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- Title: Blending and Belonging: Blanche Baughan and Scenic New Zealand.
- Author : JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 189 KB
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New Zealand's number one classic song is called 'Nature'. (1) It is not so much the words people remember--'through falling leaves I pick my way slowly ...'--as the radiant glory of a chorus that goes: 'do-do-do doo doo do-doo, do-do-do doo'! This joyous whoop, this inarticulate refrain, this true national anthem, was recorded by a group aptly known as 'The Formyula'. Whenever Pakeha have rejoiced in their physical presence in these islands, have felt a special sense of dispensation, of simple rightness in being here; whenever it seems the sun shines specially for us; whenever person and place are in propitious alignment, we have reached beyond inarticulateness to the simple formula: feeling good about nature equals belonging. This gives rise to a syndrome I call Pakeha turangawaewae. We feel we have a place to stand, and we have that place because we value nature. There is much to be cynical about in this formulation: in the world of politics and the media, warm fuzzies about nature and nation are as weeds. But these sentiments are not necessarily shallow. It is by no means contemptible, even now, to count oneself
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