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Te Aroha Kanarahi Trust
Report to Funders
AMC Trust, MSD, Eastern & Central Community Trust, Trust
Tairawhiti, Todd Foundation, Spitfire, Gizzy Kai Rescue, JR
McKenzie Trust, Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou, Ngati Porou
Hauora, 7th Generation Fund
Ani Pahuru-Huriwai
Te Aroha Kanarahi Trust
141 Onepoto Road
Wharekahika (Hicks Bay) 4054
Email: aniph407@gmail.com
Ph. 021885602
August 2020
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Horahia e Matariki ki te whenua
Te maramatanga mo te motu e
Kia tipu he puawai honore
Mo te pani mo te rawakore e
Shine thy glowing light of Matariki
Onto Mother Earth
As a guiding light for this land
Nurture the bloom that it may blossom
An honoured benefit for those in poverty and need
Matariki in 2020, heralds for us at Te Aroha Kanarahi Trust, a new year full of promise. It signals that we
survived the “unprecedented times” of COVID19, and offers hope that we will not have to go back into
Lockdown.
It is with extreme gratitude that we present to you, those funding groups and agencies who supported us
in our most desperate of times, this report, encapsulating the mahi that was carried out during Lockdown.
All of you, were critical cogs in the wheel, that needed to keep turning at what was a very stressful time.
We wanted to present one combined report to all of you, rather than one per group, so you can appreciate
the many different groups that contributed to our effort in Matakaoa. We especially want to acknowledge
our Treaty Partners in the philanthropic space, who came to our immediate assistance from Week 1 – we
cannot thank you enough. We also include in this report a “Where to from here?” for us.
E kore e mutu nga mihi ki a kotou te hunga whairawa, e aroha ana, e manaaki mai i nga hapori o
Wharekahika/Potaka/Waikura, hau atu ki Te Araroa, arā matau o te rohe o Matakaoa i te wa o te mate
urutā.
2 Table of Contents Te Whāinga Nui: Goal .............................................................................................................................. 3 PRE-LOCKDOWN ........................................................................................................................................ 4 DIY Hand Sanitizer, Soap & Emergency Kit Workshops with Tairawhiti REAP .................. 4 DIY PPE Gear ............................................................................................................................................... 5 DURING LOCKDOWN................................................................................................................................. 5 Te Whakatū Rahui: Roadside Checkpoints ....................................................................................... 5 Kai/Care Packs........................................................................................................................................... 7 But Wait….There’s More… ...................................................................................................................... 9 Wood Delivery ............................................................................................................................................ 9 COVID19 Mobile Testing Station with Turanga Health ............................................................. 10 Emergency Kits sponsored by Trust Tairawhiti ........................................................................... 11 Whanau Day & Koha for Volunteers ................................................................................................. 11 SINCE LOCKDOWN ................................................................................................................................... 12 Maori Warden Training ........................................................................................................................ 13 Te Whatakai a Hinemaurea: Food Sovereignty Plan .................................................................. 14 HEI WHAKAKAPI: CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................... 14 APPENDIX I: Te Aroha Kanarahi Trust - COVID 19 Income & Expenditure ........................ 16
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Te Whāinga Nui: Goal
“Keep Matakaoa COVID19 free; Keep our Whakapapa safe”
Our communities in the northern part of the East Coast, tribal territory of Ngati Porou, are some of the
most isolated in the country. Our people still remember the impact the last influenza epidemic in 1918
had on our population – it was decimated. That time is commemorated in the names of some of the
descendants of those who died – Matekino, Materoa, Te Mamaeroa to name a few.
For those unfamiliar with the East Cape, we are 180km from the nearest “city”, Gisborne. Our main route
is State Highway 35, the stability of which is questionable, and undermined with each passing weather
bomb. We do not have a permanent GP, relying on locums and our terribly under-resourced health care
provider Ngati Porou Hauora. Our lifelines literally are the St Johns ambulance & the Eastland Rescue
Helicopter. Our communities are predominantly Maori, with very few whanau who are not affected by
respiratory ailments, heart disease, diabetes etc, making our communities highly vulnerable and at major
risk to COVID19.
