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When Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio held its first paperless executive meeting, the room reverberated with laughter and puzzling queries as members tried to come to terms with their new Acer Iconica tablets.
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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…
Read MoreWithin a few generations after Tahu Pōtiki and Porourangi began living on the East Coast, their descendants were intermarrying with the local Ngāti Ira people and also with the children and grandchildren of Kahungunu, who were more recent arrivals to the Tai Rāwhiti district.
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Helen Rasmussen has cooked so many whitebait patties she could probably do it blindfolded. Beating eggs, stirring in “a shake” of flour, folding in the whitebait, and cooking up a batch of crisp, golden patties is all in a day’s work at the Grumpy Cow Cafe at the Haast Food Centre.
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