tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79891560266424594152024-02-07T15:46:52.425-08:00Crawshaw's Tokelau adventureMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-21899239308001808132016-11-09T17:20:00.003-08:002016-11-09T17:38:29.118-08:00Fenua Loa- beautiful photo's. July holiday 2016<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">They say in Fakaofo that you can’t really say you’ve been to
Fakaofo unless you’ve been to Fenua Loa – the islet/motu at the southern tip of
the atoll. Fenua Loa is a most special and sacred of place in Fakaofo, which
you can only venture to with the express permission of the Pulenuku or the
Taupulega. It is part marine reserve, part sacred place, part special occasion
communal foraging ground and 100% tropical paradise on earth!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Understandably we were very keen when Pale and Lise offered
to take our family nearing the end of our time in Tokelau. We were blessed with
an amazingly fine day after a couple of weeks of rough weather and Pale
generously excused himself from a very busy time in his responsibilities on the
Taupulega.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7:15am, bit windy as we excitedly headed out for the day</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They picked us up around 7:15 in the morning so that we
could get down on the high tide (you can’t get through the coral channels in
that part of the lagoon unless it’s high tide. It’s truly amazing how people in
Tokelau are capable of navigating their way back and forth through the maze of
little channels and openings that lead the way down to Fenua Loa. It seems like
they have a truly impressive mental 3D map of the route that not only knows the
way to go, but somehow can also sense what point the tide is at and which
routes will be passable. Anyway, Pale masterfully got us all the way down to
the bottom part of the lagoon where we clambered ashore at Fenua Loa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lise loving Nga and keeping her warm. What a lovely Grandmother:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fenua Loa in sight....</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">From here, Pale led us through dense tropical bush along a barely
visible pathway until we reached the lagoon that is found in the centre of
Fenua Loa. It is a truly phenomenal sight. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just having come out of the bush, walking up through the ocean inlet leading to the internal Lagoon...High tide...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fenua Loa!!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The water is an amazing pale topaz
blue and is fed from the outer ocean at high tide. We stopped for some morning tea
on a sandy beach and swam in the lagoon. Underfoot is a soft sandy mud which we
had fun making mud packs out of and smearing over our bodies (Lise told us that
it was known to be good for your skin). </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tropical Spa....</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a wonderful time swimming and
splashing about, enjoying the idyllic and remote spot. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving Fenua Loa at low tide, Lagoon now completely separate from the ocean lagoon..so so beautiful....</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">From here we retraced our steps back out to the main lagoon where Pale took us to a nearby motu.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here we enjoyed another traditional Tokelau barbeque in
which Pale cooked us many clams and coconut crabs along with fish. It was an
amazing feast of seafood. The most extreme part was trying the ‘tail’ of the coconut
crabs – consisting of yellow fat reserves that ooze and can be sucked out of
the cooked crab. It was incredibly rich so we could only cope with the smallest
taste – but Lise was very happy to finish up what we couldn’t get through! She
loved it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The coral is amazing in these parts of the lagoon with much more
life and colour than the coral nearer where we lived.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Clams of all colours
abound! Pale showed us the technique for killing and digging out a clam – if you
get it wrong the clam shell shuts fast and you lose your knife!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids had a wonderful time swimming and playing on a
partially constructed raft that we found and pulled down to the water. It was
an unbelievably idyllic day where you had to keep pinching yourself thinking “Am
I really here with my family”. Such beauty and joy as can hardly be contained.
Such a precious time with Pale and Lise and Evotia who love us so well and
delighted in showing us the treasures of Fakaofo</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Our family will never forget this day – a true once in a
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Pale and Lise we’re forever grateful for your generosity in sharing this magical place with us.<o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun and smelly....Think Rotorua.....A volcanic crater remember</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So much fun, was hard to leave.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">What can we say- Pale and Lise, Evotia and Miena, you are in our hearts forever.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sani and Telika and your beautiful children- We think of you all often and your folks Aroha and Lemeko- love to you all.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tangimoana, Ngaremu misses you so so much!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sani</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kanival</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olouta and Pio, <br />
Saw Diana at Countdown and will look forward to seeing your precious Senara again soon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levi, thank you for looking after us so so well. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Logo and the kids too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our very kind neighbour Viane and all of Matt's work gang</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fofo and family who looked out for us so well and understood the challenges of being in a new country and culture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tehanga!! Rainy wishes you and Laki and Peau could be at Kindy with him in NZ!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peau such a good friend to Rainy and Chrissie...love to your Mum and Rowena too!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luti, what a fun friend you were!</td></tr>
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Ezra misses Teao, Tomasi, Eroni, Isiah and Alica.</h2>
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<br />Koroi, Ngaremu misses you and hopes school is going ok for you.</h2>
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Laki, Carol, Junior and Mica, miss you neighbours!!</h2>
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Loads of Love Chrissie, Matt, Ruana, Melita, Ezra, Ngaremu and Rainy.</h2>
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-31952353562208732702016-07-29T17:30:00.000-07:002016-07-29T17:30:45.200-07:00Tamamanu: Learning why we came to Tokelau…as we prepare to make the journey home!<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">When we decided to take a family adventure and come and live
in Tokelau, people back home would often ask us why we would choose this type
of destination as a family adventure – somewhere so remote, isolated, and small
and so unlike anything we know or are used to. Whenever we got asked this
question we often found it hard to give answers that made sense to people – and
I think usually we failed at that – partly because I don’t think we really knew
ourselves exactly why? We didn’t even know how long we were coming for, just
that we wanted to make sure we had a really good taste of the Tokelau way of
life.<br />We had a whole lot of ideas about what we might learn and
experience, but we didn’t really know if they made sense to us or anyone else.
