TE REO — caught not taught

Pā atu te pou, ka rere tōna awa, mai i te tīmatanga ki te mutunga. Ko ia waiata ka waha i tōna atua, e manawa mārie ana. Ko ngā kōrero roa ka hīkoi i roto i ngā whakaahua atua, he mea hou ia ite ivateka kua iwa tekau. Ko ngā kiriata ka purei ki runga i te atamira nui. Kāore he mea e whakaatohia i konei — e mauheretia ana.

touch a pou and its river plays itself through from beginning to end. the waiata each carry their atua, breathing gently. the long tellings walk through the atua pictures, a new one every ninety seconds. the moving pictures play on the big stage. nothing here is taught — it is caught.