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Blue

Blue We dress in blue For Te Waikoropupū & our wave breaks through On the suits who peruse From their second floor views Where they spin & confuse While the blue puppet waves & samba drum raves Out here on…

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Predator

Predator Te Whiti & Tohu Cross Raukawa Moana & canoe pitches & paddlers hunch & sou’wester Punches  As Te Whiti Stands Tall & leans Into the squall & it’s always the prophets Who Name The predator (The curse Of The…

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Why

Why I came because an illicit wind Pushed & carried & left me, bedraggled & adrift on summer tides ‘Til I washed ashore & was welcomed By the love of the River Tribe – & I stepped beyond the edge…

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Shooting Star

Shooting Star Walking the wildness of Wharariki We meet Toby & Veronica in a clash of waves & Toby speaks of the shooting star Seen the night the River Tribe shared poems   The incandescent spark falling earthward For the briefest…

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Handover

Handover  You sing Te Waikoropupu waiata & heart thumps – heart thumps – heart thumps & eyes are full of tears As you speak of the hard road  & those who’ve passed & cannot be here & how Ngati Tama…

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Balls

Balls So here’s a riddle for the town Please get your pens & write it down Just how many balls does a redneck have Who attacks a man in a parked up Rav? A stranger, who he’s yet to meet!…

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Wāhi tapu

Wāhi tapu It always happens – The slowing of time as I walk towards you & the noticing of kanuka & rimu & pīwakawaka dancing at my right shoulder & the words wāhi tapu Written in yellow on the green…

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Kaitaiki

Kaitiaki See now the eagle circle high Above the ancient springs Who knows the hand that brings her here? As loud her cry does ring  Above the waters, she protects This guardian of old Te Pouākai is her given name…

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