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  Mum’s pavlova was only ever made for the most special of occasions.    She’d line the tray with grease-proof paper, beat the egg whites and then create a mountain of meringue ready for the oven.   When it was…

  When we look with open eyes and see the beauty of the waterfall our soul sings in reply.   The cascading flow of water excites and enthrals us, rejuvenating a tired mind, energising us out of complacency.   The…

  When I was ten I was told I had to wear glasses.   I chose a pair of purple-rimmed spectacles that I thought looked really funky.   I was never a conformist as far as fashion went. Within hours…

  Love is a many splendoured thing.    That was the name of the song playing as Olivia Newton-John fell into the arms of John Travolta; in one of my all-time favourite movies from yesteryear.  It was a notion wrapped up…

  “Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to…

  The word whakapapa comes from the joining of two concepts: Papa –  Papatuanuku (Mother Earth) and whaka (to create, to cause to bring about action).   Under such an approach, whakapapa can mean – to be grounded, to provide…

  Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above, Don’t fence me in. Let me ride through the wide open country that I love, Don’t fence me in. When I was growing up in Muller Road in…

Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu is proud to support the launch of Wayfinding for Business, a new programme that supports Māori businesses using a framework drawn from traditional celestial navigation and ocean voyaging. This innovative programme is the first of…

Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu and the Downie Stewart Foundation celebrate the opening of a refurbished facility for Moana House at 403 High Street in Dunedin. The much needed upgrade was made possible after the Downie Stewart Foundation received $1.036m…

  Reap the Maximum Benefit This morning at our HCC fitness class Kahu (Deziah Roberts), our trainer gave the instruction as we picked up the dreaded slam ball, “reap the maximum benefit out of what you do”. It was all…