In the Beginning
Earth Breath on me
Earth the cool breath of life
Earth the slumbering pūriri
Earth the misty valley
Earth the departed sun
Earth the tingling blue sky
Earth the dark sheen of a woman river
Earth the mottling tides tumbling ashore
Earth the sweeping godwits
Earth our home
Earth the giving land
Papatūanuku
From Words of a Kaumātua by Haare Williams, edited by Witi Ihimaera
Dr Haare Williams MNZM has been Dean of Māori Education and Māori Advisor to the Chief Executive at Unitec. He was General Manager of Aotearoa Radio. He set up a joint venture with the South Seas Film and Television School to train Te Reo speakers as producers and operators in film and television. He has worked closely with iwi claimant communities and was responsible for waka construction and assembly at Waitangi for the 1990 commemorations. He has published poetry, exhibited painting and written for film and television. He was a cultural advisor for the Mayor of Auckland and is Amorangi at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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