{"id":12914,"date":"2020-09-19T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=12914"},"modified":"2020-09-14T12:17:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T00:17:16","slug":"kuaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/12914","title":{"rendered":"K\u016baka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bar-tailedGodwit-D85_5298-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a K\u016baka\/Bar-tailed Godwit in flight\" class=\"wp-image-12915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bar-tailedGodwit-D85_5298-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bar-tailedGodwit-D85_5298-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bar-tailedGodwit-D85_5298-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>K\u016baka\/Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The K\u016baka has significant meaning to M\u0101ori who knew it as a traveller and credit it with guidance of waka from Hawaiki to Aotearoa. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hekuaka.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">He Kuaka website<\/a>, which uses some of my images, covers this is some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hekuaka.co.nz\/the-kuaka-project\/lessons-from-the-kuaka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detail<\/a> and leverages the qualities attributed to K\u016baka to impact on family violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitcoulls.co.nz\/product\/pathway-of-the-birds-6371615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pathway of the Birds<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/authors.org.nz\/author\/andrewcrowe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew Crowe<\/a> is a fascinating exploration of the role of bird migration and the association with M\u0101ori and Polynesian navigation. I am pleased to have contributed an image to this book and the copy received in recognition was far more meaningful then a monetary payment would have been.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K\u016baka &#8211; Bar-tailed Godwit. M\u0101ori Language Week 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"K\u016baka - Bar-tailed Godwit. 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