Really the only thing that felt certain as we set out on this adventure is that
almost everything was uncertain. But I think we also had a sense that this was
an adventure that Jesus was calling us on – not knowing the exact reason or
purpose, not knowing how we would cope, having to trust that this was an adventure
worth risking the unknown for.<br />Over the last couple of months here, I think we have begun
to be able to answer the question “Why did we come to Tokelau”. This has also
come at a time when we have felt the time is right for our family to make the
return journey home to New Zealand.<br />Tokelau is a truly remarkable, special and unique place. I’m
sure there’s no place like it in all the world and we count ourselves deeply
blessed to have called this place our home over the last six months. It’s been
an experience full of wonder, beauty and daily swimming in a lagoon which is
nothing less than a tropical paradise! People here have looked after us in so many
ways, from giving us fish (many many beautiful tasty fresh fish) and other
foods, taken us places on their boats, taught us some of the local skills and
ways of life and so many other things. At times we’ve experienced overwhelming
hospitality and generosity.<br />And alongside the wonder and generosity we’ve experienced in
this place, we’ve also found our time here to be one of the most challenging
and difficult experience of our family life. Many people probably find it hard
to imagine living on a beautiful tropical atoll as anything but idyllic and will
be surprised that we’ve found it difficult. We put it mostly down to the
feeling of “otherness” that we have encountered for the first time, a feeling
that we know for many people is not a new experience. Indeed we’ve met many
people here in Tokelau who have described the same feelings and experience when
they first went to New Zealand.<br />It’s not that there’s anything specifically wrong. It’s not
because Tokelau is not a wonderful place. It is because this is not home for
us. It’s a place outside of our comfort zone where the language, lifestyle, schooling,
food, freedoms, culture and so on are all foreign to our understanding. We’ve
been caught off guard by how homesick we’ve all felt. And by how difficult it
is to experience “otherness” (and to feel this even when everyone is working so
hard to love and care for us). We’ve realised how blessed our life in Cannons
Creek, NZ is. We’ve become a lot more grateful for that. Many of our friends
and neighbours back home have been on our minds a lot as we’ve appreciated in a
new way just how challenging their life in NZ is because they experience this
“otherness” for one reason or another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Tokelau they have a name for people like us, people
experiencing “otherness”. They call us the Tamamanu. Literally the small bird.
The flightless one. Perhaps fallen from their nest. Or blown in by a storm.
Injured, or forgotten. The tamamanu have a very special place in Tokelau
culture. We have met so many Tokelau people that take immense pride in this
treasured cultural value and practice of looking out for and caring for the
tamamanu among them. We have experienced this. In fact we’ve survived here for
six months mainly because people (both those whose names have been mentioned in
our blog and many many others) have known us as tamamanu, and have cared for
and loved us. This idea of Tamamanu is a profound treasure of Tokelau. We as a
family are forever touched by it, and changed because of the experience of it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It struck me clearly one night chatting to a neighbour down
at the edge of the lagoon as the sun was setting. We were talking about the
idea and practice of Tamamanu and our experience of it, and I realised that
this was what we came here for. To learn something of what it is to be
tamamanu. To receive love and care that we couldn’t return, from generous
Tokelau friends and neighbours. And most importantly to hopefully be equipped
as a family to take up the practice of this Tokelau way when it comes to
tamamanu that we encounter in our daily lives back home in NZ.</span><br />
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<li>It is the 3<sup>rd</sup> smallest country in the world,
after the Pitcairn Islands and Vatican City</li>
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<li>The population of Tokelau is under 1500 people across all
three atolls</li>
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<li>Fakaofo where we live has a population of 450 approx.</li>
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<li>You could say that Porirua where we live is the “capital city”
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<li>The highest point above sea level is only 5 metres!</li>
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Samoa the closest country, it is possibly the most isolated country in the
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<li>The only mammals apart from humans that live here are cats
(Feral), pigs and mice/rats</li>
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<li>The lowest temperature we have had in our time here in the
shade (at night) has been 26.8 degrees; the hottest again in the shade has been
36 degrees. The heat in the sun gets well above 40 degrees most days</li>
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<li>All our water supply is from rainwater collected off the
roof into tanks built into the foundation of the house.</li>
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<li>With fish as the staple food here (literally breakfast,
lunch and dinner!) the lagoon and ocean is the main source of food.</li>
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<li>Communication with the outside world is limited-.- for
example the internet and international phone lines are down and have been for
two days (and counting) There is no way to contact the outside world, apart
from a satellite phone that can reach Samoa.</li>
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<li>Mail takes 4-9 weeks from NZ to get here</li>
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<li>A lot of the country is stunningly beautiful and untouched
by humans</li>
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<li>It is the first country in the world to be completely Solar
powered.</li>
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<li>A cell tower is currently being built to provide cell-phone
telecommunication for the first time.</li>
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<li>There is no postal address as such because of the small
population, a name and the atoll the person is living on is enough.</li>
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<li>Women are not allowed to buy alcohol, men are allowed 3
bottles a day.</li>
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of adults here smoke. </li>
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<li>Tokelau is the 1<sup>st</sup> country in the world to fully
ban fizzy drinks! They received W.H.O award for this achievement.</li>
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<li>Tokelau along with
Tuvalu and Kiribati are the Pacific countries most likely to become uninhabitable
by climate change within the next 50 years. The sea would only need to rise 1
meter to make life here virtually impossible</li>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-45961163948904706022016-07-13T18:55:00.001-07:002016-07-13T18:55:17.199-07:00Living in one of the most equal countries in the world<div class="MsoNormal">
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increasingly common point of conversation and concern as the rich just keep
getting richer and the poor survive on a subconscious awareness of how much
‘less’ they are. It’s an ugly problem with downright evil consequences for
communities, both communities of rich, and communities of poor – for they
barely ever exist in the one place anymore in New Zealand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tokelau by contrast is from my reckoning probably the most
(materially, economically and income) equal country in the world. Admittedly it
is the world’s smallest economy, and it’s also a very small place with a total
population of less than 1,500 people in all three atolls, making it the third least
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s also no doubt that inequality exists in Tokelau and
has grown over the last 30 years as it has everywhere, but because of some of
the closely held cultural practises and values of Tokelau culture it’s been
kept very much in check – such that for the most part people’s economic
wellbeing remains very much equal compared to the extremes of inequality
emerging almost everywhere else in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interestingly (and tellingly) it’s not possible to buy and
sell land or property in Tokelau. Land is held in perpetuity by family group. As
a result, it’s not possible for any one person to accumulate greater and greater
portions of property in Tokelau, limited as they are by what has always for
generations been held in the kaiga (extended family groupings that make up the
whole). One of the striking things about Tokelau from my palagi perspective is
just how simple all the homes are. There’s no way to tell from looking at the
various homes – who is wealthy and who is not. Almost all of them are small,
open, minimally furnished lack the abundance of possessions and consumables
that are normal in a kiwi household. I was profoundly struck by this one day
when we were unloading the ship from Apia of all the goods that had arrived. On
that day one of the more unusual pieces of cargo were a couple of 2 seater sofas.
