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Matua: Sun through a Rock

November 13, 2010 by  
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Many years ago, my artist friend Whero Te Whata asked me, “how do you see the sun through a rock?” I was young and I had no idea! He didn’t answer me immediately but

The Treasure Box

October 18, 2008 by  
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Lately, my cousin Davina and I have been having chats with matua Haami Moeke. He is a kaumatua, a respected Maori elder. His birth place in the Bay of Plenty, bordering on Tuhoe country, Tuhoe Children of the Mist. I think of him latterly as a son of the Four Winds. He has that about him, […]