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This month you loved... the little Auckland cottage owned by Tracy Ellis when it appeared online (it also featured on the cover of and inside our new-look August issue). One reader said: “What an awesome space, would suit me just fine.” Others wanted to know exactly how small it is, which is something we overlooked including in the original story. It’s 110sqm, by the way.
LETTER OF THE MONTH
Loving the new look in the latest August issue – at last it’s back to an easy read of the photo captions. Even though I have pretty good eyesight, I struggled sometimes to read the captions, particularly when they were in white. Hope the latest change to the text is here to stay [it certainly is – editor].
Joy Dench, Havelock North
OUR NEW MASTHEAD
We had mixed reactions to the addition of te reo Māori on our masthead – Toitū Kāinga, Toitū Māra (see right). One reader said “great to have te reo Māori included in the masthead; congratulations on forward thinking” while another reader wrote “I am extremely disappointed that you are going to put all of the Māori wording into the magazine – why can we not just be normal?”
As part of our commitment to and celebration of New Zealand’s first language, te reo Māori, we have added a Māori version of our name to the masthead. As Stuff’s Pou Tiaki editor Carmen Parahi and Pou Tiaki digital producer Kawe Kawe-Roes explain: “The beauty of te reo Māori and kupu Māori (Māori words) is they can have multiple meanings and uses, like all languages. For us kāinga means home. For years Kiwis have opened the door and welcomed us in to share in the stories of their homes. Māra is the name for a garden. We all love our gardens. So many varieties and knowledge to gain from everyone who shows us the aroha (love) they have for their māra. Toitū means enduring. Whether your kāinga or māra is a legacy or something for now, the story of it will endure in our publication, in the lives of the people who share their stories and to our readers.”