{"product_id":"hopurangi-songcatcher","title":"Hopurangi—Songcatcher","description":"Three birds flew from me:a sparrow from my chest\u003cbr\u003ea tui out my throat\u003cbr\u003ea piwaiwaka from my thighthey flew to see my father\u003cbr\u003eto let him know I am well\u003cbr\u003e— from ‘Tamatea Kai-ariki: ‘Three birds flew from me’After rejoining social media, Robert Sullivan wrote and posted a poem a day over two and a half months – the poems collected in Hopurangi—Songcatcher. 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. Tihei mauri ora!","brand":"Auckland University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58565791449423,"sku":"9781776711222","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/hopurangi-songcatcher","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}