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Connecting with artefacts taken by Cook

CURATORS at London’s National Maritime Museum are consulting Maori about the provenance of ancient weapons collected from New Zealand during explorer Lieutenant James Cook’s first and second voyages. The artefacts will be exhibited in 2018.

Members of London-based haka group Ngati Ranana have posted photos of the artefacts on social media in the hope that friends and whanau in New Zealand can provide details about them.

Former Manutuke man and chairman of Ngati Ranana, Lewis Whaitiri, told Radio New Zealand he and members of the haka group had seen tewhatewha, kotiate, patiti and a taiaha.

“They were tupuna (ancestors). You could feel the mauri when you walked in.

“They had been stored away for so long, some of them had not seen a Maori face or been touched by Maori since the museum first had them. You could feel the taonga crying for home.

“You could feel the mana and the mauri that sits within those taonga and just how happy they were to be in Maori hands again.”

Former curator Jody Wyllie told Radio New Zealand that Gisborne iwi Rongowhakaata had been on the lookout for confiscated taonga.

“Some of the earliest examples of the Turanga style of carving and painting, which is particular to the Ngati Kaipoho hapu of Rongowhakaata, was taken by Cook.

“Some of our earliest examples exist in places like the British Museum and the British Maritime Museum. We are very interested in what he did.”

Along with examination of the patterns of the carvings, clues about where artefacts came from could be found in Cook’s diary, he said.

“It’s a bit like CSI piecing it together. It’s a very long and arduous process. One thing I am very mindful of is claiming other people’s taonga and that’s the risk you run when you’re dealing with mahi like this.”

About 20,000 Maori artefacts are thought to be held in foreign museums around the world.

Common Bad Habits that is Affecting your Diet

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Are you trying to lose weight but still could not reduce the bulge? Well, you have to calculate your eating habits. When you are dieting, you have to check not only what food you are consuming but also how you are eating. There are chances to disturb weight loss efforts because of various activities like eating full in one go, skipping the meals, and shopping on an empty stomach and much more.

Skipping meals

Most people take this route to lose their weight. They easily skip one or two meals in a day stating that they are dieting or trying to lose weight. One of a popular and registered dietician told that skipping meals could not promote weight loss. It is one of the worst choices taken by most people. People who are obese try to skip at least one meal a day. The dietitian told when we starve or stop ourselves without eating we will start to eat larger portions of the next meal hour. Moreover, there are chances for us to eat in large quantities because of the hunger and skipping of meals. It is best to eat less and follow the dieting route.

Skipping meals have chances to result in an increase of belly fat. It can cause various health problems like diabetes and heart disease.

Eating too much in one meal

It is the common habit of lots of people. They will consume more than enough to save the time or as a result of hunger due to meal skipping. It has chances to end up in weight gain. One of the recent studies have revealed that the dieters who consume full at one go while at the office or home have chances to overeat. They will eat more than enough in that day. Walking is one of the best forms of distraction. It has the ability to affect the quantity of food we are consuming.

Late night snacking

It is another worst habit popular among obese people. The timing is important when it comes to weight loss. Night time snacking is not due to real hunger. It has chances to end up in overeating. It is not connected with the emotional eating, mindless eating or boredom. If you wanted to eat late night snacks or fourth meals, you have to ask yourself whether you are eating just for the sake or you are really hungry.