Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa is a higher education institution teaching from the Māori world view. We were fortunate enough to spend the night there and get to know some of the faculty. The campus is the cleanest one I’ve ever seen. It is obviously loved and cared for a great deal. It is smoke-free at the last […]
What a surprise to have the museum docent turn out to be a renouned actress and talented singer, Mere Tokorahi Boynton. She graciously agreed to sing for us when put on the spot.
A song about the seven sisters.
The rest of the group arrived on June 19, and today we visited Te Papa museum to attend a lecture with Morvin Simon on the The Seven Veils: Explaining Pōwhiri the Māori welcoming ceremony. In this video, you’ll see Te Marae on Level 4 of Te Papa, and hear a song sung by Mr. Simon […]
I learned a new phrase in New Zealand. I couldn’t shoot much footage because of rain and hail. Here is what I did get. The phrase above came from a man who was almost blown into our group by the strong, cold, wet wind.
