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The end result can be not feeling like a “real” Maori, but not a “real” Pakeha either. That space between cultures is a strange and uncomfortable place […]

Over time, I’ve learned the only way to coexist with that awkward space between is to remember who your tupuna were […]

Let’s not make it harder by asking questions that require a level of mathematical ability and genealogical knowledge that few of us posses [sic] – and are silly in the first place.

I might be more flat-white than espresso, but I’m still a tasty caffeinated beverage, made from the same beans. Whatever that might mean for my blood.

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By nightfall, after nearly 12 hours in custody, he was released under caution with more questions to come. The magnitude of his fall from grace seemed etched on his face.

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The word for today is… festinate (verb, adjective) - verb : hasten adjective : hasty Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Festinate is one among many in the category of words whose early recorded use is in the works of William Shakespeare. He used it as an adjective (which is pronounced \FESS-tuh-nut) in King Lear,

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