A joke from Kevin:
33,000 Maori meet at the Westpac Stadium for a ‘Maori Are Not Stupid’ convention.
Pita Sharples addresses the crowd.. ‘We are all here today to prove to the world that Maori are not stupid. Can I have a volunteer please?’
Hone Harawira gingerly works his way through the crowd and steps up to the stage.
Pita asks him ‘What is 15 plus 15?’
After 15 or 20 seconds Hone says, ‘ Forty!’ Obviously everyone is a little disappointed. Then the Maori start chanting ‘Give him another chance! Give him another chance!’ Pita says, ‘Well since we have a huge crowd, world-wide press and global broadcast media here, I think we can give him another chance.’
So he asks, ‘What is 5 plus 5?’
After nearly 30 seconds he eventually says, ‘ Twelve?’ Pita looks down and just lets out a dejected sigh.
Everyone is disheartened and Hone looks like he’s going to weep. But then the 33,000 Maori begin to yell and wave their hands shouting, ‘Give him another chance! Give him another chance!’ Pita, unsure whether he is now doing more harm than good eventually says, ‘OK then, what is 2 plus 2?’
Silence hangs over the stadium.
Hone closes his eyes, and after a whole minute eventually says, ‘Four?’
Pandemonium breaks out throughout the stadium as the Maori crowd stand to a man, wave their arms, stomp their feet and scream, ‘Give him another chance! Give him another chance!’
