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The NZFS waiata
and moteatea webpages get visited two thousand times a
day by Maori all over the world — but not by the 5140
tane and 503 wahine in our 18 prisons, who have plenty
of empty time locked in their cells, but who cannot use
the internet.
You
can help our Mauhere by going to a print shop and asking
them to print and bind these PDFs. But it will probably
be a lot cheaper to get your printing done at Printonline.co.nz.
They do colour printing from 29 cents a page and B&W
pages for 9 cents.
If your order is for $100 or more, postage is free. You can download the PDFs further down this webpage onto your computer, ready to upload to Printonline, by opening each one on your browser, then clicking the download symbol. 
or  After you get all the pages couriered back to you, you can then send these cultural treasures to the librarians of your nearest prison, and their assistants will bind them at a cost of about 60 cents each. Or you can get them bound by Printonline for $4.50 each so you can give copies to your whanau outside who don't have internet access.
This moteatea shows how young Maori men were educated
for leadership and for care of others who were medically
or emotionally unwell. It can make our paihere aware of the
depth of knowledge and the great wisdom of their ancestors (It
certainly opened my eyes), instill pride in their ancestors'
achievements, and inspire them to follow in their steps. |
