<&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies <&>Victoria University of Wellington <&>side two <&>3:00 what do you like living <.>i er how do you <.>l oh do you like living in porirua <,,> most of the time most of the time <,,><&>8 what's good about it what do you find what are the good things about it um <,> well it's a peculiar situation cos there's <.>s a pa and all my family's here and i love my family mm <,,> whanau <,,><&>6 here's a good one here are there any changes you'd like to see <,,><&>3 and what sort of changes <,,><&>3 yes <&>4:00 <,,><&>14 what sort of changes yeah yeah any er better dog control <,,><&>4 beautification of what nature gave us like fixing the harbour up and <,> cutting the gorse down putting some more bush walks through <,,> um <,,><&>4 fixing up titahi bay beach <,,><&>4 hey there's a competition going on too what <,> they oh not a competition some sort of thing they you know you put down on <{><[>when you er er thing off the beach and you put down ideas on what you want to see put <.>t put down there <[>coughs oh yeah <{><[>who's doing that council must be <[>mm yeah <.>coun city council yeah <,,> i <.>no i noticed a few went down to the intermediate there <&>5:00 cos i'm down there at the moment inhales oh you're teaching there yeah <{1><[1>oh teaching practice teaching practice <,> got four weeks <{2><[2>there <[1>oh that's good <[2>how do you get on with the horrors from round here oh they're the best they're the easiest <{><[>ones eh <[>yeah they're good kids i got a <,,><&>3 oh oh the guy um <,> nigel craig's younger brother <,> um craig's matthew matthew yeah he's in my class the hangman this guy jonah <.>omar marra down here down the road here <,> lives in that <{><[>yellow house <[>oh yeah yeah he's the same they're mates <,> er a few others from up there there's <,,><&>3 oh may simmond's daughter <,,> er <{><[>marama <[>she's yeah she's a good kid she's um she's in my you know we sort of have different classes in the same thing yeah <,> they're not bad <,> they're the same they sort of <&>6:00 don't know they don't give you shit <{1><[1>laughs cos up here they'll give you a clout laughs i'll give them a clout laughs <{2><[2>laughs <[1>yeah <,> why worry <[2>laughs works wonders <{1><[1>get their gets your <.>a get their attention <{2><[2>anyway <[1>yeah <[2>laughs <,,> yeah exhales <,,> oh oh yeah <.>b better get back to it oh er what else um <,> would you like to see <,,> um don't know what the rentals are don't know why bigness big businesses haven't come here yeah but it'd be good for employment if we could encourage them here <,,> exhales <,,><&>4 yeah and i'd like to see competition for new world they're rubbish oh yeah that's coming eh yeah <,,> they've got everyone by the short and curlies now yeah got no choice unless you go out of town yeah that's right yeah <,> and that place up er <&>7:00 waitangirua's not bad that write price you go up there do you yeah i go up there occasionally that's if you but you always get these trolleys that are going like this <{><[>laughs laughs yeah <,> do you think there are enough jobs <[>yeah you got to walk with your feet out like that up there nah <,> what do <.>you oh do you want to <.>s <,> <{><[>will you <[>do i want to elaborate yeah inhales not really no answers it <,> yeah my daughter ended up working in wellington <,> yeah <,,> <{><[>what's she doing <[>bit of a hassle she's with the labour department oh is that right good job yeah they're sending her to varsity next year oh is that right <{><[>what's she gonna do <[>shouting her inhales the <.>langua maori and computers shit <{><[>that's good yeah <[>two courses yeah and she's getting paid for it what er what er can she do now what er <&>8:00 she's just a wages clerk yeah? yeah what's er she gonna do in the old er maori language course which um i don't know which one but she's <.>d done it at school oh yeah she'll be doing one two one and she's off to all the huis you know whenever there's a wananga around <{1><[1>she's away yeah <{2><[2>she loves it <[1>yeah <[2>shit <,,> that'll be it yeah she'll be going in the one two one level i'm <{><[>doing it this year eh <[>possibly i don't know <,> she's pretty pushy mm as long as yeah <{><[>the worst thing is when you're <[>mm sign of the times i think the women are getting more aggro <{><[>all the time <,> more aggressive <[>laughs laughs inhales yeah you're right there <,,><&>6 that's about all mm <,> do you think er there are enough things provided for people to do in their spare time around here coughs um <,,><&>3 yeah <&>9:00 <,,> what do you think we're doing wrong with it no there <.