Uniting force
March 22nd, 2008, 8:43 pm Hobbies News
At the same time you could sense that the hunter mates of the German groom would have preferred a shot gun salute.
Can you really join two such different outlooks in holy matrimony? Can Germany join with New Zealand? The German mum spoke through a translator of how her son had been an immense help to her when her husband died early. A tui burst into song overhead and there was barely a dry eye %26mdash; among the bridal party at least.
Can Maori and Pakeha come together? The brides ancestry traces back to Wikikora, the wife of James Leader. When he drowned in the Aparima, his children were taken in by Captain Howe and the Maori link was lost.
%26quot;Howe took the children to provide for them,%26quot; said one of the rellies.
But a great aunt replied: %26quot;It was so he could get the gold that went with the children%26quot;.
The bride showed off her pounamu necklace: %26quot;Today I take back my Maori heritage!%26quot; Cheering broke out to the Crowded House song, Together Alone, about the joining of the sky god with the earth mother, the joining of Maori and Pakeha.
The CD jammed and the word that repeated over and over was %26quot;together%26quot;.
Can men and women be united? The women spoke of a trip through arty Italy and locking an amorous porter out of their bedroom. The men spoke of cruising up the river and drunkenly firing a shotgun, not at ducks but into the side of the boat.
As the bride threw her bouquet to a single friend, there was laughing and yelling. It was thrown back. Determined, the bride threw it again and a woman clutched desperately at the posy.
As the night wore down, the hunters were seen cuddling the arty girls and the bride was told %26quot;Youre a good mate%26quot;.
It is said that at Easter Christ united all things in himself. We see a world in conflict on all sides and wonder if He really made any difference. Then take a sparkling wedding on a lawn overlooking McAndrew Bay with Germans, Maori, Pakeha, hard men, fine women and although it might not have been perfect there is a power and will for things to come together.
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