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  <&>Wellington Corpus of Spoken New Zealand English Version One</&>
  <&>Copyright 1998 School of Linguistics & Applied Language Studies</&>
  <&>Victoria University of Wellington</&>

  <&>side one</&>
  <&>10:09</&>
  

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      but i must tell you this one

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      this happened against another keeper <O>tut</O> and er we'd been
      working putting a door under a house

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      the house had a double <.>sh</.> it was a two storey type place
      and a big coal cellar underneath and we put this door and <.>s</.>
      swung the door <O>tut</O> and reg herangi and i were talking
      away

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      then i said that's <.>k</.> <.>s</.> right underneath <,> the
      bedroom right underneath robert's bedroom here i said so i said
      i'm going to put a drill hole through the <,> floor and i said
      we'll have a bit of a joke tonight cos we're on late weathers
      and robert would be going to bed early so any rate about oh i
      suppose half past nine or tenish i got a piece of number eight
      wire about six feet long and i had it straightened up it was
      beautifully straightened <O>tut</O> and it fitted into the hole
      where the drill was and it went right underneath the er this
      guy's bed and his wife and him were in bed er sleeping
      presumably and <{1><[1>i give a</[1> bloody big thrust up with
      this <&>11:00</&> wire two or three times very quickly and the
      someone help you know what's <laughs>going on</laughs> and you
      could hear the muffled voices down below in the cellar and he
      got out of bed and he said there's nothing under the bloody bed
      and she said there is

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      this bloody bed <laughs>moves</laughs> so we waited for them to
      get back in and you could see a pin of light when the torch went
      over through the through the <,> floorboards <O>tut</O> so
      anyway <.>th</.> they did get back into bed and settle down and
      we give them about ten minutes <.>and</.> and er everything's
      quiet and bang bang again i struck and jesus they're both out of
      bed

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      you hear bang bang bang bang both <.>b</.> bloody feet climbed
      on the floor and they <.>a</.> and the inquiry started <,>

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      what is it and they they're going on and next thing the lights
      come on in the kitchen

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      i thought <.>we</.> we better get out of this now because if
      they come down here or they they wouldn't have dreamt there was
      a hole through the bloody floor but you know you never can be
      too careful when you're <{2><[2>amongst friends</[2> so we we
      drifted back and they were out there talking so that was all
      right

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      the <&>12:00</&> night er went on uneventful weathers was <.>it</.>

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      next morning we're in the bloody power house

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      nine oclock <O>tut</O> in come robert

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      he he looked pretty tired and that and he come in and i said
      what's wrong with you

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      he said <drawls>oh</drawls> nothing

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      he said you wouldn't bloody well believe it if i told you and i
      said well what's happened now

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      he said well <O>voc</O> <O>tut</O> you won't believe this i know
      but he said <,> irene and i were in bed and the next bloody
      thing he said the bed started to jump <,> move and i said what
      was what were you doing and he said we were asleep <.>he</.>

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      i said oh come on

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      he said now i told you you wouldn't bloody believe me so i said
      now <.>c</.> what <.>d</.> actually did happen and he said well
      the bed was going up and down and he said and there was no no
      one <.>u</.> i said oh come in come in listen we like stories
      but we don't want them too <.>br</.> you know this is TOO <{3><[3>much</[3>
      and he sat there and he said no honest the bed actually was
      moving and i'll i'll get irene up

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      she'll tell you and we got a torch and looked

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      there was NOTHING under the bed

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      there was NOTHING anywhere and the bed moved and he said this
      happened two or three times

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      he <&>13:00</&> said it was <,> <.>q</.> quite frightening so i
      said all <{4><[4>right okay</[4> it's another story i thought
      and <.>i</.> you know he wouldn't know till this day that that
      we'd done that but um that was a part of it <.>y</.> and and
      they'd put them on to me

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      they you know i'd get a phone call in the middle of the night

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      i'd get er many things done to me like it wasn't always one way
      traffic and sometime you'd think you're pretty good and the next
      thing you'd be <.>it</.> it'd be your turn to be a <.>bit</.>
      smarting under the action but <{5><[5>we er we er</[5> the
      tourists of course they made <.>o</.> they they really made er
      made our day and er we had a deep well down in the tower at cape
      reinga and it was <,> when the power was there was no power <O>tut</O>
      and you had a your light was working under kerosene er er which
      is a pressure system incandescent pressure system

