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What’s in our name?

Sunday 17 February 2019 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion

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We name our children, we name our vaka taurua -- in fact we name all the parts of a voyaging vaka. We name our villages, our tapere, and the land we build our homes on has a name.

We name our children, we name our vaka taurua -- in fact we name all the parts of a voyaging vaka. We name our villages, our tapere, and the land we build our homes on has a name.


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