So, when news of the virus spread, as we watched major cities of the world come to a complete standstill
and saw fatality statistics rising each day, the anxiety for our communities heightened as the prospect of
COVID19 coming into our piece of Paradise became a reality. As Kaitiaki of our place and space, we had
no choice but to defend – by whatever means possible, our whakapapa:
• DIY Hand Sanitizer & Soap Workshops with Tairawhiti REAP
• DIY PPE Gear
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• Te Whakatū Rahui: Roadside Checkpoints
• Kai/Care packs
• Emergency Kits to Whanau from Trust Tairawhiti
• Mobile COVID19 testing stations with Turanga Health
It was 6-8 weeks of defence against an invisible enemy – COVID19. Our kaimahi giving selflessly to be
soldiers on the frontline – away from their own families, putting themselves at risk every day. Because of
their dedication, commitment and love for their whanau/hapu/communities we kept the virus out of our
Paradise. And thanks to generous support from you, our funding friends, we were able to provide a great
Whanau Day for everyone, and give each of our 89 volunteers a koha of grocery/fuel/gift cards.
PRE-LOCKDOWN
DIY Hand Sanitizer, Soap & Emergency Kit Workshops with Tairawhiti REAP
“Wash your hands, sanitize, sneeze/cough into your elbow” – familiar
words that has become part of our new “normal”.
What do you do when the whole country runs out of hand sanitizer?
We learn to make our own and teach others to do the same.
Through Tairawhiti REAP’s Adult Community Education
DIY Hand sanitizer with rongoā base
funding, several well attended workshops were run over 3 days,
from Wharekahika to Ruatoria – using a rongoā base for the hand
sanitizer and soap. Our tutor, Tina Ngata, also showed the whanau
what they ought to have in an emergency kit.
The programme gained media attention, with an article running on
Maori Television, and soon we were receiving dozens of queries
nationally and internationally for the recipe. This lead to a quick video
being posted and shared through social media.
Key Hand Sanitizer ingredient
Making Soap DIY Emergency Kit
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DIY PPE Gear
Like the rest of the country, accessing
PPE gear became impossible as the
demand for it grew.
Not to be deterred, our rangatahi got
involved, posting up instructions on how
to make your own face masks out of
paper towels, rubber bands & staples.
Tairawhiti REAP staff, SuperGrans and
others in the community also got busy
making masks for our frontline workers.
Your funding support helped to keep
our frontline workers safe, enabling us
to purchase PPE Gear AND materials to
make our own.
Thank you.
DURING LOCKDOWN
Te Whakatū Rahui: Roadside Checkpoints
Our decision as the hapu and community of Wharekahika to initiate Roadside
Checkpoints in Ngati Porou, following the example of our Te Whanau-a-
Apanui cousins and neighbours, was an obvious and immediate action we
could take. This was initially not supported at all by our iwi – quite the
opposite, and that was an additional stress our hapu did not need at a critical
time. So we forged ahead, engaging NZ Police, NZTA, and GDC, keeping them
informed with our Traffic Management Plans, ensuring we had qualified
personnel onsite with the health and safety of our people being uppermost in
our minds.
Tina Ngata on Wharekahika Checkpoint
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“Education, education, education” – the Checkpoints were
key to informing our Whanau every day about the virus,
with critical messages to encourage them to stay home
within the safety of their bubbles – “Is your travel
essential?” “Make a list and go once per week”, “send one
person to do the shopping for several households,” “The
virus travels when we travel.”
The engagement with Police happened every day, and
Police call into see how we're doing several times daily, with Tina Ngata managing the media
furore, and the relationships with Police and Ministers on
our behalf.Our neighbouring communities – Te Araroa,
Ruatoria, Tikitiki and Uawa – quickly came on board with
their own Checkpoints – some ran 24 hours, others during
daylight hours only – we shared with them the resources
we had in the form of templates; road safety equipment
was kindly loaned to us by the Maori Wardens, and local
roading contractors, TWC and Harrison’s Bulk Haulage Ltd;
and we ran a highly effective and active Checkpoint
chatgroup which kept everyone well-informed of traffic
movement – essential and non-essential.