They were very modest cloth and foam based things such that even lower income
people like us might look past them in favour of something else – but still
something not really seen in Tokelau from my limited experience. It turned out
that they were a new acquisition of the recently appointed Ulu – the Head of
Tokelau. These sofas were loaded onto the truck and we took them through the
village to the Ulu’s home. Two things were particularly striking about this
experience for me. One was the realisation that I could never have guessed that
one of Tokelau’s most important figures lived in this house as distinct from
any other house in the village – in fact at only one story high and painted
bright pink it looks even plainer than some of the other homes. In my
Kiwi/palagi shaped view where someone’s home generally amounts to something of
a status symbol this unexpectedly unpretentious home stuck out to me. The
experience was further underlined by observing an amusing interaction, which
being spoken in Tokeluan I understood none of the words exchanged, but perhaps the
message was communicated all the more explicitly. As the Ulu’s daughter came to
the front door of the house looking perplexed, even exasperated at the new
household furniture, as if to say “What on earth are we going to do with those,
and where on earth are we going to put them???!!!” With some toing and froing
of conversation and chuckles from my fellow delivery men – the sofas were
squeezed through the narrow front door and into the pretty much one room house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another feature of the equality landscape of Tokelau is that
of income distribution. Firstly one of the wonderful things about Tokelau is
that unlike most other Pacific nations, people here are blessed with what effectively
amounts to a universal citizen payment, where an income is received both by men
and women, which is supplemented with child payments according to the number of
children. I use the term citizen payment, because it’s not an unemployment
benefit of any kind, and it comes with significant “citizen”/cultural
expectations including various types of men’s and women’s work such that pretty
much everyone has a role in the community. This means that combined with the
abundance of fish and coconut as staple foods that are freely accessible to
anyone – no one is ever faced with hunger in Tokelau, something which sadly is
all too common in our own neighbourhoods in NZ and similar countries around the
world that also have significantly more economic wealth than Tokelau. There are
also minority of people in Fakaofo who have a specific job title for which they
are additionally remunerated. In relative terms the incomes are very modest and
not so significantly larger than the base income. In the village context the
effect of this additional income is also significantly dissipated by the deeply
ingrained practises of generosity and caring for one and other. This happens
both in very direct ways where those with more disposable income pay directly
for things for others, and also where their valued resources such as vehicles
or tools etc, effectively become village resources, available for all manner of
uses, simply by asking the owner. On top of this there are additional ‘circuit
breakers’ in the system to help keep things equal. Probably most important is
Inati which I’ve previously blogged about. But there are many smaller examples,
such as the fact that every person is allocated only 5 litres of petrol per month.
When I asked why this was, I was informed that it was because some people have
more money, so this is the way it stays fair. Similarly when the prized boxes
of apples and oranges arrive on a shipment from Apia – families can only buy a
maximum of 10 pieces of each – again so that it remains fair.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally and perhaps most importantly is something that is
both a contributor to creating an equal society as well as a consequence of the
existence equality which is the way that life is shared together in every way.
Perhaps the most striking example of this in my mind is the way that strawberry
or grape Tang (the local form of Raro cordial) is served and consumed to
everyone in disposable plastic cups no matter who they are. The elders, the
workers, the Pulenuku (Mayor) and Ulu (Head of Tokelau), everyone joins
together for this very modest drink – and all the while I’m trying to imagine
John Key or other leaders or important people in my country ever drinking grape
flavoured cordial! I must say, I don’t like grape cordial, but I do love the
way that everyone joins in and drinks from the same large cooler. It strongly
represents the closeness and inter-connectedness of people here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I totally recognise that the absence of significant inequality
in Tokelau is something that is primarily enabled by how small this place is.
However that definitely doesn’t make it any less precious and worth fiercely protecting.
I would also posture that we in New Zealand and other western countries have
something to learn from and emulate in these three characteristics of Tokelau.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Fostering policies and practises that ensure our
homes and housing are not characterised by such extremes both in terms of unequal
ownership share and also the immense chasm between poor and rich houses (for
example our houses in Cannons Creek versus the large modern homes in the new nearby
suburb of Aotea)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">Creating circuit breakers in our economic and consumption
system that support fair access – especially to scarce or essential resources.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">And finally and most importantly - continually
looking for ways to make sure that our Prime minister and richest people in our
society regularly share “Grape Tang” with the very least and overlooked in our
society.</span></li>
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Tokelau where we have observed a different way at close quarters.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-34178180337039496882016-07-12T12:47:00.003-07:002016-07-12T12:55:00.860-07:00July Photos and Fun on the 1st day of holidays......<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainy's latest thing...Toe sucking-Yuck!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All clean and nit combed:) My boy with Curls all tied back:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teenager... Ru turns 13!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Afternoon tea-Yummy birthday treats!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whole bunch of Shells and Coral we have collected....but sadly can't bring home:(</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nga and her special friend Luti, posing up a storm!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Girls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ez on his special trip fishing in the Ocean...meant to be 14 but got treated, only boys allowed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ez with his Rainbow Runner that he caught out in the Pacific!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainys favourite past time....Grizzling tantrums...up to an hour some mornings!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ez's epic T-Rex, Thanks Uncle Mark and Aunty Abi:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful walk to the pigs- 5min from home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solar panels that power the Atoll- just behind where we live.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Island Sunrise</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach we swim at most often</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nga walking down to Wharf by boating Channel. 1st day of Holidays.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainy in the digger-He loves these machines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boating Channel out to the ocean...was blasted open in the reef with dynamite.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Mermaid:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jumping off boats into the channel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mum look at the beautiful Island.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Climbing out to jump again...Pacific ocean in the background. Stingrays,Sharks ,Turtles,Octopus and fish galore.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainy on top of the concrete sacks for the new Cell phone tower going to be built.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On top of the Excavator... We jumped off this beast into the Channel, lots of fun...Rainy was the first to jump!!!! Go my thrill seeker!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ru ready to jump.<br />
