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a painting of a tree with an artistic design on it's trunk and branches

The painting depicts Tane Mahuta (God of man, forest and all living things within) separating his parents (Papatuanuku, the mother of earth and Ranginui, the father of sky) by placing his shoulders against his mother and his feet against his father, pushing hard for a very long time, straining and heaving all the while.

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the front cover of a book with an image of a totem

The Maori (the indigenous people of New Zealand) which includes myself, have a very different way of defining health outcomes compared to western medicine. Te Wheke (the octopus) is often used as a…

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