<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side two <&>0:10 oh yes well we just heard that he was seriously ill and er his daughter who we knew very well was a strong worker in the church very nice lass used to have groups of people round to listen to christian videos <,> and then we'd have bible study that sort of thing she wrote and <.>gave told us that she had changed her address and was voc er moved she and her husband to live with her parents cos her father was so seriously ill so we wrote and um jess told that we'd be thinking of them yeah we're praying for him she probably wrote to the letts <,,> <&>1:00 <{><[>i was going to say that in regard to tawhiri our mind for him at the moment we are praying that the lord will give him a new heart and that'd be the answer to everything <[>mm mm change his motives and <{><[>his his um his objectives instead of being just drifting not knowing what he wants to do <[>sit down he has said he wants to be a mechanic i know but the difficulty of getting him into a motor mechanic's job even does he need maths for it um basically english and what's it for mechanics do you know i don't know he's so he's so <{><[>far behind in everything he hasn't got it he's missed so much school he <[>physics or something yeah that's for sure <{><[>he's so broken <[>he judy and sam went to the school college and discussed it with the various ones who've had contact with him they said it'd be quite hopeless to er let him have school cert er no <&>2:00 yes school cert <{><[>yeah <[>yeah <[>has he got school cert um in english um it's called alternative new zealand certificate or something like this which is a bit less than your normal fifth form but mm he use <.>to he's got really good reports from um <{><[>when he was in school in hawera <[>i know as far as he went <.>bu but he's he's missed so much school to he he wouldn't <.>b so they're going to ask him to er go again next year into the same class oh i think they're going to try and fill in the big gaps that are <{1><[1>voc er at the end of during the rest of this year cos he missed oh <{2><[2>i think he missed most of third he missed most of fourth <[1>next year <[2>fourth form yeah he just wagged all of fourth form laughs oh did he <{><[>oh yes he <[>that's what we think yeah he used to take his clothes in his schoolbag and we'd drop him off at school and laughs he'd be off into town into the video parlours as soon as mum drove away clears throat that's in wanganui yeah mm sniffs <&>3:00 <{><[>yes <.>it's <[>have you been doing any gardening granny or just grandpa er no i er clears throat lifted <.>th the electric mower goes round to do <.>the and i lift it over the roses so that it doesn't knock all the new shoots off <{><[><.>and <[>well we both do <.>i <{><[>i <.>do do the first lawn <[>laughs i don't do very much dear laughs and then she er lifts the cord while i do round there and then she does the flowers tut i noticed your um choice of the pansies out there the pink and purple ones they're so pretty <{><[><,> love those colours <[>aren't they lovely yeah mm <,,> oh yes it's a it's a thrilling time and coming back this morning jess from the er timber mill mm kowhais are out YES oh i saw <{><[>lovely kowhais out <[>i <.>haven't haven't seen a kowhai <.>b er this season yet <.>till until <{><[>this morning <[>er coming up rata street <.>there er <.>on on the righthand side coming up rata street there was er a very <.>pretty and it's set voc against a blue sky and i thought oh isn't that lovely oh <{><[>yeah <[>and all the oak trees in arawa street just opposite the post <{><[>office you can <&>4:00 just see them beginning to green <[><.>i it's a pretty <.>t a pretty town well planted lots and the parks we're so fortunate that we're so close to that lovely centennial drive mm and it's BEAUTIFUL <{><[>camellias and roses all coming out stellatas magnolias OH <.>it's <[>the trees are in it are magnificent copper beeches i've never seen mm it's so pretty it IS quite a wealthy town matamata i think it's all the rich farmers laughs laughs well those that are still surviving well we were told that quite a lot of wealthy farmers retired here also it's a horsey town there's a racecourse and there's lots of um places where they er they grow horses grow horses laughs they grow horses yeah laughs grow horses <{1><[1>where they train them and breed them laughs that's the <{2><[2>word <[1>what's <.>the um <[2>i'm just trying to think what's the word for it what horses station is it or stud stud stud how er <.>the a place where <{><[>horses are BRED <[>stud word that's right er i said that <.>br breeding yes but there's a proper noun too <{><[>anna <[>yes stud is quite <{><[>right <&>5:00 <[>stud of course a <{><[>stud stud is where the horses <.