>the there ARE plenty of things provided yeah <,,> for spare time <,> like i got a garden needs attention but i could never find the time laughs <{><[>laughs laughs <[>always something better to do hate gardening not like your mum she was good eh oh yeah she loved it yeah obviously yeah <,> yeah just growing now laughs yeah well you <{><[>got to get into it laughs she'll come back and give you the message laughs laughs <[>the old man's shit the old man's trouble there i think laughs she is oh yeah i <{><[>guess that's it <[>coughs oh gardeners are born i reckon yeah laughs i hate <{><[>it <[>you either like it or you don't eh true there's no inbetween yeah i do it cos i have to yeah i do it when i can't find the motormower laughs <{><[>laughs laughs <[>yeah <&>10:00 it's out there <{1><[1>somewhere laughs laughs yeah i'm the <{2><[2>same <[1>i'm sure i left it out there laughs <[2>yeah <,> looking for your tools and oh yeah clunk oh did that the other day i was cutting the hedge that's where my shovel got to i must have leaned it up <{1><[1>against the hedge and the hedge grew out <{2><[2>six feet six foot past it laughs i knew i had one <[1>laughs <[2>laughs laughs inhales yeah i won't have to borrow yours now i've got my <{><[>own sorry <[>yeah i gave the neighbour's one back <,> it was just to have something to lean on laughs <,,> yeah nah it's not too bad mind you we go out of the area a lot oh yeah <,,> where whereabouts do you go <.>whe <{><[>kapiti or <[>well if we want to go for a swim we go up to <,,> raumati get some pipis <{><[>i don't like getting wet for nothing <[>yeah laughs if you're gonna get wet get a <{><[>feed <[>you have to get something out of it yeah or go into town do a bit of diving <,,><&>4 yeah whereabouts do you go diving <&>11:00 round red rocks or just out <{><[>from island bay's not bad out round the island itself <[>yeah oh yeah yeah yeah yeah i've been out there it's good <,> shit it's lovely there no one to nag you laughs it's nice and quiet <,,> i'll tell you what <.>we me and this guy er <,,> jeff michaels <,> we went out er diving out there me and this guy jeff michael and rangi walker <,> we were out there eh and it was oh it was a day like today but <,> sort of got out there after work and said oh yeah yeah go diving went in there eh could hardly breathe and earlier that day <,> we got back eh i was sh all like this you know and that day it was the coldest that water's ever been eh and two <{1><[1>people were <.>both two people were pulled out with <{2><[2><.>hypo hypo thermia word laughs laughs <[1>no wonder <[2>hypothermia laughs you ever rubbed noses with the seal out there yeah oh <.>shi eh ever rubbed noses <{><[>with a seal <[>laughs er <{><[>yeah <[>i was up <&>12:00 hongoeka having a dive by myself <{1><[1>after work <,> and i saw these flippers disappear i thought oh got a mate said hell he can hold his breath a <{2><[2>long time <[1>coughs <[2>laughs laughs and there's a sea lion about that far <{><[>away from me i don't know who got the biggest fright laughs he took off one way thank god and i went the other way <[>laughs laughs walking on water gee they're huge yeah <,,> shit yeah er oh they can go faster than you think too eh <{><[>yeah <[>true powerful awesome yeah <,,> shit yeah <,,><&>4 oh what was the area like when you first came <,> since you first can remember <,> oh it was lovely when i was a child here everyone knew everyone yeah <,,> i used to follow me granddad around he tipped his hat to all the women yeah and i tipped my little cap <,> none of that <&>13:00 now <,,> i used to walk like him and all like this laughs yeah his shadow <,> inhales yeah was a lovely place it's still not too bad yeah <,,><&>5 like the weather it's not too hot not too cold mm <,> it's getting warmer though eh <{1><[1>i think so yeah oh not not the few <{2><[2>last few <[1>i think so <[2>last couple of days but <,> in general i think it is clears throat yeah <,> greenhouse effect they reckon yeah <,,> have to swat your flies with <{><[>the um <[>the dope growers are laughing laughs yeah probably bumper crops laughs i went up there actually yeah <,,> went and got it down <,> but it has eh i've i've sort of you know just this <{><[>see <[>place has blossomed we went when i went to <.