Fearful of the volume of tourist traffic that continued to
Rangatahi on Te Araroa Checkpoint with our ex-Army travel through the coast in Weeks 1 & 2, we sent an email
surplus ponchos bought with COVID funding for the
cold, wet nights to the Motorhome Association of NZ, requesting that they
dissuade their members from coming to the East Cape, due
to our highly vulnerable community. We were extremely
grateful that this email was sent out to their 90,000
members, and had an immediate effect on the traffic
volumes. Landowners of the access to the East Cape
Lighthouse were asked to close that tourist magnet, and
that too had significant impact. Our hapū across Matakaoa
closed off access to the kāpata kai (or seafood cupboards)
to quell the traffic flow locally and outside, and we also
monitored the numbers of people travelling per vehicle.
A massive amount of data was received from each
Checkpoint every day – this was collated by Tina Ngata and
sent to the Regional Police Commissioner. We sought
support from the Police to help us keep our community
safe, but until the law was changed allowing them to assist
T.Ngata & K.Houkamau go over Traffic Management
Plans us, we were operating outside of the law. We did that
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knowingly, but had to put our people first. At Week 4, we finally had the increased police presence we
had been crying out for, and it remained with us until Level 2. As a result of this Wharekahika now has a
formal relationship agreement with NZ Police to ensure that should a similar situation happen in the
future, we are clear as to how best we can work with each other.
In Matakaoa we had 89 volunteers over the 6 weeks we were operating – who gave selflessly of their
time, away from their families, in all kinds of weather, putting their own health and safety on the line for
the welfare of others.
For our Checkpoint support, we wish to thank 7th Generation Fund, AMC Charitable Trust, GDC, NZ Police,
Tairawhiti Maori Wardens (Road signage & cones), TWC Ltd (Road signage & cones), Harrison’s Bulk
Haulage (caravan at Wharekahika checkpoint), Mark & Edna Caldwell, Joanne’s Grassroots (caravan at Te
Araroa checkpoint).
Kai/Care Packs
“Na tou rourou, me taku rourou, ka ora ai tatau.”
“With your food basket, and my food basket we will all thrive.”
Two weeks prior to Lockdown the Port in Gisborne closed, and
with it many of our rural whanau, reliant on forestry as
employment faced the prospect of no work, with no idea of how
long that might be for.
Hinemaurea wharekai transformed into a
packing house. Finding boxes was a mission in Te Aroha Kanarahi Trust and others in our community began in
itself! earnest to fundraise at that point, at that time specifically for
those whanau impacted by the forestry closure.
We also began conversations with funders, as our situation
looked more and more dire. We reached out to you, and you
responded. We are also very grateful to Jackie Poutu at MSD,
who responded very quickly to the emerging urgent situation
we were facing. This help put critical money in the bank so that
we could begin ordering food.
New boxes arrive courtesy of Kiwiharvest
For our small, isolated communities, 180km from the nearest
supermarkets, during a crisis – it was a mammoth effort to
coordinate, order, organise couriers, pack kai for up to 200
households and then deliver them. Very grateful to our tight
but dedicated crew, lead by Arlouise Brooking.
The Te Araroa crew We cannot thank our kai suppliers enough:
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• Cedenco and Leaderbrand for their generous donations of
vegetables and fruit.
• Our local Countdown and Pak n Save stores in Gisborne were
marvellous throughout the Lockdown period, as was Gilmours
• Waikura Farms & Mataraua Station for providing processed meat
every week
• Hinerupe Marae – kumara from their maara
Ready to roll – Paula & Bibiana • Troy Apatu & Alex Whitehead – kamokamo from their garden
• Supergrans also for their generous donations of kai, bags, scarves
We are especially grateful to Joe Hutley of Spitfire Roast, and his
sidekick Jase, who couriered kai from Hawkes Bay via Gizzy Kai Rescue,
from Week 2-4. He then was our courier from Gisborne, ensuring our
supplies were delivered every week until our kai deliveries ceased at
Week 6. I also want to thank Anne Huriwai at Te Runanganui o Ngati
Porou for keeping lines of communication open - as well as Leanne
Jase delivers Gizzy Kai Rescue donations,
Morice – they worked tirelessly under pressure from all of our
Weeks 1-3 – up to 3 times per week
hapu/communities to make things happen in a timely fashion with the
powers that be. Nga mihi ki a korua e aku tuahine.
