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Ngahiwi Tomoana – Who Speaks for Pakeha?

October 11, 2009

In the 1860s, one of the leaders of the Heretaunga and Kahungunu people, Hori Ropiha, was concerned with the rapid land loss, hence the loss of economic and social development potential. He decided to meet the Treaty Partner, the Crown, face to face. The story unfolds that he met the provincial governor in Napier, who [...]

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Ngahiwi Tomoana – Waiora, The Aqueous Soul

February 28, 2009

When the moon is as thin as an eyelash, it bathes in the life giving water of Tane, Te Waiora o Tane, where it is nourished, polished and rebirthed in its waxing glow. With the rising new moon, fish and birds move in shoals and flocks, the hunters and fishers move with inner-sprung energy, the [...]

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