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Matariki celebrated in Malvern P4
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Matariki, the Maori New Year, was celebrated in sterling style in Malvern last Saturday with a powerful haka performed by local school students. The event, organised by the Two Rivers Community Trust, also included a hangi, weaving lessons, art displays and an assortment of other activities that the community trust said really lived up to its mission statement of creating a resilient community where people belong, contribute and flourish. It was the trust’s second Matariki celebration. Given its success, it is unlikely to be the last. See the story on page 6.
Good news behind growth of Seeds by Mike Isle
A lawyer who shares a widely-held belief that there is perhaps too much negativity in our world has started an online platform devoted to good news stories.
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From virtual to reality In April this year, a new television programme aired on the UK’s BBC2 …
Steven Moe, who is a partner at Christchurch law firm Parry Field Lawyers, said that as a lawyer he met many amazing people in the community who were doing good work but didn’t have the platform to tell their stories. So, he decided to create a podcast called Seeds. “A podcast provides the platform to let people share their journeys and what they have learnt along the way. At the heart of it, the telling of stories is still
what ‘seeds’ is. Seeds look like they are dead — plant them and with the right conditions they can grow. In the same way, stories are like seeds and the people listening might just be inspired by someone else to try something new or push a boundary of what they thought was possible. “One of my goals with Seeds is to surprise the listeners each week with how different the person I interviewed is to the week before. I have spoken
with start-up owners, people with PhDs in topics like virtual reality and infectious diseases, a six-year-old on what it’s like being a child, a Rwandan refugee, someone shot in the March attacks, Sam Broughton on being mayor, a 90-year-old nun who remembers her father crying when the second world war started.
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