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  • Robert Urquhart,

    Hmm, photos from Kaiapoi on Monday. Adrienne did you happen to take any of a tall pākehā in a black jacket with a large number of shiny buttons? #almostindecentlyofftopic

    Christchurch • Since Mar 2009 • 163 posts Report

  • Just thinking, in reply to Adrienne Rewi,

    Good news about the Marae.

    Putaringamotu • Since Apr 2009 • 1158 posts Report

  • Adrienne Rewi, in reply to Russell Brown,

    I've only read a couple of Kozoil's pieces but fascinating multi-cultural stance. Must source more.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2011 • 20 posts Report

  • Adrienne Rewi, in reply to Robert Urquhart,

    Sorry :-)

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2011 • 20 posts Report

  • Robert Urquhart, in reply to Adrienne Rewi,

    I was just wondering if you were one of the persons who stopped him and asked for a photo. I was a few steps behind in much plainer dress. (If I'm going to keep getting pressed into service I must get myself a fitting jacket.)

    I took a few photos at the event but nothing spectacular.

    Christchurch • Since Mar 2009 • 163 posts Report

  • Greg Bodnar,

    Adrienne, I adore the portrait at #3. So much personality.

    Wellington • Since Mar 2009 • 15 posts Report

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Adrienne Rewi,

    I’ve only read a couple of Kozoil’s pieces but fascinating multi-cultural stance. Must source more.

    I’ve think he’s living back in Auckland now. He’s a very nice, talented man.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • Adrienne Rewi, in reply to Greg Bodnar,

    Thanks Greg, Tā Tipene is always a photographer's dream subject and I got some beauties of him on the paepae that day at Rāpaki. I particularly liked the ones of him leaning on his stick.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2011 • 20 posts Report

  • Hebe,

    Adrienne, these photographs make my heart sing. Thank you. I like #13 because the day after this photo Uekaha, the kaumatua at my sons' school, led a moving and meaningful powhiri for my boys and their class into the Upper (High) School. The class, teachers and parents followed the Heathcote River and walked 9km to school, symbolising their journey so far, arriving to a warrior's challenge and a karanga, then Uekaha's oratory and song to start this new stage of their lives. Your photo portrays this man's spirit very well.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report

  • Hebe, in reply to JacksonP,

    This out from the Whitianga Bay Marae.

    Stunning pic and place.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report

  • Islander, in reply to Adrienne Rewi,

    Tā Tipene is always a photographer’s dream subject and I got some beauties of him on the paepae that day at Rāpaki

    He's just Tipene insofar as I am concerned*, Adrienne - we used to have a wee competition with best walking sticks. He wins on some of the 'ethnic' - I win on the fish!

    Love the photies (as my late Uncle Bill used to say) - but would love to see areas I whakapapa to - Karitane? Colac Bay? Rakiura? ( as well as, more distantly, Otago, Moeraki, Murihiku - and, before it became all reformed, Makawhio...)

    *Keri, who is Patron of the Republican Movement in ANZ.

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Adrienne Rewi, in reply to Hebe,

    Thanks for your school anecdote - just lovely! :-) It's the small stories that make for a rich multi-cultural life I think.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2011 • 20 posts Report

  • Adrienne Rewi, in reply to Islander,

    I've got a bit of a thing about photographing tokotoko. There's something magic about them. The good ones seem to have spirit all their own. As for a wider cross section of photos across all runanga - I see your point but at short notice it came down to the best photos on the day and while II do have files of photos from all 18 runanga, I was selecting these purely on a photographic basis, not a runanga-representative basis. Perhaps another time :-) Although you can see more of other runanga (on an ongoing basis) on the Te Karaka blog at www.tekaraka.co.nz - or in the magazine itself, also online.

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2011 • 20 posts Report

  • Grant McDougall,

    Adrienne, Jackson, many thanks for the fine photos.

    Dunedin • Since Dec 2006 • 760 posts Report

  • Grant McDougall, in reply to Russell Brown,

    And suddenly, I am put in mind of Leo Koziol's wonderful Naked in Nukaha series of writings.

    It's a great little place and certainly inspired a decent amount of writing over the years. Andrew Fagan had a poem about it in one of his poetry books in the late '80s and Richard Langston also had one in one of his poetry books.

    Apart from Nuhaka being nice unto itself, the nearby Mahia Peninsula features soem of the finest beaches in the country, or if it's cold you can go up the road a few kms to the Morere thermal pools.

    Dunedin • Since Dec 2006 • 760 posts Report

  • Islander, in reply to Adrienne Rewi,

    Ta.
    As a Kai Tahu, writer for 'Te Karaka', and registered tribal member, I truly do appreciate you putting this information out for other people - the more other folk know about the tribe, the better.

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

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