POEM by L. S. W. Duncan Soon between the wind flaunted mountains and mangrove harbour the cicada chuckle and chatter of kids at play will re-echo metal graunched by raucous spades the surf and clatter of trundled concrete poured— a basis for the weft and warp of a plaited culture. Nail fixed tin weatherboards reverberate intermittent hammering transposed to stomp rhythms of steel guitars in wild cavorting at the local dance. The juxtaposition of old women weaving kits — intricate patterned forecasts the intertwining of a flax tradition and steel technology tools of leadership inculcated between wind flaunted mountains and mangrove harbour under a mackerel sky. written after a week spent working at the Herekino Play Centre.
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Te Ao Hou, September 1966, Page 51
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