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      you <.>wan</.> wound the weight up and the weight revolved the
      <O>voc</O> the one and a half tonne lens and this used to go
      down a down a steep well about oh about thirty feet it was
      <&>14:00</&> twenty five <?>three</?> feet

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      anyway <O>tut</O> i er and <.>w</.> it it had water in it it had
      to be <.>r</.> pumped out quite regularly <O>tut</O> and er some
      tourists were coming down the track this day and i happened to
      just come up from the fishing and the tower was open <O>tut</O>
      and i had one or two good sized snapper and i took one out of me
      bag and put a hook to its mouth put a line down and put it down
      the well <O>tut</O> so these people were there in fact <.>th</.>
      they were poms and the joker said er oh what are you doing

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      i said oh just getting a bloody fish for <,> dinner

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      he said oh whereabouts and i said oh this goes right down to the
      sea through here

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      i said that's a hole right into the sea and i said <.>th</.>
      there's a bit of cave comes up there and i said you get the odd
      good fish there and while he's talking i give a like that and i
      <.>got</.> started to pull this bloody fish up this bloody whole
      snapper and it was it was a <{6><[6>dead fresh it</[6> was about
      an eight pound snapper and i'm shaking the shit out of it and
      get getting it into a bag <{7><[7>and he</[7> said to his wife
      <with silly voice>good god they've caught a fish in the well
      here</with silly voice> and so <{8><[8><laughs>everyone comes in</laughs>

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      i winked at one or two locals you know people i knew

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      i thought this can't go on but <&>15:00</&> this joker was so
      thrilled</[8>

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      he wanted to know me name and wanted to get me photograph of me
      standing there with a dead snapper and he said oh god he said
      <with silly voice>could i have a look down there</with silly voice>
      and he said <with silly voice>oh there's a a ladder down there
      too</with silly voice>

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      i said yeah it's just in case you get too big a fish

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      you go down i said and get the get the gaff into him

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      i said we get some pretty big buggers here <with silly voice>good
      god</with silly voice> and he took me photograph got me <{9><[9>address</[9>
      er jesus he you know the snapper he photographed about twenty
      times but that's just one of the things that <.>w</.> would you
      know happen

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      we used to get a lot of people come up there visitors and er we
      used to <O>voc</O> do our best to make them at home and er <.>i</.>
      if if they really wanted to pitch a tent although it wasn't
      really on the books we'd say yeah go for your life whack a tent
      up and er on a nice night it was a nice place to stay but when
      it was blowy of course not so hot but this particular couple
      came up er or three er two women and a bloke two sisters and and
      one was <?>married</?> <unclear>word</unclear> and er i said to
      them well look <&>16:00</&> you're welcome to stay here the
      night but i said by jeez be careful of the wild pigs i said

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      they're bloody mongrels round here

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      i said they can you know <unclear>word</unclear> <.>said</.> <.>they</.>
      <.>she</.> well she said what about your children

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      i said no no they're always in bed at dark

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      i said the pigs only come out at dark and er we had a a a a wild
      pig that's <.>t</.> <.>ha</.> partly tamed and the kids used to
      call it blackie and he was a beaut little thing and um so about
      they turned in and their lights went out in their tent and they
      had their camp all safe and set for the night and about <.>b</.>
      just before midnight <unclear>word</unclear> half past ten
      eleven oclock tommy and arnie

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      i said to tom we'll get the pig and i said when you're ready <.>just</.>
      we'll creep up and you <.>o</.> just open the fly and i'll let
      the pig go so er we got <{10><[10>the pig</[10> and i held its
      mouth <unclear>word</unclear> so it couldn't start squealing and
      tom had it round the guts and got to the fly of the tent and the
      and we threw the bloody thing in

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      WELL <,> the a lady's voice screamed out there's a bloody pig in
      <laughs>here</laughs> and er shut up and he said shit there is
      and there's a torch <&>17:00</&> come on and HOLY mackerel it
      was like a <.>s</.> film

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      we're outside pissing ourselves <{11><[11>and there's</[11> a
      lady on one bunk standing up and a lady on the other bunk
      standing up and this joker's going <shouts>get out you bastard
      get <{12><[12>out</shouts> and this poor bloody pig this tame
      pig he couldn't bloody find a way to get out</[12>

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      he couldn't get underneath the thing but any rate he got out in
      the finish because these buggers in the morning cos what a story
      the bloody pigs <{13><[13>the wild pigs they jesus

