We are massaging the ricked back of the land with our sore but ever-loving feet: hell, she loves it! Squirming, the land wiggles in delight. We love her.

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Hone Tuwhare (hoh-nee too-fur-ree)

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IMAGE SOURCE: Kevin Stent. “Poet's house to become writers' residence.”Stuff. 20 Jul. 2011. | TEXT SOURCE: Hone Tuwhare. “Papa-tu-a-Nuku (Earth Mother)” from “Small Holes in the Silence. ”Random House. 2011.

IMAGE SOURCE: Kevin Stent. “Poet's house to become writers' residence.”Stuff. 20 Jul. 2011. | TEXT SOURCE: Hone Tuwhare. “Papa-tu-a-Nuku (Earth Mother)” from “Small Holes in the Silence. ”Random House. 2011.

FULL QUOTE: “We are stroking, caressing the spine of the land. We are massaging the ricked back of the land with our sore but ever-loving feet: hell, she loves it! Squirming, the land wiggles in delight. We love her.”

QUOTE CONTEXT: This poem refers to the awakening – the Maori land march that began at Te Hapua, the northernmost settlement of Te Aupouri on Spetember 14, 1975 and ended at Parliament Buildings, Wellington on October 17.

QUOTE QUESTION: What are the ways in which your People express their love for the land?

IMAGE CONTEXT: “By The Seaside: Hone Tuwhare at his Kaka Point crib in South Otago, which his family hopes will become the first Maori writers' residence… Last year his family set up The Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust to preserve his work and the modest home, with the hope of turning it into a writers' residence.”

IMAGE QUESTION: How does your home reflect the spirit of your land?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a poem. The photo is from a blog post.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How can literature and photography carry the spirits of your ancestors?

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