Te Ao o te MāoriKeri Hulme

Keri Hulme (keree hewm) n, v, adj.; Kāi Tahu (Puketeraki, Ōraka-Aparima, Arowhenua, Taumutu, Waihōpai), Ōkarito (38 years), The Bone People. Whakapapa, flags, whiskey, wind, water, praying mantis. Congenial neighbours (Judith and Bill; and Andris up the hill), takaroa, twenty-seven thousand (books), walking sticks, pounamu, Moeraki (soon). Words, rhythm, circumpreambulation, 1972 crown land section (ballot), octagon (house), Mary (née Miller) and John, mātāmua (Diane, Kate, Mary, John, Andrew). The Strand, west, coast, east, coast, tobacco-picker, postie, journalist, Ōkarito (pop. 43 less 1 equals 42). Pātiki, tuna, īnaka, manu, cicada. Literature, poet(ry), song, story-teller. Beach, Anglo-Saxon, townies, proximity, syzygy, scrabble, time travel, Lever Terrace, James K (Baxter), sand, moon, tides, lagoon. Kōtuku, fish, fishing, pipe, hats, dictionary(ies), kōrero, potent. Booker (Prize), conservation, earthworms, ultra-speed broadband. Kiwi (Ōkarito brown), tītī, kūmara, heat, friends, whānau, Ōkarito (sea and sky) –