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Will post some vid of us jumping once we've edited it:)<br />
Lovely Warm deep water...so safe as !</td></tr>
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-44300507032697550432016-07-11T21:53:00.002-07:002016-07-11T23:21:21.223-07:00Nuku fun days!Thanks to a couple of recent public holidays and also the end of term, there's been some fun around the place after a busy year for the village!<br />
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Here's a few pics snapped of the Kilikiti match between rivals New Zealand and Samoa! This was a rematch after New Zealand snatched recently a rare victory and Samoa asked for another challenge. Unfortunately I didn't find out about the first match where the game was apparently played in full uniform!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Zealand team at the crease in Fale</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New church in the background - watch the windows!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheerleaders Tokelau style!</td></tr>
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Then at the end of the school term was a Tialeniu School fun day to welcome in the holidays. Lots of laughing, and relays for all ages including a favourite to husk the Hua (green drinking coconut), open it, return it to one of the senior teachers to drink/skull and then break open to eat the flesh. Lots of fun!<br />
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Here's a few photos<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gathered for 7:30am start in the morning sun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teams Green, White, Red and Blue</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh oh, Tropical Rain called off the event an hour early. As you can see that kids thought that was great!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone running about drenched with glee!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Octopus, these guys are awesome-amazing camouflage!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Letting him go.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puffer fish Ru shot with the spear gun. Big boy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pigs being slaughtered for a Funeral....lots more photos and videos but pretty brutal, the blood is drained first while the pig is alive, it's a <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Delicacy.</span><div class="MsoNormal">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nga hugging her favourite thing in our house- our small mirror!! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool plaits we did after-school one Friday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the zone! Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street- Thanks Claire.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Giant Trevally !</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Tokelauan- Raw is the way to go!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little guy hatched from an egg Ez found.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute little trio....we were begged to keep, but we said no, mean parents!! Gave them back to their Mum.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fire and toasted marshmallows for his birthday!! Thanks Woodies'!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chrissie's new most hated bug!! White tail spiders move on over!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giant Centipede- Horrendous!! What nightmares are made of!! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ez with the flower Lei's they made at school. Smelt stunning.</td></tr>
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-71172487078205928752016-06-24T12:45:00.001-07:002016-06-24T12:45:25.832-07:00Fakaofo reconnects with the digital communications worldCommunication with the outside world when you live on a small remote atoll is totally dependant on a single big satellite dish - when that dish breaks down as it did here early in June - you lose your only connection with the outside world. No phone calls or internet for nearly three weeks. Now that was a new experience for this palagi family who is used to the world of instant communication and being 'plugged in' at nearly all times. No doubt a very good experience for us, but it did mean we felt very homesick not being able to contact family and friends!<br />
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One thing that made a big difference during this period under a "dome of silence" was receiving some parcels from family and friends at home. We were quite overwhelmed to receive a large box the other day from our wonderful church family - Porirua Gospel Chapel in Cannons Creek.<br />
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Huge thanks also to our friends Jenni, Diana and from the Garside and Crawshaw parents and the Wood family who we also received parcels from earlier in June too. We are so spoilt by all of you.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-27545706447080354692016-06-03T21:40:00.001-07:002016-06-03T21:40:39.498-07:00Rainy is four and other photos....<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Moth!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yummy yellow fin Tuna all filleted- Thanks Matty!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainy loses his temper throws the headphones and breaks our laptop screen!!! Oh dear!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Eel catch!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freaky heads</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skinning his catch with his cool pocket knife from Asher for Christmas- Thanks Asher!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nga looking beautiful -Ru and Mel's made her headband.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun walk around the islet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby Gecko!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ants</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First time with a peeler!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost four and my big helper, peeled four potatoes on his own:)<br />No cuts!! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5:55am on the 1st of June, everyone up for Rainy's pancake breakfast!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sisters:) Sleepy 5 year old</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simple presents- Tang-a bit like Raro- lucky boy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool Pate Ezra carved for Rainy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to eat:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love you Mum! - My big birthday boy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Special afternoon tea</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was a little boy who had a little curl right in the middle of his forehead.....You know the rest!!<br />Love ya to bits four year old!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-6557897822850815432016-06-01T21:13:00.002-07:002016-06-23T22:33:46.995-07:00Ceremony to open the new Fale Sa (Church Building)Last week we got to be part of the opening of the new Church building in Fale - it's been a two year project and all consuming for the nuku the past few weeks. Ministers from all over in attendance, lots of other guests. Food, performances and lots of interesting new experiences. It was a long day however and we were very worn out at the end of it. Here are some photos to give a feel for the day.
