I tipu au ki uta, i te rohe o Ngāti Manawa. I te tau 1984 i tūtaki au ki te kete whakairo tuatahi, nāna Ani Haare i mahi, ko ia tōku puna whakaaro ki tēnei mahi.

I te tau 2014 i ako au i te mahi kete i raro i te manaaki o Meleta Bennett ki TWOA Turipuku ki Rotorua. Ka rawe ōna whakaako.

He mahi rongoā te mahi raranga nā te hoki mai o te tangata ki a Papatūānuku, te whakawhanaungatanga ki te pā harakeke hoki.

He nui tōku aroha ki ngā pū harakeke rerekē i tōku nei kaitiakitanga. Ko te tino mahi tāku te mahi kete.

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