience even the Kiwi born PI are much into their own culture and have a strong identity with their country... If anything they are proud have more knowledge with their culture, even living away from their country, more so than Maori people living in their own country...

But that is a whole another story lol



I personally don't think brisbane has much culture. I find Queenslanders (generally speaking not all) are very unadventurous when it comes to food. I know one who went to a restaurant where they sold emu, kangaroo, eel and crocodile amongst others. What did the queenslander order? Fish and chips!!! Crocodile is very nice by the way for those who haven't tried it. I do actually live in brisbane so I can talk about it. I will ask my wife to let me know where to find her blog on brisbane.

That is really cool but, to try crocodile.... or even kangaroo, I have tasted eel... was brought up going to catch them, cook them and eat them

 

[Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

LOL
I am over the cold weather, here in Auckland, that is why I want to go somewhere it is stinkin hot

If you really want hot, go to Darwin. Almost never drops below 20C even at night in the middle of winter.

 

[TeAroha]

If you really want hot, go to Darwin. Almost never drops below 20C even at night in the middle of winter.

Yes I heard about that, my uncle stayed there for a year, not sure if I want to go there though

 

[TheDag]

TeAroha
My comments about losing culture come from paper articles and people I know. Obviously if you work hard to make sure they don't lose that then they won't. Many find it hard to do that however. One of the most dificult cultural aspects to maintain is after rhe death having the body available for all to view. The climate in Brisbane just isn't suitable for that. It gets very smelly as opposed to NZ where it is colder so decay doesn't set in as fast. I'm glad you work hard to teach the kids culture. My understanding is that even though alot of PI's try to keep their culture and language there is not enough spaces in child care and school where they can learn the language and speak it freely with others.

The blog that my wife does on brissie can be found at
http://beautifulbrisbane.wordpress.com

Hopefully that helps some.

 

[jewie]

Originally Posted by tgg

Hey, Lee_Lee is from Oxley and she is certainly NOT the criminal type! Neither are other four other friends of mine who live in that suburb.
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Although Lee Lee doesn't live in Oxley any longer and hasn't done for several years. Her criminal tendancies (If she has any - I didn't know she did!) have moved on elsewhere. HaHa.


Originally Posted by tigercub

I'm just gonna quote myself here (since you obviously missed it)

Darra/Oxley is mostly criminals (not being judgemental, seriously- the jail is there)
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Just as a side note I think the jail's in Wacol at Sir David Longland Correctional Centre which happens to be about 3-4 Km's down the road. Maybe the people at Wacol are criminals. HaHa.

At the end of the day, Brisbane is very multi-cultural so we shouldn't stereotype different races and by suburbs.

 

[lmnop9876]

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[TeAroha]

TeAroha
My understanding is that even though alot of PI's try to keep their culture and language there is not enough spaces in child care and school where they can learn the language and speak it freely with others.
They sure have childcare centre's here in New Zealand that take a PI angle, they are actually fully immersion in language, I'm sure that you already know we have Kohanga and Kurakaupap which are our Maori schools where the curriculum is NZ, but is fully Maori, and the pacific islanders here have that also, enabling thekids to freely use and speak their language because they are taught in their language. With many childcare centres that are fully immersed in thier own language.....
This starts from childcare right up to Uni, tech studies.....
what I don't think NZ have is other culture base childcare centre's or not enough off them, such as, Indian, African, Asian, so on and so on...

The blog that my wife does on brissie can be found at
http://beautifulbrisbane.wordpress.com

Hopefully that helps some.

Thanks for the link, I'm going to read it now, sure it will come in handy

 

[TeAroha]

not really on topic, but has anyone ever noticed how many kiwis live on the gold coast? i don't know about further south, but i do door to door sales and i'd say at least 1/5 of the people i meet around ormeau, pimpama, coomera, helensvale, oxenford &c. are new zealanders, i never knew there were so many kiwis here!

lol that would be right...

 

[Lee_Lee]

Hey,

Brisbane is a really nice place to live- i love it heaps!! Wouldn't want to live/raise a family anywhere else. To check out the cultural stuff and whats on in Brisbane you can go to this link:

www.ourbrisbane.com.au

For information on being an international student and course credits etc, here are links to the three major universities in Brisbane:

Queensland University of Technology:

http://www.international.qut.edu.au/

University of Queensland:

http://www.uq.edu.au/international/

Griffith University:

http://www.griffith.edu.au/international/

Hope that helps.

- LeeLee.

 

[TeAroha]

Hey,

Brisbane is a really nice place to live- i love it heaps!! Wouldn't want to live/raise a family anywhere else. To check out the cultural stuff and whats on in Brisbane you can go to this link:

www.ourbrisbane.com.au

For information on being an international student and course credits etc, here are links to the three major universities in Brisbane:

Queensland University of Technology:

http://www.international.qut.edu.au/

University of Queensland:

http://www.uq.edu.au/international/

Griffith University:

http://www.griffith.edu.au/international/

Hope that helps.

- LeeLee.

Aawwweee thanks so much I will take a look at these