New Zealand’s under-reported cyclone
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A Pakeha (Non-Māori) friend in Auckland, who has been studying Te Reo Māori language for some years, thinks all New Zealanders should know at least 100 words. On our visit there between February 9 and 24, I began to realise how many Māori words I do know, and this time I learned a few new ones including Huripari. This is Māori for storm or, if expressing the extremity of a cyclone, hurricane or tornado, you…