Te Karaka

You tell me of your perceived prejudices against your Māori culture, how Māori was seen as chaotic.

Your parents came from Te Karaka on the East Coast, but you grew up in Lower Hutt.

Your parents returned to their roots in later life.

You are alone now in Wellington and you are job hunting.

Uh, Rangatira Marae has reached a bit of a milestone in a relocation process that they've been working through, uh, since floodwaters tore through, uh, uh, it and, uh, during Cyclone Gabrielle a few years ago.

Uh, so it's located, uh, near Te Karaka, the township of T- Te Karaka, which is about 30 kilometers southwest of Gisborne.

Uh, and it's, um, of Ngāti Wahia hapū, um, from Te Aitanga a Mahaki iwi.

Uh, so the floodwaters, they reached three hun- uh, sorry, three meters up the whenua wall.