Ata hāpara
Abstract
The other day I was driving through the northern part of Rohe Pōtae o Maniapoto (the King Country). I grew up on a farm on the edge of Aohena. It is a beautiful place if you like the bush. I had left home in the dark, just as dawn was touching the sky. At that time of day, demarcations of time are very subtle, and I was reminded of one of my nannies who would greet the beauty of such a thing with a whisper:
Ki te whei ao (To the glimmer of dawn)
Ki te ao mārama (To the bright light of day)
Tihei mauri ora! (There is life!)
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Arendt, H. (1958). The Human Condition, 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
New Zealand Government. (2021). New Zealand Legislation: Education and Training Act 2020. Retrieved 7 April from https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2020/0038/latest/LMS202213.html
Pevernagie, E. (2020). Because the world has corona. Retrieved 7 April from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Because_the_world_had_corona.jpg
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