So to cap off 2010, i handed in my PhD to the PhD office and then waited. . .
2011
Let me see:
I waited for 5 months for my dissertation to be returned marked to me - five months!
A really good friend of mine, Mark Laws passed away in December of 2010 - drowned. He and I were at University together at Otago - he was one smart Maori - he ended up at Awanuiarangi Wananga. So my wife and I went to his tangi in Maketu. Good catch up with old friends: Robin Martin, Inia Ashford, Toroa Pohatu, Karina Laws, Pip Pehi and many others.
One of the other things we did at the same time was visit Matakana Island - Hinewais family - not long after that, her mother passed away. Now that was a huge trip north!
2011 I graduated with my PhD and it was absolutely awesome! My Aunty Bubba came down, my cousins came up from Invercargill - Rose and Hineauri and we had a huge hangi!
I began working at the Casino - interesting work - passing time really!
Lets see: 2012
Still working at the Casino
Took leave to head over to the States to attend the NAISA conference in Connecticut - amazing! Also spent time in New York before heading to LA where i spent time with Carey and then i popped up to San Fran to catch up with Rosemarie
I also went to Sydney Australia to the Google Outreach Launch - spoke at the workshop and met a lot of interesting and smart people
I also did a couple of mapping contracts via CFRT for Aapakura and Te Rohe Potae
2013
- Started the Mapping contract for Tuwharetoa - 153 maps! around 2000 waahi tapu sites
- Started at the PE School as a Teaching Fellow
- Set up Te Koronga research group for our Maori students at the PE school
- Waahi tapu database - design/build
- Hosted Google Outreach in Taupo Turangi (Raleigh Seamster)
- Went to the Maori GIS conference
- Accompanied Raleigh and Graeeme (Google) to Awanuiarangi in Whakatane
- Attended the research workshops with Leonie Pihama and Sara-Jane Tiakiwai at Hopuhopu - awesome!
That's the catch up!
Hauiti
