Story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather
This arid scene is the Canterbury plains in summer. In Māori tradition, the negative aspects of a long, hot summer were often recalled. ‘Ngā rā o te waru’ (the days of the eighth month) meant the time of scarcity in January–February.
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Reference: CN42710
Photograph by Lloyd Homer
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