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This was quite unlike one of his teachers, Eramiha Kapua (Ngāti Tarawhai, Arawa),
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who would not let women near carvings. And, unlike another teacher, Rotohiko
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Haupapa (Arawa), who according to Pine, was reluctant to share his knowledge
with other iwi, the Taiapa brothers were prepared to share their knowledge with both
Māori and Pākehā. Pine wrote to a friend: ‘They [visitors] exhaust me physically and
make me mentally young; these young New Zealanders are sound at the core …
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My heart is full and brimming over in aroha for our young men and women.’
Eramiha Kapua (on right). Rotorua carvers - Neke
Kapua (centre) and son Tene Kapua (left). Photo:
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
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