FROM PELE TO LAUKIAMANUIKAHIKI: JUGGLING WITH FIRE AND WATER IN TRANSLATING THE AOTEAROAN/PACIFIC NOVELS OF CATHIE DUNSFORD.

This article shows how the translation process of an Aotearoan text and the ensuing changes in the publishing process affected the translator and the German press. By way of conclusion, I will comment briefly on developments in the German publishing industry, possible pitfalls of presenting and/or translating majority peoples’ work and other

Mara

People malign us as monsters- temptation- Mara- fate. But how can you become a Buddha - a bodhisattva - without making a true choice?

I draw up the fish traps with a steady hand, piling them onto the boat. As I release the fish from the inside I thank Buddha for this blessing, for this bountiful harvest from the river that will feed my family.
Whenever I return to my family from the sangha my beautiful spirit is stretched and strained. Still they want me to be a

Coode Is

Where the river meets the bay, where the water returns to the sea,
the cycle of rain and sun fecund in mud, stone and tree,
birds swing on a forgetful breeze, oysters cling, fish slip in the fresh fold of water.
People.  A gathering place.
Stories of what has been,  what is,  and what has been lost.

frankinea pausiflora – southern sea heath
disphyma crassifolium – noon flower
selliera radicans – swamp weed
juncus palladus – pale rush

This island is

Water

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“Little boy you are healthy, why are you here?”
“I have come for water.”
“Little boy, you have come to the wrong place, this river is death.”
“But I must have water.”
“Little boy,” says the old man pointing, “I too am thirsty, but I will die rather than drink this water. It is abetter way to die. Little boy, go to the next river. It is clean. You are healthy, you have fine feet. You will get your water if you go to the next river.”
“But the water is not for me, it

Why Women Wash

I can’t say that I wasn’t warned. My best friend said, don’t touch her with a barge pole, she’s a yankie doodle dandy and they use everything in the world to excess. Your power and phone bill will take months to recover. She’ll want to know where the dishwasher is, she’ll want to talk to her cat back in America every night by long distance, and she’ll look genuinely puzzled and then incredulous when you tell her that the only way to dry her laundry