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How do I get around when I am there? |
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This is difficult as I live about 5km from Gisborne city and there is no public transport. I will be suggesting that the apprentice group hires a car for the period or part of.
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Is there an opportunity to see where the film ‘The Whale Rider ‘ was filmed? |
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Yes we spend the first afternoon of the 6 week apprenticeship with a Women’s Welcome at the Marae (Meeting House) at Whangara. The actual whale stranding written about in Witi Ihimaera’s book is directly in front of ‘Viriditas’.
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Is there any ‘time out’ during the intensives? |
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Not for the three week intensive but there will be a long weekend at the end of the third week of the 6 week intensive.
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Do we get to learn about the medicinal uses of plants native to New Zealand? |
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Yes there is a weekend on ‘Rongoa Maori’ (Traditional Maori Medicine) in the 6 week intensive and native plants and their medicine will be included in the 3 week intensive.
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