In Aotearoa, a marae-based educational program rebuilds connection with ancestral land and water in a changing social and environmental context. WORDS Suz Te Tai, Kim Peita, and Krushil Watene | IMAGES Suz Te Tai . The story of the Māori hapū (tribal kin-community) of Ngāti Manu in Aotearoa New Zealand begins in Te Hiku o

by Hēmi Whaanga and Priscilla Wehi . . E koekoe te tūī, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kererū “The tūī chatters, the parrot gabbles, the wood pigeon coos.” (A saying for “It takes all kinds…”) Hēmi: As a young child, I often sat at the window of my house peering out at the

by Hēmi Whaanga and Priscilla Wehi . . E koekoe te tūī, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kererū “The tūī chatters, the parrot gabbles, the wood pigeon coos.” (A saying for “It takes all kinds…”) Hēmi: As a young child, I often sat at the window of my house peering out at the