wahine nō Hariwahia, pēwhea rānei te whakamāori o Hollywood. Tūturu ātaahua ēnei wāhine. Kua tata te pau o te whā marama, ko ahau e whawhai ana kia itiiti iho ahau. (ētehi rangi,) kua wareware ki ngā pire, ētehi rangi kua tāpara te kai o ngā pire. Kua tūtaki aku karu i roto i te whare kaukau, kua wareware ki te tāima, ka roa rawa taku noho i roto, rite tonu aku waewae ki te kōura, kua pūwhero. ā, ka pai taku whakaaro ki ahau anō, ēngari ahakoa taku kai tika i ngā pire, kāore e rite taku whika ki a B.B. ki a S.L. rānei, he aha atu, mā wai … Ko tērā ahau e ngangare ana i taku whāmare, ai, kia kaha te pōrangi, a muri ake o tēnei ka whakaaro tuarua anō ahau i mua i taku hāmama ki a rātou. Kua titiro tonu taku hoa ki ahau. Kua kore e ngaro atu i te tekau karaka nuku atu rānei. Kua hoki mai i muri o te mahi, kua tango te taonga whakaatu, kia pai ai tana noho ki te kāenga. Ahaha! Kua whiwhi mātou i te taonga whakaatu, kua pai haere taku whika. Kua kore e pau ngā moni ki te pia, kua pau kē ki te tango raihana, ki te utu haere i te nama o te taonga whakaatu i ngā marama o roto i te rua tau. Kua kore e whakaaro taku hoa ki te aha, kua kore e kōrero, kua rapa tonu ngā karu ki tana pouaka. Ka pēnei ahau, ‘Pai ake me i tango mai koe i te motokā’ me aku whakaaro ki ahau e rere haere ana i runga i te “Mini Minor”. Tata rānei i tana rongo ki tētehi kōrero, tū tonu ngā taringa, ka kī mai, ‘E mea ana koe ko Horiaka ahau?’, me ōna whakaaro ki tana moni utu mahi i te itiiti. ‘Aia, kua mōhio noa atu ahau ehara koe i a Horioka.’ ‘Hei aha te kōrero e kare, haere mai ki konei; e noho ki taku taha, kia mātakitaki ai tāua i a ‘ “Hori me te Ngārara”.’ Bardot, in Hariwahia, or whatever the Maori name is for Hollywood. Truly beautiful women. Four months have passed and I am still struggling with my diet programme. Some days I forget to take my pills, other days I double up. I close my eyes in the Sauna Bath and thus forget the time and I overstay my bath-time and my legs are red as crayfish. I begin to feel better, but even though I take my pills properly my figure is still not like B.B. or S.L., oh well, never mind … There I was growling at my family. Oh! how silly, after this I'll think twice before I start yelling at them. During this period my husband kept glancing at me. No more 10 o'clock closing or later for him. He started coming home directly after work, and bought a T.V. to provide entertainment in the evenings and enjoy his stay at home. Alas! Now that we had television my figure was beginning to slim down. The money was no longer spent on beer, instead it was used for the T.V. licence and in keeping up the regular instalments, for the next couple of years. My husband was no longer interested in anything, he was unsociable, did not talk, his eyes seemed glued to his ‘box’. I said, ‘Would've been better if you'd bought a car,’ with visions of me running around in a “Mini Minor”. For a wonder he heard, his ears pricked up immediately, and he said, ‘Do you think I'm Holyoake?’ referring to his just-enough-to-get-by wages. ‘Humph! I've known for years that you're not Holyoake.’ ‘Never mind talking dear, come on over here, sit by my side, and together we can watch “George and the Dragon”.‘