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Podcast: Paki Kēhua
Episode: The War God (Part 1) – Te Pāpaka
Description: Episode 30 – The War God (Te Pāpaka) Part One (Tikanga Based Story)
Prepare for the censorship whānau to have a field day on this one. I have thought very carefully about what I should include or exclude in this story. I have decided…. to include every blood-curdling, upsetting and controversial detail. To do otherwise would be inaccurate and insulting to our tipuna. We can all guess that the inception of a War god and let's be specific here, a Māori War god, could be considered by today's standards of morality, cruel and ruthless. All true, but that’s...