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Here is a video excerpt of the performance we were treated to during the service. Sorry about the video movement - I had a 3 year old hanging onto my arm!<br />
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Here are some short clips of the school performances in the Fale Fono (meeting house) as the entertainment while the feast was being consumed!</div>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-92059276844155785792016-05-28T01:33:00.000-07:002016-05-28T01:33:00.514-07:00Hand-washing; byChrissie<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">7:50am: Went down under the house, it’s concrete
and coral stones, spiders, crabs, slaters, the occasional leech and lots of
flies and mozzies, Fill two tubs from the tap, one washing powder one rinse
water with fabric softener to take away horrid musty smell, works well, a good
piece of local know how!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Sort washing
into piles, most soiled down to least. Put first least soiled pile in wash tub, crouch down as its only
ankle height, start scrubbing just with my hands or sometimes a coral rock, my
knuckles have calluses, once scrubbed, wring lightly back into tub and put item
into rinse bucket, finish pile, get cramp in my calves or thighs, swish them
around in rinse tub, wring each piece well and place in washing basket, put next
pile in wash tub, push under, take washing basket up the stairs to the washing
lines, wring each item again and hang up, head back down with empty basket and
repeat process, with 7 of us sometimes there is four or five piles, today I had
sheets and pillowcases off 3 beds as well as normal washing so a wee bit to do, Rainy sits up above me on the concrete porch chatting, sometimes leaning down
to check where I’m up to, today there’s 4 piles so I finish them stopping after
two piles to empty and refill both tubs as they are a disgusting brown, finish
last load, empty dirty water, pull leech off the bottom of the tub (so I can
get a photo, but realised Matt has the camera to get some photos of the lovely
new church, He has done some work on) so will get a photo another day. Yay
done, come inside much to Rainy’s delight</span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; line-height: 115%;">J</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"> ready to play Lego with Mum, its 8:45am and I’m
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">It’s a real work out….makes me really appreciate my washing machine
back home</span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; line-height: 115%;">J</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"> But a great experience and how the majority of
people here do their washing, every day. So good to be able to just be a member
of the village going about the normal morning tasks. Time for a coffee</span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; line-height: 115%;">J</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"> We don’t have a tap or any inside plumbing so
Matt fills two water cooler containers (what most people have, don’t know where
they are from but handy for collecting water, so Matt fills them from the
outside tap under the house every morning and they sit on our kitchen floor. So
I lift one, they are really heavy I think I must be getting more muscle in my
arms especially, and fill the jug, yay hot drink time, even in the heat we have
just as many hot drinks as at home, such a habit</span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; line-height: 115%;">J</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"> It’s 31 degrees inside now so still pretty cool
this morning, which is nice, no fans needed, (we are adjusting) So just having
a coffee and writing this, Rainy having a hot choc, emptied the rest of the
boiled jug into a big teapot to cool so we can fill water bottles for drinking,
we have to boil all our drinking water, you can buy bottled water at the shop
but we prefer to just boil and cool, just can’t adjust to paying for water plus
heaps of plastic waste and no recycling here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">NB: This is in no way a complaint but just an acknowledgement of the hard work it is to hand wash, especially I think of women in past generations and those in the world today who have to travel long distances in the heat to get water before any of the basic jobs like washing can even be started.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Also apologies for a fairly mundane post but this blog is a great way for us to remember some of these small everyday experiances that will fade with time, as well as the amazing rich ones that we will carry with us always. Chrissie</span></div>
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-8508318748706304762016-05-17T20:52:00.000-07:002016-05-17T20:52:17.774-07:00Matt goes fishing in the open ocean for the first time (in the process of trying to figure through some cross cultural communication!)<div class="MsoNormal">
The subtleties of cross cultural communication are a curious
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More men have said they will take me out fishing here than I
can remember (and I've been out a couple of times in the lagoon as part of
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One of the nuku men: “Matt I’ll take you out fishing
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Matt: “Yeah I’d love to go, any time. Just let me know, I'm
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Matt’s interpretation of the above conversation is – 'this is
now in the expert fisherman’s court who will inform Matt when is a good time to
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What Matt is learning is meant by the Tokelau man: “Matt you
come and ask me when you want to go fishing” or “I won’t ask you because that
might impose on you – you ask me when you’re ready to go”<o:p></o:p></div>
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It seems that where I think I should wait for the formal
invite (not wanting to impose), they don’t want to make an invite (not wanting
to impose) and expect me to ask directly, “Can we go fishing tonight”. I'm
still trying to get my head round it exactly – but I think that’s how it goes.
So this is how it played out. Fofo – Pale’s brother in-law was giving me a lift
over to Fale on Wednesday and telling me about how many fish he’d caught the
previous day. I say to him in a joking kind of way:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Matt: “Hey you still haven’ taken me out fishing!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fofo: “You never asked me to take you out, I thought you
didn't like going fishing”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Matt: [Perplexed because he’s been waiting for an invite when
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So at 2pm (that’s 1pmish Tokelau time), Fofo calls me and we
head out to fish. Sheepishly I tell Fofo that I've brought what are from a
Tokelau perspective are a number of “non-essential” items with me. They include a
PLB (Personal Locator Beacon); Life Jacket; Diving Gloves (so that I don’t get
one of the ‘tattoos’ that many of the men have - where the fishing line has cut
through the back of their hand when catching a fish), and a camera. Fofo finds
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for Wahoo (because I've mentioned to Fofo that my kids love the Wahoo fish –
making amazing battered fish like you've never tasted). Fofo has made his own
lures made from a mix of things – old screwdriver heads, pieces of tooth brush
and pieces of cut-up lures as well. He tells me that he’s tried all sorts of
other lures, but still finds his own are best. The trolling speed for Wahoo is
very impressive and it was strangely rough in parts – some unusual current according to
Fofo. (I still have the sore rear end to prove it!). As we progressed down the outside
of the atoll we darted out further to sea from time to time to chase flocks of
birds – the best indication of a school of Tuna. On one of these, my line
snagged quite a decent sized yellow fin tuna. At this point I had to don the
gloves, because my little palagi hands were going to struggle to pull in this wet
and slippery hand line. In it came though, and a good whack to the head and we
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Other than that the other main event was careening across to
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before I noticed what was going on. We’d found a pod of dolphins – which meant
no Tuna. It also however meant ‘excited palagi’ who's never been so close to
dolphins who all obliged by enjoying swimming alongside the boat. I have a shot
at filming them with the waterproof camera – not knowing what result I’d get
with the lessening light. This is what I got – pretty cool!<br />
