Māori influence on New Zealand English part English and part Māori, have developed, the most common of which is probably "half-pai" — often written "half-pie" — meaning incomplete or substandard quality, "pai" being the Māori word for "good". (The portmanteau form "half-pied" is also used, derived from "half-baked".) Similarly, the Māori word ending "-tanga", which has a similar meaning to the English ending "-ness", is occasionally used in hybrid terms such as "kiwitanga" (that is, the state of being a New Zealander). Several Māori words are used in English as lighthearted, or even slang, equivalents of their more common English counterparts. The term "puku" for stomach,
What Leave Behind What Leave Behind What Leave Behind is a 2004 studio album by Oakland, California-based experimental music group Toychestra and English experimental guitarist Fred Frith. It was recorded in May 2003 and January 2004, and was released in 2004 on the French label, S.K. Records. It is a concerto for electric guitar and toy orchestra composed by Dan Plonsey for Toychestra and Frith to perform. Composer and saxophonist Dan Plonsey from the San Francisco Bay Area Improv Scene first got to know Toychestra in 1998 when he booked them at his Beanbender's music venue in Berkeley, California. He was intrigued by