Opinion
When we first came to Gisborne some 20 years ago, walking though Kaiti Mall I spotted a well-dressed gentleman sitting at a table whose face was tattooed with beautiful images. Thinking he might have something interesting to say, I sat down, said hello and waited.
After a while he began to tell me about the Maori tradition of planting vegetables over the roots connected between native trees.
I recently read in your paper a comment from the farm faction about connecting the roots between trees to hold the land together. So it seems it was natural for trees to connect roots — why does it no longer happen?
Perhaps you could assign a journalist to cover the issue in depth for us.
Sarah Dixon