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Thanks Fofo, you're very kind! Anything I need, I’ll just ask!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-33349092195427173942016-05-15T18:34:00.001-07:002016-05-16T13:20:18.918-07:00Cool Animals and things....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These don't bite (I think/hope) but I don't like the thought of them running over me when I'm asleep!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They are very very fast!!- They measure about 15cm diameter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very rare in Tokelau!!Could bite!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up one night at 2am, wet beds, bad dreams, everyone woken up!! Matt went out to the loo and saw this beast on the deck!!</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">The </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">coconut crab</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"><b>Birgus latro</b></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, is a species of terrestrial </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit_crab" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Hermit crab">hermit crab</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, also known as the </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">robber crab</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> or </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">palm thief</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">. It is the largest land-living </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Arthropod">arthropod</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> in the world, and is probably at the upper size limit for </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_animal" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Terrestrial animal">terrestrial animals</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> with </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoskeleton" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Exoskeleton">exoskeletons</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Holocene">recent</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> times, with a weight of up to 4.1 kg (9.0 lb). It can grow to up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in length from leg to leg. It is found on islands across the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> and parts of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> as far east as the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambier_Islands" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Gambier Islands">Gambier Islands</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> mirroring the distribution of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Coconut">coconut palm</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">; it has been </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_extinction" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Local extinction">extirpated</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> from most areas with a significant human population, including mainland </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Australia">Australia</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">.</span><br />
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Rainy goes to preschool here 2-3 days a week, it runs 5 days but He sometimes finds it hard and very different from NZ so by breaking it up with some home days he is a lot happier:)<br />
Here's some things we get upto when the big guys are at school:) After washing and sweeping etc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making some simple toys to take to preschool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super glued shut- hope they bring some joy:)</td></tr>
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-86033401744410893632016-05-15T17:59:00.006-07:002016-05-16T12:48:02.718-07:00Rainy get 's a parcel.....Thanks Palelei:)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesome Pirate costume and sword!!</td></tr>
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Today Rainy didn't want to go to preschool, there were tears, tantrums and protests, He wanted to go to Kindy!! In Cannons Creek!! So we had a quiet morning....then knock knock...we opened the door and there was Palelei's Aunty with a special present for Rainy from Palelei....Super super exciting...here's some photos of a very happy boy!! Thanks Palelei and Family!!<br />
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Thank you for the sword, can't wait to play pirates with you at Marearoa kindy!!-love Rainy<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">so exciting:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool Dude!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So much fun colouring Jake and the never land pirates</td></tr>
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-29304476099509046272016-05-15T13:53:00.000-07:002016-05-15T21:44:31.728-07:00Kids say the darnedest things……<br />
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<li>Girl asked Ezra today: Am I correct? Your Mums name is
crazy? (Insightful child<span style="font-family: "wingdings";">J</span>) </li>
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<li>Rainy 1<sup>st</sup> morning on the boat (we had a very
loud snorer in the bunks beside us!!) “Who did all that loud snorking?” Mum:
“what do you mean?” Rainy: “The snorking noise like the snort in are you my
mother!”</li>
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<li>Rainy when he’s very hot: I'm dripping hot!! (Very accurate<span style="font-family: "wingdings";">J</span>
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<li>There are wild cats here in Tokelau, Matt was explaining
to Rainy that they are Feral…..A few days later He says to me Mum do you know
that the cats in Tokelau are invisible…. Took me a while to work out what he
meant, but now he is determined that they are invisible…when we see them he
yells out Mum an invisible cat!!</li>
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you know where your poo comes out I just did a really yucky wee from there.”-
The runs as an almost 4 year old describes it!</li>
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<li>One little friend from preschool calls me Palagi, no matter
where we are, often when I’m walking through the village or swimming I hear a
little voice call out Malo Palagi and sure enough there she is waving and
smiling to me….I love it<span style="font-family: "wingdings";">J</span></li>
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<li>At Preschool they were writing the kids names on their
pictures, a first name then family name initial, on Rainys it was written,
Rainy P., I asked one of the Mum’s what the “P” was for and she dropped her
eyes and said with a sheepish smile “Palagi”- Classic!</li>
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<li>Nga at the big Ulu celebration, “Mum Mum do you know that
I’m three things?” What? “Maori, Indian and Palagi!!”- cute, later in the
day…”maybe I can be just a squeeze Tokelauan too”</li>
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<li>Melita was trying to position herself to get hit by the
fan, “I can’t get it to blow me”…..Rainy (who obviously miss heard pipes up, “I
don’t belong here either, I belong in Cannons Creek”- would make a good
tee-shirt<span style="font-family: "wingdings";">J</span></li>
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<li>Rainy: Mum I’ve got a mgnghsga (I couldn’t hear), “What
love?” Now much more loudly “I’VE GOT A
SWEATY BUTT CRACK!!!!” - a special case
this boy of mine<span style="font-family: "wingdings";">J</span></li>
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<i>We only got one week of holidays
because at the start of term one there was a storm, and because there are two
populated islets here the school boat could not come over from Fale, so there
was no school for a week. We had to make up for the week we lost. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>The first weekend
of the holidays was pretty relaxed on Saturday we watched a movie in the
morning and the in the afternoon Lameka the doctor took Ruana, Ezra and my dad
net fishing. They got there put the net out and waited for a while, but then a
boat came zooming up to them because a little girl had badly burnt herself. So they only caught
3 fish. On Sunday we went to church and then came home and had a hot drink and
a nice biscuit. Then a little later we watched a movie.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "elephant" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Going fishing with Pale and Lihe </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "elephant" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i>Ngaremu and Narain were sad when Lameka took the others fishing (because
they got to go on a boat and see some cool fish.) So on Monday night my dad
rung Pale and Lihe and asked if they could take them out just for a ride in the
boat but they said they could take them fishing. So the next night at about
5:30 they took us fishing. My dad, Ngaremu, Narain, Ezra and I walked to the wharf
which was where we were meeting them. So we went out to the middle of the
lagoon and did line fishing with hand lines. When we were on the boat going to
the middle of the lagoon Lihe gave us a bag chips each (a small one). We were
fishing for about an hour with a fifteen minute boat ride each way, I caught
the only fish. When you splashed the water when it was dark (because it gets
dark at around 6:00 - 6:30) the water sparkled like fireworks.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>On Friday Pale and Lihe took us on a picnic with their granddaughter
Evotia and her cousin Mina. First we went across the lagoon to a place that
looked like paradise, beautiful coloured water, tall coconut trees, a little fale on the beach. It looked like you only needed to take about 10 big steps
and it would have been over my head. There were so many mosquito's they were
biting through your clothes. We only
were there for about 5 minutes then we went to the place we were going to have
the picnic. When we were on the boat to
the next islet we put out some hand lines at first Ezra and I were fishing
after about 5 minute of fishing I felt the line pull really hard on my hand it
felt like it was going to pull me out of the boat. I thought the line might
have hooked onto the coral; Pale stopped the boat so I could pull in the fish it
was hard but finally I pulled it up. It was a trevally. After my turn I gave
Ruana a turn, Ezra gave the line to Lihe. Ruana also caught a fish it was bigger than
mine but also a trevally. At one point Lihe fell off her seat there was a fish
on her line it pulled so hard it cut her hand, she was alright but it would have
hurt a lot. Lihe caught a fish called an Atuli we went to a small islet with a
little bit of bush so there were not to many mosquito's. The water got deep really
quickly which was really nice. Pale made a fire while Lihe prepared the fish.
