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Waka, episode 6: Carvers from NZ, Tahiti, Hawaii make and launch canoes
4 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
8 minutes to read
By: Simone Kaho
The Herald, E-Tangata and Tawera Productions have joined forces to bring you Waka, a six-part online video series that traces the cultural revival of traditional canoe-building skills through four teams from across the Pacific. Today Simone Kaho describes the complete waka experience, from carving to launch day.
Click on the video above to watch episode 6
Just after midday, on a cold Saturday in October, I m parked around the corner from the Hihiaua cultural centre in Whangārei.
I m doing box breathing, the technique Navy Seals use to manage their nerves during battle.
Russell s Patu Sigley is Ministry of Health s Volunteer of the Year
1 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
4 minutes to read
Patu Sigley accepting Hone Hohepa s wero at her marae, Haratu, before receiving her Ministry of Health award as Volunteer of the Year. Photo / Angela Maioha
Northern Advocate
Russell identity Patu (Patricia) Sigley has been named by the Ministry of Health as the Health Volunteer of the Year, in recognition of her outstanding achievements within the community.
She was nominated by Haratu Kororareka Marae for her work over more than 50 years, often in small and sometimes isolated communities.
The career nurse has spent a large part of her so-called non-working life busy as a volunteer, helping set up hauora clinics, volunteering for the rural ambulance service for 20 years, assisting people into pensioner housing or community living.