"PATUA TE TANIWHA PATUA TE WHAKAMA" THIS WAS SHOT BY MY GOOD FRIEND MATT DRAPPER MY WHAKARO WAS I WAS MY OWN TANIWHA . THE WHAKATAUKI OR PROVERB IS ABOUT BEING TO OVER COME YOUR FEAR YOUR TANIWHA IN YOUR LIFE . MINE WAS BEING WHAKAAMA OF MY CULTURE AND THE FACT I COULD SPEAK TE REO. BECAUSE OF THIS FEAR OF NOT FITTING IN TO TE AO PAKEHA OR THE PAKEHA WORLD I SPENT MANY OF MY TEENAGE YEARS AND 20S BEING DISCONNECTED TO WHANAU WHAKAPAPA AND TE AO MAORI SOMETHING I DEEPLY REGRET. FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS I HAVE BEGAN THE JOURNEY BACK TO MY UKAIPO ROOTS KI TOKU WHANAU FAMILY ME TOKU TURANGAWAEWAE AND AS A FATHER I WILL NOT ALLOW MY TAMARIKI TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID.
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