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Porches of Solitude

March 18, 2010 by  
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The first person I meet as I walk up from the car park toward St Joseph’s Church at Hiruharama is Sister Anna Maria Shortall. She was walking down to the church to check that everything was in order for the days visitors. She is one of only three Poutiriao (guardians, nurturers, protectors, caretakers) Sisters of […]

Hiruharama (Jerusalem)

March 17, 2010 by  
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You catch a glimpse of the steeple of St Joseph’s Church some way ahead of actually driving into Hiruharama (Jerusalem) up the Whanganui awa (river). It peers out at you from between the

Moutoa Island

March 16, 2010 by  
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It’s the start of autumn as we make this journey up the Whanganui awa (river) on our way to Hiruharama (Jerusalem). Autumn warms me more than any other single season in a calendar year. It has the soft foot fall of

Stan-ding Room Only

January 9, 2010 by  
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Singularly one of my most favourite guy-moments that happened last year was the charming interplay between Australian Idol finalist Stan Walker and

Once, Twice, Three times a Lady

October 1, 2009 by  
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You know, the day was all about him, his life, his music and so it should have been. It’s been two days since New Zealand laid to rest an entertainment son, patriarch, father, koro (maori word for grandfather) and husband. And with all due respect he’d lived a life. He was

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