Matua Hec was a good human being as well as someone who challenged a lot of accepted beliefs and behaviours (eg "women can't carve waka"). I saw him at a conference in Hawai'i where the audience just stood and applauded - somehow his achievements were better known there than here in mainstream Aotearoa NZ....
Matua Hec was a good human being as well as someone who challenged a lot of accepted beliefs and behaviours (eg "women can't carve waka"). I saw him at a conference in Hawai'i where the audience just stood and applauded - somehow his achievements were better known there than here in mainstream Aotearoa NZ....