ORIORI

a lullaby on Banks Peninsula

Author: gerald

  • Le Bons Bay Peace Memorial Library

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    We saw this beautiful wee peace library in Le Bons Bay. It is a war memorial to the Great War and hasn’t been an active library since the early 90s.

  • Oriori

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    Oriori is a lulluby, but is also more. It is an introduction of a leader at birth (and before) to his or her heritage. Before my son was born, I sang and talked to him in utero. I wanted him to know my voice, I wanted him to know our joy at his coming into…