The sestercentennial is about so much more than Cook
Fifty years ago, the scope of Captain Cook's bicentenary was much narrower than it will be this year.
It was almost exclusively a celebration of the navigational feats and achievements of Cook.
A Māori perspective was largely absent. So too was any recognition of the role of the Tahitian chief and navigator Tupaia in these early encounters.
Separated from their homelands for perhaps 500 years, Māori saw Tupaia as a link to their ancient past.
Many remembered the Endeavour as ‘Tupaia’s waka’, not Cook’s.
Captain Cook 'First Encounter' celebrations a 'difficult step towards a truly shared story' by Rowan Light
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Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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63.1% Summer
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35.5% Winter
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1.4% Other - I'll share below
We're talking new year resolutions...
Tidying the house before going to bed each night, meditating upon waking or taking the stairs at work.
What’s something quick, or easy, that you started doing that made a major positive change in your life?
What word sums up 2024, neighbours?
If 2020 was the year of lockdowns, banana bread, and WFH (work from home)....
In one word, how would you define 2024?
We're excited to see what you come up with!
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