Owenga, Rēkohu (Chatham Island)
Our nation was born
in the bosom of the ocean
where the sea leans
on the land […]
Haare Williams - The Songs of Tangaroa / Ngā Waiata o Tangaroa from Words of a Kaumātua
And once the storm is over you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in
Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore