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you, now, are the visitor, your eyes feasting
on thirty three and three quarter year old cake
and the big smiles of your mātua saying
“we are so very glad that you are here.”
your father holds a bunch of flowers
your mother holds you, teeny tiny, unaware
of any camera, the world outside, the future you.
Rauhina Kohuwai-Banks
01/4/2026, Ōtepoti: toikupu #1
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even an hour’s difference is changing the skyline on the hill out the window of our whare; we in turn write about how even an hour makes the changing sun out the window shift and kiss the skyline and the lips of our whare on the hill; and the
how to release (a tree) first locate the marker. the marker will likely be completely surrounded by grass and weeds so all you will see is a tiny bit of bamboo pole or wooden post poking its head up above the overgrown wilderness. next, gently push at the tangle of