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Lifted up to Serve

Murray Rae

The Māori word aroha is commonly used these days. Most of us who are not fluent in te reo Māori translate it as “love.” That’s not wrong, but it fails to capture the full resonance of the word itself.

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Ring those Christmas Bells

Murray Rae

There is a tradition in Dunedin, where I live, where church bells are rung whenever the first albatross of the season returns to nest at Taiaroa Head. Church bells are not a common sound in the city anymore, but the first return of an albatross each year is an occasion thought suitably auspicious to be worthy of announcement by the ringing of bells.

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