Errol
The text on the previous page is a traditional Maori introduction:
It tells you my name, where I'm from, the name of my ancestral canoe, my tribe (and in my case, also my Clan), my 'hapu' (subtribe), and my 'tohu': my moana, mountains,rivers and marae.
It tells you my name, where I'm from, the name of my ancestral canoe, my tribe (and in my case, also my Clan), my 'hapu' (subtribe), and my 'tohu': my moana, mountains,rivers and marae.
Here tis in English....
My name is Errol Hunt.
I grew up in Whakatane, Aotearoa
Mataatua and Mamaru are my ancestral canoes
Ngapuhi, and Ngati Kahu ki Whangaroa,
...and McKinnon / Hay are my people
Ngati Kaitangata and Te Whanau Pani are my hapu
Whangaroa is my harbour
Okahumoko and Matangirau are my mountains
Wairakau and Te Touwai are my rivers
Te Touwai is my marae
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