How they cooked the fish was cool they placed the fish between two or three dry
coconut fronds then they lit the fronds and let the fish cook. The fish tasted
delicious when it was cooked. Mina’s grandfather came at the end of the day. On
the way home Evotia, Mina, Ngaremu, Narain and I went on his boat home, we went
quite fast all the way home to Tai. I had the best day I have had in a very long
time it was just so much fun, I really enjoyed myself.</i><br />
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Tokelau. It was a shaping and revealing experience for us as a family to put it
gently. Average temperatures night and day in the thirties (i.e. read: too hot
to go outside), five children aged 3 – 12, living in a one room house on a
small and isolated island, far from family and friends, no personal form of
transport and a very limited number of family activities. And oh boy when everyone wakes at 6:30am the day can seem to drag on and on in a painful way.
We found that we could kill and hour or so at the lagoon and Chrissie and the
kids are super creative with creating fun out of nothing (see our other school holiday photos in previous post) but given the limits
to our material resources these activities often were only enough to buy us
another hour or two – lots and lots of day left to kill – and did we mention –
five kids, one room house, too hot to be outside! Most of the week felt like it
consisted of heated and strained discussions about which movie to watch next –
given that they’ve all been watched before and typically there were five
different movie preferences from each of the five children! We all found the
days loonng!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Of course this type of school holidays is normal to the
people here in Tokelau (except some don’t even have the movies to help pass
time), and we continue to be simply amazed by how chilled out, go with the
flow, and contented people here are. We’re also ever so grateful for the huge
privileges and blessings of our life in NZ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By about day five we were all starting to feel like we were
hitting a wall. Chrissie and I had reached that point of praying Psalm like
prayers. “God rescue me from this I can’t do it any longer”; “God help me
resist strangling my children – when it was me who brought them here in the
first place”; “God help us”. It’s hard to accurately express the feelings, but
we were really reaching the end of our wits and tolerance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And then we experienced another answer to our (somewhat
selfish) prayers. Just when we felt like we could hardly do another day,
through the generosity of others, God met our need so beautifully. So the real
point of this post is to share that experience of generosity and alofa from
others, through which we experienced the providence and goodness of God in our
family’s time of need.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lihe and Pale invited us to come with them on a “picnic” on
Friday with their granddaughter and friend. In Tokelau, picnic means trip to
the outer islets of the atoll to swim, eat traditional Tokelau cuisine, (and be
eaten by ravenous mosquitoes but that’s beside the point thanks to Bushman’s
Insect repellent!) This was hugely exciting to all of our kids, even just for
the prospect of going across the lagoon on one of the small aluminium boats
which go a lot faster than the school boat they mostly have travelled on. (I
should add that Pale and Lihe had already taken us night fishing earlier in the
week which was a wonderful experience too).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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off across the lagoon. Lihe had brought with her all manner of treats,
including a couple of huge containers of Tokelauan donuts (Puta – a favourite
that I’d been introduced to back in Cannons Creek). Pale got out the fishing
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peacefull cruise was interrupted gladly when first Meli and then Lihe and Ruana
pulled in reasonable sized fish – pretty exciting for fishing amateurs that rarely
catch anything bigger than a spotty fish under the Paremata rail bridge back
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small amount of foliage – meaning no mosquito habitat Pale explained. Kids and
adults alike had a wonderful time plunging into the cooler waters where the
seabed dropped away very steeply. As we all swam and paddled, Pale set about
finding some dead coconut palms to make a fire with in order to cook fish for
us in the traditional Tokelau way to enjoy with the uto. Half the coconut palms
were laid on the coral stone beach, on top of which large tuna fillets were
placed. The remaining palms were placed on top and the whole pile lit – quickly
becoming a roaring fast burning fire. While the fire was burning, Pale set
about weaving a basket using a green coconut palm, something that everyone can
do here with astonishing speed creating a very beautiful, not to mention versatile
basket that is used in every part of life here. Believe me I’ve had several
efforts at weaving them and it’s harder than they make it look. The basket is
so that the cooked, but complete charcoaled fish can be placed in to it and put
in the sea – washing it, and salting it lightly too. The resulting meal is so
tasty – a sort of smoked flavour that is even better than the other ways we’ve
eaten tuna (including raw, raw and marinated in soy and garlic, pan fried,
floured and pan fried etc.) With such protein rich food, you’re full and
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Pale and Lihe laugh as the watched me – a crazy palagi guy plunging around the
shallow waters with a machete attempting to cut these long translucent blue
fish that are attracted by the scent of the other fish in the water. All were
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headed home – literally into the setting sun – cheesy but true and idyllic! Nga,
Meli and Rainy got to go home on a faster boat - 30 horsepower instead of the
15 horsepower of Pale’s boat so they were stoked and Rainy’s holiday wish of a
boat ride jumping waves came true!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were discussing as a family the deep sense of gratitude
for the day – our best day in Tokelau so
far. Gratitude for the alofa and care of Pale and Lihe and the way God uses
them to bless us so much, gratitude of the phenomenal beauty of the place we
are living, and gratitude to God for the revelation we had of His providing
perfectly for our needs on that day when we were all so in need of it.</span><br />
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which, as in so many Psalms starts with the cry like the prayers above, only to
be entered into by a loving father who delights in meeting our simple, frail,
human needs because that’s who He is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the day I called, you answered me, <br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><sup>8</sup>The
LORD will fulfil his purpose for me;<br />
your <u>steadfast love</u>, O LORD, <u>endures forever</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-27495829684524679302016-05-06T13:42:00.000-07:002016-05-07T00:29:05.794-07:00Jellyfish for my birthday......Chrissie<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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For my birthday I was hoping for an epic thunder storm...didn't happen but....first day back for term two the kids headed off to school at 7:40am and then came running back, the policeman who is our neighbour had just told them that school had been cancelled for the day, teachers meetings, so a happy household, I had all my lovelies home for my birthday and they didn't have to go to school everyone was happy as. We headed down to our little beach at about 11am and there were tonnes of little blue jellyfish all along the tideline on the shore and in the water, the whole time we have been here we haven't seen jellys but today there was heaps!! They were a beautiful blue, and didn't seem to sting, we tested...so here are some photo's of our fun on the 2nd of May 2016....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All along the tide line</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They stuck to us when we picked them up and turned your skin blue but no sting:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys having fun jumping off the boat-water deeper than it looks!!- Not worried about all the little jellyfish:</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nga with her correspondence work, some words she can read and write go Nga- She wrote all of the words on the whiteboard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">May the 5th, after a morning of tantrums finally crashed out at 9:15am, what a little angel!!! <br />
