Ruihana Paenga Ahakoa haere koe ki hea e kore te whenua e neke ka noho pumau mo tou hokitanga mai. No matter where you go, the land remains steadfast, awaiting your return Ruihana Paenga National Youth Advisor for Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa. She is also the LINK for the Anglican Women's Studies Centre in te Hui Amorangi o te Tairawhiti. Ruihana Paenga was raised away from whenua in the diaspora. Born in Wellington, and  raised in Gisborne, it was  not until she returned to her whenua and her whakapapa on her father’s side that she felt a true sense of home.   Unnamed soldier looks down on Tikitiki Home is the small rural North Island East Coast town so aptly … [Read more...]