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Stevie Noe (Ngāi Tamatuhirae/Te Whakatāne) spent time as a young boy exploring the rich history and great outdoors of his backyard in Galatea,  cultivating a love for nature under the watchful gaze of Te Urewera. His other memories of Tūhoe extend to the stories told to him by his mum. Stories of life  in Waimana – where she was...

Ana Scotney (Ngāti Tāwhaki) calls herself a Māori-Jewish-Buddhist kid with qualms. Raised outside of the rohe, she wasn't really connected to her Tūhoe side except during the school holidays.  She would travel back to the heart of Te Urewera - Ngāputahi where her late father, Joseph Doherty and step-mum Joanna Doherty lived. Here...