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
Rēkohu (Chatham Island).
2020. Channelling the hakapiri (akeake).
Hapupu and The Bar 20, Rēkohu (Chatham Island)
Owenga, Rēkohu (Chatham Island)
Admiral Gardens, Rēkohu (Chatham Island)
Ngā mihi ki te whānau Croon
Taonga from the beaches of Rēkohu (Chatham Island)
Owenga, Rēkohu (Chatham Island)
In which we walk the shores of this little island.
Tired. Grateful. Nourished. Hopeful.
Haere ra, 2016.
Owenga, Rēkohu (Chatham Island)
The glitter of sunlight on roughened water, the glory of the stars, the innocence of morning, the smell of the sea in harbors, the feathery blur and smoky buddings of young boughs, and something there that comes and goes and never can be captured, the thorn of spring the sharp and tongueless cry - these things will always be the same.
Thomas Wolfe - You Can't Go Home Again
Tauhou (Silvereye), Rēkohu (Chatham Island)
"Under the greenwood tree / Who loves to lie with me
And tune his merry note / Unto the sweet bird's throat
Come hither, come hither, come hither
Here he shall see / No enemy
But winter and rough weather"
William Shakespeare As You Like It
Waitangi West, Rēkohu (Chatham Island)
Road to Port Hutt, Rēkohu (Chatham Island)
Ocean Mail Beach, Rēkohu (Chatham Island)