{"product_id":"hopurangi-songcatcher","title":"Hopurangi—Songcatcher","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding-left:30px;\"\u003eThree birds flew from me:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding-left:30px;\"\u003ea sparrow from my chest\u003cbr\u003ea tui out my throat\u003cbr\u003ea piwaiwaka from my thigh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding-left:30px;\"\u003ethey flew to see my father\u003cbr\u003eto let him know I am well\u003ca id=\"_anchor_1\" href=\"file:\/\/vcofssprd01\/vco_share\/Related%20Centres\/Unipress\/Books\/Sullivan\/Sullivan,%20HOPURANGI%20SONG%20CATCHER\/Book%20Production\/Sullivan%20copy_final.docx#_msocom_1\" name=\"_msoanchor_1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding-left:30px;\"\u003e— from ‘Tamatea Kai-ariki: ‘Three birds flew from me’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter rejoining social media, Robert Sullivan wrote and posted a poem a day over two and a half months – the poems collected in \u003cem\u003eHopurangi—Songcatcher\u003c\/em\u003e. Inspired by the cyclical energies of the Maramataka, these poems see the poet re-finding himself and his world – in the matauranga of his kuia from the Ngati Hau and Ngati Kaharau hapu of Ngapuhi; in his mother’s stories from his Ngati Manu hapu at Karetu; in the singing and storytelling at Puketeraki Marae, home of his father’s people of Kati Huirapa, Kati Mamoe, Waitaha and Kai Tahu Whanui in Te Tai o Araiteuru; and in the fellowship of friends on Facebook. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTihei mauri ora!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507809460597,"sku":"9781776711222","price":12.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781776711222.jpg?v=1787042949","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/hopurangi-songcatcher","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}