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On the afternoon April 2, Jesse Fiddler, Cal Kenny and Leon Fiddler, along with members of Jesse's family (Angie, Mya and Keenan) met via video conference with a class of post-secondary Maori students from New Zealand. The laughter, sharing and exchanges went on for over an hour between the two groups. Click here is see some pictures from this meeting.

Below are some of the e-mail messages that lead to this exchange, explaining the objectives of the meeting. Click here to see an earlier story about this Maori Post-secondary institution.

----- Original Message -----

Kia ora koutou,

Once again I find myself saying thank you. Our students were really amazed at the whole experience and enjoyed the knowledge and stories that were shared. Today has set the benchmark and I look forward to more events in the future.

na
Graeme

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Jesse Fiddler (jessefiddler@knet.ca) wrote:

Hi Graeme,

Cal and myself would be interested in joining your class for that  session.  As Brian mentioned, Cal has been working on telling the story of  the Wasaho Cree Nation Traditional Lands through video and  websites (http://fortsevern.firstnation.ca/washaho).  I have some material on the legends from Sandy Lake (http://legends.knet.ca).  I can also talk about what other people and organizations have been doing in our area (http://sandylake.firstnation.ca).  Much of it was showcased at the Native Language gathering that we just had http://language.firstnationschools.ca

Jesse

----- Original Message -----

From: "Graeme Everton"  <graeme@everton.co.nz>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 1:47 PM

Kia ora Brian,

Hope you have all recovered from the last few weeks of online activity. Thank you once again for giving us such a good and positive experience. It has certainly helped us focus our thoughts on where to with eLearning and the possibilities of video conferencing.

As indicated a week or so back I would like to ask if our students in  Maori Information Management (Diploma/Degree) can have the opportunity to talk with your team. The group is made up of Maori who are either Librarians or Archivists and are training to support Maori efforts to preserve Maori toanga (treasures) both physically and electronically. What I'm thinking is maybe talking about anything you have done to preserve the stories and knowledge of the tribes (the interactive river map for example). Do you have any Librarians or Archivists who would like to talk to us? We have a three hour class Saturday here/Friday afternoon your time and would love to fit you in for an hour

na
Graeme