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Ko Summah Te Kahika-Heemi tōku īnoa. I te taha o tōku pāpā. Ko Maungapōhatu te mauna. Ko Tauranga te awa. Ko Tanatana te marae. Ko Ngāti Rere te hāpu. Traveling back and forth between my home in Wellington and the rohe of where my parents grew up in Te Waimana, enabled me to develop a strong connection with my...

Brothers Charlton and Jonathan Martin (Tamakaimoana) say their Nanny Honey Tuhua lets them know when they are needed back home. Spending time at Maungapōhatu hanging with the cuzzies and listening to stories of their tīpuna are among their favourite memories of Tūhoe. After growing up in Sydney, they returned to Aotearoa for tertiary...