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Tautuku Estuary. The Cathedral Caves. Purakaunui Falls. Tokanui. Cannibal Bay. Waikawa Valley. Tahakopa. Owaka. Up until this week, all these sites were known to me only as place-names in an atlas. Placenames that carry with them a powerful…
We are heading towards Matariki: the season of celebration, of reflection, a time to preserve kai for the winter months ahead, to remember the past and plan ahead. And so it was when this photo came in from Manaia…
Te Waipounamu Te Waipounamu. Land of shimmering shores. Sun-blasted landscapes. Rippling waters basking under puffs of cloud. In the two years since I took up the Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu baton, I have fallen in love with this beautiful…
It was uplifting this week to spend some time at Te Hapa o Niu Tireni on a beautiful Temuka day. The renovations are dazzling – a floor that literally shines, state-of-the art laundry and mattress room space, even rose petals…
‘Autumn is the season of change’ – Taoist proverb The gorgeous golds and sunny burnt orange of our autumn landscapes frequently leave me awestruck. It is as if a flame of fire has painted our trees; a beacon of light…
One of my favourite poems is one by Robert Frost, where the poem ends Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference E rere te kotareKi…
Dame Tariana Turia; Professor Sir Mason Durie and Len Cook at Te Ritorito 2017 In Crossing the Floor, Dame Tariana referred to a time in her life when she was asked was her commitment to the cause strong enough…
‘When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you’re inviting a person into your life’ (Maya Angelou). I like food. Not rice-cakes, marmite or protein supplements. But just about everything else….
This week, we took our story to the pulsating heart of Te Arawa, ngā pūmanawa e waru o Te Arawa. The story of hope that every child deserves the best stanrt – no matter if their parent lives on…
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