>are horse <[>yeah fee was talking about the difficulty of talking to the farmers here she said having not grown up around cows she said it's so easy to sort of say something silly <{><[>laughs if you don't know much about farming <[>laughs oh well it's <.>a it's a good experience because most of the people at the <.>church well a lot of <.>them yes <{><[>well <[>ARE farmers yes and er sam was running a series of bible study groups at night and several of them had to close up over august and september because it was lambing and foaling time dad understands all that though <{><[>cos he was trained as a farmer <[>yes i know he does yes i know <{><[>yeah <[>was he yeah <{><[>he's got his all his certificates and everything <[>i didn't know that he went to agricultural college oh right word at massey as soon as he got them he whizzed over to afghanistan laughs laughs laughs this isn't for me laughs yeah <,> laughs and mum was mug enough to go with him <&>5:57 <&><&>5:57 to <&>6:30 section erased <&>6:37 so have you been going for walks in the area not so many lately been too busy it's been raining all the time yeah true it's been raining all the time it has been raining <{><[>yes <[>we went we went for a walk down along the beach we went down marine parade with lorraine and when jodie was still there we just walked along ahuriri you know the bottom of the hill yeah when <.>y <{1><[1>that bit with the boardwalk did you walk along there <,> <{2><[2>where the mobil tanks and everything are <[1>yes <[2>oh mm <{><[>mm no i don't think so <[>if you went down heads road and down that bit <&>7:00 oh yes we walked <{><[>down there once around there <[>yes there's a beach down there yeah yes yeah yeah <{><[>so we walked all around there <[>no we didn't walk on that beach the not this time <{><[>no <[>we climbed over the rocks and things and it was really good round the rugged rocks the <{><[>ragged rascals ran <[>yes <[>yes <{><[>yes <[>is that the west shore or tut um not quite? not quite west shore's out towards the airport isn't it er is that where i think i think the airport's at west <{><[>shore <[>west shore's further round anyway <{1><[1>yeah yeah <.>a <.>d it's <{2><[2>called ahuriri ahuriri <[1>word <[2>yeah ahuriri ahuriri harbour mm yeah something yeah <,,> mm <,> tut no it's lovely <{1><[1>tut oh shit <{2><[2>it's so nice <[1>mm <[2>makes a nice break for you from wellington mm i hope this house will be cool enough in the summer open all <.>the laughs <{><[>open all the doors and things <[>well <.>we jessie found it extremely hot last <.>summer well <{><[><.>we <[>as much as she could stand <{><[>it was hotter than lower hutt <[>we er we did get <.>a a fan but we <,> used it very little because a fan made too much breeze for him and er no we got it just at the end of the hot part yes we did we put up with it <{><[>for a long while then we bought the fan <[>but anyhow if you pull the curtains vicky <.>that that er you know keeps off a lot of <{><[>the heat <[>then we bought the heater and we've only used it twice mm mm nice <{><[><.>wha <[>but then we're going to bed reasonably early er <.>ear VERY early compared with you people mm <.>but but that <{><[><.>t <.>time we get up every morning <[>word due to our advanced age laughs but you also get up about four hours earlier than us laughs it'd be cold then laughs yes <.>well you see we listen <.>to er derek prince <{1><[1>on the radio at half <{2><[2>past six in the morning <[1>mm <[2>six thirty yep EVERY morning yep then we do our own reading and we get up so <.>it <.>it that's the time all throughout the year <{1><[1>so it's an early start <{2><[2>comparative ly <[1>mm <[2>mm mm and by nine oclock at night well we're ready for bed and ready for a rest yeah the <{1><[1>way i'm working these days <.>b building things <{2><[2>putting up bean fences all day <{3><[3>yesterday <[1>clears throat <,> sniffs <[2>yeah <,> a lot of hard work <[3>digging post holes i was digging a post hole you dug a post hole er SHE helped me <&>9:00 helped it <{1><[1>helped dig a post hole <.>h he would er <.>g get the spade and loosen it and i'd get the shovel big long <{2><[2>handled shovel and <&>makes digging noise out the top you see <{3><[3>well <[1>oh <[2>laughs <[2>laughs <[3>twenty seven inches deep <{><[>that's with the posts in <[>er yes er that helped him quite a bit so i thought oh well i've done a little bit yep <{><[>laughs <[>oh yes you certainly <{><[>did <[>how <.>b <{><[>yeah <.>s <[>twenty seven inches two feet three two foot three yeah twenty seven inches that'd be about <{><[>right <[>have you got your gardening clothes or do you borrow some of grandpa's <{><[>laughs <[>oh i can imagine you in your little hat <{><[>with laughs <[>voc it wasn't as bad as all that laughs no it was a nice day we were out there yeah and i bought the er i put up the first strip of green netting <{1><[1>um we've been advised not to put wire netting for beans to climb on because the great heat of this place in the summer burns the tendrils <{2><[2><,> so you wouldn't put sweet peas on <.