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Descriptions in the prologue of ‘The Whale Rider’. “The mountains were like the poutama”. “The lush green rainforest was a rippling kakahu of many colours”. “The sky was iridescent paua”. “Swirling with the kowhaiwhai patterns of wind and clouds”.
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“The lush green rainforest was a rippling kakahu of many colours”
“The sea was ever-changing pounamu, shimmering and seamless to the sky”
“The forests sent sweet perfumes upon the eastern winds and garlands of pohutukawa upon the eastern tides”