>f porirua school i started there nineteen fifty <,> had a roll er <,,> about three hundred yeah <&>14:00 that was every child in porirua <{1><[1>porirua east <{2><[2>titahi bay even <[1>shit <[2>yeah is that right yep <,> <{><[>and <[>that was down by um <,> was that down oh by the centre in the centre yeah well james smiths is built <,> it's not james smiths now is it oh deka or something <{><[>else i'd say <[>yeah it's right on where the school used to be yeah? yeah shit <,,> and when did they pull that down nineteen fifty <,> six or seven mhm <,,><&>3 jeez it's gone eh mm it sure has <,> that's <{><[>when was that <[><.>the then they built mungavin and then titahi bay <{><[>kura street <,> and then <,> titahi bay north and ngatitoa about the same age <[>kura yeah <,> it's all right over there <{><[>eh <[>now i can't keep up <,> they're everywhere yeah <,> i don't know heaps of people now eh <&>15:00 <,,> see i can even remember that thing down there <{><[>you know <[>but people don't have respect for anything <.>toda i was walking down porirua and this woman went <&>makes spitting noise just missed me oh true gross <,,> slapped her laughs yeah some kids obviously been sniffing glue yeah cops went to talk them they told them to fuck off you know cops couldn't do anything yeah not illegal eh no you wouldn't do that in my day <,,><&>3 they were out <.>of out of it you know yeah <,> too smart but it's the kids about thirteen fourteen shit it's a waste really eh who do you blame <,> clears throat <,,> mm <,,> yeah blame the parents the parents blame the system coughs true i think each individual got to make his own decision yeah they get peer pressure from their mates yeah coughs <&>16:00 have you done it yeah yeah yeah what are you <,,> yeah hope my kids don't get into that eh hope my kids don't do it <{><[>i don't know <,> can't live their lives for them <,,> <[>yeah yeah <{><[>as <.>long <[>just sort of aim them in the right direction and hope they head there or get there eventually yeah yeah that's right eh you can't do much about it mm <,> depends on what route they take take a long way take the <{><[>short cut <,,><&>3 yeah <,> i think i've got a few more words or did we do all of them <[>yeah i think we've done all the words don't know <,> have you been in any um <,,> death situations close to death <{><[>any sort of accidents you know been in an accident or some car accidents <[>family yes when was the um <&>17:00 <,,> i actually killed a guy oh did you mm oh what did happen what um it was a long time ago <,> i was coming home from paraparam and it come out in the coroner's court that he'd <,> forgotten to get off the train at plimmerton and he ended up in paekak yeah so he started walking home and he was on the seaside of you know as you come along the foreshore at paekak yeah just past the fisherman's table there yeah well he was on the other side of the road and he must have seen me coming at him it was early hours of the morning <,> so he ran across the road to hitchhike i never saw him coming across cos there was a car coming up from wellington way yeah had his lights on full i never saw him till <,> <{><[>split second before i actually hit him <[>shit wicked mm <,,><&>3 and his twin brother <,> was at the coroner's inquest yeah <&>18:00 was a bit freaky <,> but he was nice he came up patted me on the <.>sh on the back after says well i know what you're going through he says it was an accident mm it's good <,,><&>4 shit uncanny eh mm <,,><&>10 yeah a mate of mine died up there somewhere <,,> so er there's a lot of it about mm <,,><&>4 i think it was the week before they brought the breathalysers in <,> i'd had a few to drink but i wasn't pissed you know yeah <,,><&>4 shit <,,><&>3 yeah a mate of mine did the same eh hasn't driven since <,> i got rid of the car yeah <&>19:00 yeah don't blame you oh i love driving <,,><&>3 fast what sort of car did you have <,> at that time mark one zephyr it <{><[>could go <[>mark one yeah but i wasn't speeding at the time <,,> don't know <,,> <{><[>no i put <.>the <.>s i slammed the anchors on it skidded in a dead straight line they measured the skid mark and voc you know they figured out that i wasn't going that fast <[>cos you often learn how eh yeah but i'd no time to react really yeah that's right eh <,,> exhales that's like laughs the old dogs when they run across all your old word yeah yeah <,> pretty freaky <&>19:49