>w iron wire netting <[1>for the beans <[2>oh right because the <.>i the wire gets hot <{><[>yes the wire gets hot <[>the wire gets so hot it'd burn all the plants right burn them through <{><[>so that's something we never had to worry about down in <&>10:00 lower hutt you see <[>when you <.>have yeah so er i went round to the nursery yesterday to buy some of this netting and they said no we haven't got any left they had some brown stuff so i went over then to kaimai nurseries that's further round they only had brown stuff so i came back to the first one and ordered it then i told sam later <.>th they hadn't got any and he said HA ha ha he said i bought the lot <{><[>laughs <[>laughs he'd been there two or three days before and bought all they had you see just enough he'd put up a bean fence he was showing me <{1><[1>what to do <,> because he can only work on <{2><[2><.>mon <.>no till monday laughs <[1>tut oh dear <[2>still up to page one laughs that's good yes did um sarah mention in her letter <.>that they're hoping to join up with mum and dad <{><[>clears throat over there clears throat <[>yes er <{><[>yes <[>aren't they lucky well cos i <.>mentio i wrote <.>to i wrote a <.>post oh i don't know what i wrote but i wrote to sarah and jeff and said how we were intending to go to the caribbean in january february so sarah wrote off straight to mum and <&>11:00 said we're going to be sort of in the cayman islands at that time here's our plans here's our hotel so mum and dad have booked themselves into the same hotel in orlando oh <{><[>lovely <[>that sarah and jeff are going to be at <{><[>so <.>they <[>they had already done so? no no no <.>they they have <{1><[1>done <.>on once they got sarah and jeff's itinerary <{2><[2>and plans they did so <[1>oh they have done since <[2>yes yes mm um louise and i aren't going back via orlando we're going via new york <{><[>yeah <[>yeah so just mum and dad will see them but it will be really nice for them <{><[>i mean who would've thought that they'd be able to meet up sort of in florida laughs <[>oh yes yes <{><[>that's really <[>it's amazing there <.>what er jeff's provision for sarah's birthday oh wasn't it <{><[>aMAZing <[>when he was going to <{><[>be away <[>what was that <.>th have you read about her birthday there read <{><[>all that <[>oh okay there that's what caring <{><[>people really do <[>isn't that SPEcial that's real love <{><[>you see nowadays love <.>is er well <.>m <.>ninety ninety percent of people talk about love <.>all all they mean is really sexual desire they don't <.>kno have <.>a any clue what real love is caring for people <[><&>others say yeah yeah and going out of their way to please that's what love is mm <&>12:00 but um the word is much abused these days by the way did you hear about <.>the all the arrests in wellington and elsewhere yesterday nearly two hundred people arrested some drug ring or something was it drugs and er an organised stealing motorcars <{><[>and processing them and voc three policemen have been working undercover for <.>thr for a whole year whereas i said to jessie tut when they announced that <.>the the centre of the north island operation was in lower hutt <[>oh dear clears throat <{><[>oh <[>i said look how the moral standard has deteriorated since we left <{><[>laughs <[>just as well you got out in time they might have been able to arrest you too laughs weren't you the ringleaders laughs laughs <{><[>word <[>yes yeah it is pretty bad yes laughs and <.>they they've um confiscated over a million dollars worth of cocaine wow organised drug ring <,> and <.>w one of <.>the one of <&>13:00 the er fences that is a man who receives stolen goods had four burglars working for him he'd say what he wanted and they'd just go out and steal it from somewhere and bring it in tut oh dear oh <{><[>well at least they got them all <[>mm well got some of them <{><[>anyway <[>mm oh i like your belt very classy laughs <{><[>black tie <[>oh yes oh yes yes tut well it's quite <{><[>comfortable <[>er well <{1><[1>that's a bit better he had a something that used to <.>da <{2><[2>dangle <,> i said that looks awful <[1>black belt <[2>laughs laughs what was it a cord or a <{><[>belt <[>oh pyjama cord <.>some just something baggy much paler than that you see <{1><[1>anyhow er how did the <.>board er er your flatting are you more or less sort of settled with your friend or you <{2><[2>looking out <{3><[3>for something else <[1>mm <[2>yep <[3>mm yep um yeah i'll <.>probably i said to her that um i would come up here for the holidays and when i got back mm that i'd move <.>look start looking for somewhere else and she said no hurry well that's <{><[>very nice now is she <,,> <.>sh voc well she's married with a with a family? <&>14:00 <&>end of sample <[>so yeah