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NB:Not actually Jellyfish...<i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"><b>Porpita porpita</b></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, commonly known as the </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">blue button</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, is a marine organism consisting of a colony of </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroids" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Hydroids">hydroids</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Blue_Button_2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpita_porpita#cite_note-Blue_Button-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">[2]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> found in </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Tropical">tropical</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> and sub-tropical waters of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpita_porpita#cite_note-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">[3]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> Atlantic, and Indian oceans.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Encyclo-life_4-0" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpita_porpita#cite_note-Encyclo-life-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">[4]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> Although it is superficially similar to a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Jellyfish">jellyfish</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, each apparent individual is actually a colony of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrozoa" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Hydrozoa">hydrozoan</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyp" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Polyp">polyps</a><br />
<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-5561444567677385012016-05-02T15:26:00.000-07:002016-05-02T15:26:17.331-07:00school holidays fun....<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ez playing with the garage He,Rainy and I made:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dead shark one of Ezra's friends caught- reef sharks we see lots of these:)- mostly alive!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wish we could bring these guys home!!</td></tr>
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We also got taken on a really special trip at the end of the holiday, but we'll post about that soon- was awesome!!<br /><br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-73444861526799001742016-04-25T12:16:00.001-07:002016-04-25T12:16:22.229-07:00Breadfruit Chips...<br />
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Pale and Lihe kindly lent us a deep fryer, so we have had some fun learning how to make breadfruit chips:) and yummy donuts.<br />
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-72829331166403018562016-04-20T16:47:00.002-07:002016-04-20T16:47:37.967-07:00If I had to take 11 things with me to a desert Island what would they be......<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fan's bought these in Samoa, so good to have!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These bring me much sanity!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks Paula and Manuel for sending this from Samoa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lego!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cold water and food lasting, got this in Samoa before we came, Thank goodness.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes I'm a little bit anal about cleanliness...but so so helpful!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Dreams without the mozzies-we scored this one $3 from save-mart in Porirua of all places!<br />Go Save-mart:)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes a Laptop, we are very spoilt but this has been a life saver with us all 7 in one room,<br /> a nice little bit of escapism and contact with the outside world:)<br />Thanks also Jenni for the hard drive full of awesome watches! Ru and Meli indulging their new addiction to "Friends" here:)<br />(Also should have our E readers on here....they are awesome-Thanks again Paynes and Dove-Londons for so many E books)</td></tr>
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<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02168069030269596458noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7989156026642459415.post-14324665516563729962016-04-18T16:09:00.002-07:002016-04-18T16:13:42.778-07:00Zumba- Chrissie<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just had the most fun time at Zumba Island Style…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tonight after walking back from the beach where we had
watched the sun set and seen amazing cloud formations and colours I’ve never
seen in the sky (including one cloud that looked like a rainbow) we passed our
neighbours sitting out on their doorstep enjoying the cooler temperatures (as
it dropped to near 30), as we passed and chatted briefly one of them asked if
we knew about Zumba at the school most nights, she let us know it was at 7pm
and invited us to come. For me in the
first month and a half here in Tokelau, I have often felt isolated, lonely and
at times left out, but this felt like such a lovely way to be with my
neighbours and friends, our village, a way to be a part of something, the
beginning of belonging. So feeling excited and eager (especially Nga, it was
past her bed time:) and she has always wanted to come to Hot Hula in Porirua) we walked from our
Fale at dusk, just as the moon was beginning to glow, down to the park (netball/volleyball court) at the school.
There we sat on the still warm concrete and waited chatting quietly until 7pm
when the dull thud of the drum sounded and curfew was over. Then the park came
to life, a laptop was set up with speakers and a projector onto a sheet, Zumba video
clips had been saved off YouTube onto a flash drive and were loaded up for us
to follow along to., Music filled the air and drew us in together,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Everyone got into it from the grandparents to the pre-schoolers
in nappies and all in between, with lots of laughing and<span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:Admin" datetime="2016-03-22T13:20"> </ins></span>dancing. The sun
had set but Mahina (the moon) is almost full so gave us enough light. Meli and
I giggled a lot especially as I was particularly un-co! By contrast Ngaremu and
Ru were awesome and especially Nga was in her element. The second song was
“Bang Bang” which is banned in the Crawshaw household. After having spent most
of a year explaining to Nga that we didn’t listen to this song in our family,
she finally got to groove to it like she has been dying too. Of all the places
I thought she would get to hear it, Tokelau wasn’t top of the list - I imagine
the English is probably a bit subtle to pick up in translation…..ah well she
loved it!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then Taylor swift, Bruno Mars and other popular music (All
the Zumba videos as opposed to the actual music videos…phew). It was so much
fun to dance; I’ve been missing music heaps. I love songs in the supermarket
and can’t help but sing along and I crank up the sounds at home when everyone
is at school and I’m doing housework. I love music, it is a place of real
fullness of joy for me, so it was a real breath of life to be singing along and
dancing. The relief I felt was palpable, tears gathered, brimming, as I was
filled with gratitude at Gods provision, the gentle welcome of others and the
rich privilege of being able to live here….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The wind picked up and the sounds of the waves crashing
increased, suddenly in a burst of refreshing delight the warm tropical rain
came. Quickly people scampered about grabbing the computers and technical gear
and Zumba was over for the night, but as everyone dispersed, kie’s over our
heads, tofa ni ringing out across the few dusty streets as we ran home, the
belonging felt even deeper…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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