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      i thought nah honestly it's just too much at times just too
      bloody much but um</[13> yeah they'd they'd left there they'd
      leave there and they'd go down to er er they come came from
      hamilton actually these people

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      they'd go back <?>down</?> and say god did we get it up there
      <{14><[14>wild pigs and <laughs>jesus you know the whole lot</laughs>
      <O>laughs</O></[14>

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      <{15><[15>the <?><.>kid</.></?></[15>

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      <[1><O>laughs</O></[1></{1>

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      <[2><O>laughs</O></[2></{2>

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      <[3><O>laughs</O></[3></{3>

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      <[4><O>laughs</O></[4></{4>

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      <[5>what <unclear>word</unclear></[5></{5>

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      <[6><O>laughs</O></[6></{6>

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      <[7><O>laughs</O></[7></{7>

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      <[8><O>laughs</O></[8></{8>

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      <[9><O>laughs</O></[9></{9>

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      <[10><O>laughs</O></[10></{10>

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      <[11><O>laughs</O></[11></{11>

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      <[12><O>laughs</O></[12></{12>

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      <[13><O>laughs</O></[13></{13>

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      <[14><O>laughs</O></[14></{14>

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      <[15>bob used to</[15></{15> make a lot of sake up there too you
      know and er we'd take all the scraps all the bread that we got
      brought up by the tourists

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      we'd put them all into the rubbish that was left in the bottom
      of the sake um with the rice and sultanas and that and the pigs
      would get in and they'd start <.>i</.> and they'd eat it eat all
      this and DRUNK

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      they'd <&>18:00</&> get REALLY drunk

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      they couldn't even stand on their back legs the poor old pigs
      and the roosters but not <.>th</.> not <drawls>the</drawls> hens
      and not the female um pigs

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      they could take their liquor could they <{><[><O>clears throat</O></[>

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      <[>they wouldn't</[></{> touch it

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      <{1><[1>they wouldn't <.>tou</.> <{2><[2>oh they wouldn't touch
      it

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      oh oh they were</[1> highly moral <O>laughs</O></[2> <O>laughs</O>
      <latch>

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      <[1><O>laughs</O></[1></{1>

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      <[2>no all the males all all the <laughs>males</laughs> <O>laughs</O>
      <laughs>it'd do it</laughs></[2></{2>

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      but i must say this with this pig er the first time we got him
      drunk like er you know i i've been tipsy myself <&>pronounced as
      meself</&> and you know the you know the effects and the
      feelings and you sometimes you wake up in the morning and think
      oh jesus <,> i won't do that again in a hurry but any rate we
      had a big medicine <,> chest there and there was some of the
      stuff was all expired a lot of it was expired stuff pills and
      that and i'll never forget it

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      there was a thing called dover pills

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      i've never heard of them since <,> <O>tut</O>

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      they're a type of aspirin i think so we got the pig <O>tut</O>
      and he wasn't well so i got all the er little bottle and got ALL
      the dover pills and we opened his mouth tom and i and we got a
      bottle <,> milk and put all the pills in <O>tut</O> and opened
      his mouth and made him drink the <&>19:00</&> milk <,>

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      the r s p c a'd <&>pronounced r s p say'd</&> take a bloody dim
      view but the thing was this bloody old pig he went away and got
      <.>lou</.> down behind the shed and slept all <laughs>day and he
      was as fit as</laughs> a buck rat in the morning so whether the
      pills did it or not i don't know but jesus given him about fifty
      pills i suppose

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      what about hoons

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      did you get um young youngsters intent on trouble up at the cape
      there

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      yeah we did unfortunately but not a lot of them

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      <.>they</.> <.>th</.> ninety nine percent of the people <.>m</.>
      bloody <drawls>MARVELLOUS</drawls> you know

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      you'd have a lot of fun with them and they were <.>s</.> you
      know breath of fresh air a lot of people

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      different ideas and things you hadn't heard of and this and that
      but <?>one</?> <.>a</.> well it's a couple that come to mind

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      these jokers were extremely cheeky boys and er <O>tut</O> we'd
      said to them like you know not to it's er we we didn't go for
      this sort of stuff and they said oh we're camping here and i
      said well really you're not supposed to camp here really i said
      <.>yo</.> and you can't camp on the reserve and i said er te
      paki station don't allow campers <&>20:00</&>
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