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Te Papa Tupu Writers

I closed my last blog with the famous words of Meri Ngāroto of Te Aupōuri: ‘He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata he tangata he tangata!’ I find myself ruminating on those words once again as I consider: this is my final official Te Papa Tupu blog post. Out of all the things I […]

Tuatahi

Nā Mauao te karanga ki te hāpara moata. Me he pioke ahau ko Tauranga te moana. Me he manunui ahau ko Kaimai te kōhanga.  Me he tuna ahau Ko Te Wairoa te kōawa eee. Chur, how’s it? I’m Te Kahupakea or Te Kahu or Matua Kahu or Kahu the poet or Suspkt the battle rapper, […]

Last Blog Post

I recently watched ‘Twilight: New Moon’, and stepping past all the hu-ha about it being a terrible film, blah blah blah, there was something I was struck by that resonated. When Edward leads Bella into the forest to tell her that he and his vampire family are leaving, she stumbles about in the forest for […]