“The whole purpose of Te Panekiretanga was to make language far better, to take it to the lofty heights…but we noticed something…so I started to ask the questions how many of you live on your marae? If we take a figure 40 students…five students put their hand up. But while the calibre of students were well versed in te reo Māori and that of their connection to their marae, Temara noticed a change over time. The main purpose of the exclusive group was to nurture the student’s language fluency. In 2004 Te Panekiretanga o te reo Kairangi - (The Institute of Excellence in the Māori language) was the brainchild of Professor Pou Temara, Sir Timoti Karetu and the late Te Wharehuia Milroy. In 2016 he was made a companion of the NZ order of Merit for services to Māori. During its fifteen years of operation, 350 students graduated from the school.Ī teacher of kapa haka and whaikōrero Temara was recognised for his contribution to Māori arts in 2012 at Creative New Zealand AW, Te Waka Toi awards, a year later in 2013 he received an honorary doctorate from Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi. Pou Temara is an exponent of the Māori language and Tikanga Māori, in 2004 he was a director of the now defunct Māori School of Language excellence, Te Panekiretanga o te reo Kairangi. “The students of today are not surprised by my view that in fifty years’ time even the marae may not have the same significance for my generation…as it will for the people of the future, marae are not that important to the bulk of the students that I teach.” he says But as Māori communities live further away from home, and the convenience of online engagement increases, Temara says he has noticed a shift. The marae is a complex of buildings associated to iwi (tribes) and hapū (sub tribes) known as the last bastion of Māori culture, where tikanga Māori (practises and customs) are mostly carried out. He is often asked by his people “why won’t you move back?” To which he replies no, I like my coffee and having a supermarket nearby.Īlthough there is jest in his response Temara knows the importance of retaining ones ‘fire’ or ‘Ahi Kaa’ to their tribal homelands and marae, and the difference is going back there often to keep those fires going. While he knows that his heart lies in the valley and that he’ll be buried there one day amongst his people, he has no plans of moving there anytime soon. The narration is fine.Pou Temara left Ruatahuna when he was just 15 years old to attend college in Auckland, and has not returned since. There is no detailed sex, no gore and only minimal swearing. one good book out of 3 just isn't enough. I have returned to the realization that I will not be reading any of Frater's works in the future.
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If the first book in this series was an A, this one is a D, that is how different the quality of the storytelling is. The story, if we can use the word 'story' here, consists of a cardboard couple trying to overcome obstacles so they can 'be together' and that is about it. There is nothing about zombies in it, well, other than they exist and are the reason why any of the characters leave the city, but they do nothing in the story other than once they nearly kill the main character but, don't worry, she is saved by the knight in shining armor. we will just say that, at that time, I said I would skip this author in the future, it was that bad. Then I read a book from a different series by her (The First Days) and. The first one (which was the first book in this series) was actually pretty good - slightly different take on zombies, slightly different world, and female characters who weren't completely useless. This is the 3rd book of hers I have read. Moderately bad followup to first book in series Soon Lindsey realizes that her mission is more than what it seems, and there are secrets that could both destroy The Bastion and take her life.
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To add even more complications, Torran and the SWD join the squad. When food riots fill the streets, martial law is enacted, and the upper echelons of government battle for control of the city, Lindsey is conscripted by her superiors to embark on a dangerous mission into the dead world beyond The Bastion. Lindsey's growing friendship with Torran MacDonald, an officer with the Science Warfare division, is her only solace as the decline of the city continues. Yet the city still crumbles around them, along with any chance of survival. Like millions of other civilians, she had hoped that The Bastion would recover after a team of modified soldiers eradicated the undead hordes of Inferi Scourge that infested their valley. Vanguard Lindsay Rooney has faced the undead hordes of Inferi Scourge and lived to tell the tale, but she has also suffered horrible losses.