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Belonging has a way of sending us into a tail-spin that no other sense or effect on who we are has than anything I’ve been thinking about lately. I’ve often wondered about that. Why its bark is equal in all parts to its bite. Why, it [belonging] has
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Does it ever seem to you that for most of your life you spend it looking for yourself? Even when you know you’re right there! Odd isn’t it! Tomorrow I’ll be travelling to Helensville. I’m attending the hura kohatu (unveiling) of my maternal great grandmother, a woman I hardly know
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I like fairies, though depending on your disposition you’ll either love them or hate them. As it happens I like them. They’re not everyones cup of tea but that’s okay. We can live with variety along this riverbank. Infact, I never knew how much I liked them until I got my own in a Facebook [...]
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Talk is a process, you didn’t know that? It is, just as life is a process. Interesting right? It should be because developing and using the many facets of talk add new dimensions and give depth to our lives. Infact for talk to be effective it ought be flexible so that it’s ‘usable’ in any [...]
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Lately my cousin and me have been having chats with kaumatua Hami Moeke. A kaumatua is 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, an [...]
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There’s a lot to be said for ignoring the ‘voices in your head’ and finding your own way about doing a thing. I find that all the time! Surprised? Well, neither am I! But you always knew that about me right? I have certain friends who would definitely fall off
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