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RETURN TO RAKIURA

“RAKIURA IS IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION NOW. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL TO NOT GIVE AWAY OUR UNIQUE CHARACTER IN HOPE OF A QUICK DOLLAR.”

Perhaps his destiny really was written in his name.

Rakiura Herzhoff had been living in Europe and elsewhere in Aotearoa for a number of years. But he was born and raised on

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