At Week 3, we were joined by the crew from the Te Araroa Progressive
Association, working as one to ensure that no one missed out on
receiving kai. This doubled our packs from 100 to 200 households
delivering kai to very remote parts of the East Cape, across rivers,
along very dodgey shingle roads. For our delivery crew this was a huge
commitment and your funding support ensured we were able to
provide fuel for their vehicles.
Leaderbrand donation – every
week for 6 weeks We also want to acknowledge our local Te Araroa Eastern Store 4
Square who did an amazing job in ensuring their shelves were kept well
stocked for most things; posted regular updates when supplies were
running low; and put in place excellent measures inside and outside
their store to keep the people safe. Taukē Rick & Roz! And also our
local Hicks Bay General Store, who made sure our orders of bread and
milk were never missed.
We must also thank Kiwi Harvest who FINALLY came to the party in the
Tairawhiti, at Week 5, and also NPH/MBIE whose pork deliveries
seemed to be never ending from Week 5-8! While grateful, at a
community level this was really stressful, as all of our kaimahi had
returned to mahi. We were not able to be as responsive as we had
Sanitation station
been, and if we EVER have to do this again, would pray that the wheels
of beauracracy would turn faster.
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Todd Foundation, ECCT, AMC Charitable Trust, JR McKenzie Trust, Te
Runanganui o Ngati Porou, Ngati Porou Hauora, MBIE, Kiwiharvest –
thank you.
Ngati Porou Hauora/MBIE
pork donation
Te Araroa crew ready to get on Meat from Mataraua Station
the road ready to go
But Wait….There’s More…
Wood Delivery
Thank you to Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou & Ngati Porou Whānui
Forests, for opening up Hoia Forest, enabling our pakeke
(kaumatua) and whanau in need, access to much needed firewood.
There were smiles a-plenty as these trailer loads of wood were
delivered around our community.
This team was lead by experienced forester, William Pahuru and his
crew of men, who relished the opportunity to come out of their
bubbles for a couple of days, to get the job done for our
communities.10
COVID19 Mobile Testing Station with Turanga
Health
When word broke out that there were two positive Covid19 cases
on the Tairawhiti, we immediately stood our Checkpoints down
throughout the Coast at the request of Dr Willem Jordaan who was
responsible for the CBAC unit in Te Puia Springs. As our Checkpoint
frontliners were most at risk of the virus, all of our volunteers were
immediately tested at Te Puia.
Feeling a bit vulnerable leaving our Matakaoa bubble, Te Aroha
Kanarahi Trust advocated to get the mobile testing station to our
area. The following week, the team arrived, a little overwhelmed by
the steady stream of traffic that greeted them at Potaka,
Wharekahika and Te Araroa – so much traffic they ran out of swabs
twice in three days!
219 people lined up to get tested in Matakaoa – this was the result
of weeks of education via the Checkpoints, kai delivery, and of
course the daily updates from our Prime Minister and Dr Bloomfield.
Also a little bit of incentive in the shape of a $200 Grocery voucher
draw, for each community sponsored by you, our funders was also
a huge draw card.
We ran a competition called #GOTMYSWAB – people had to send
in a selfie of themselves getting swabbed or with the Swabber.
This was then posted on our FB page.
We also ran a separate competition called #GETTINGMYSWAB –
people had to post a video of what they were doing to pass their
time in their vehicle while waiting to get their swab. There were some hillarious entries. The winner of
this competition won an Emergency Kit sponsored by Trust Tairawhiti.
This effort was also covered by the media, and other communities soon picked up the idea, helping to
boost the numbers of our communities from Potaka-Tolaga Bay, who got swabbed during that time – a
total of 657 people!11
Emergency Kits sponsored by Trust Tairawhiti
Prior to Lockdown when news of the Port closure broke, I met with Liz Alder of
Trust Tairawhiti about our needs at a community level. We are very grateful for
their donation which enabled us to purchase quality emergency kits, 2-person &
4-person from Mitre 10. These were distributed to many whanau throughout
Matakaoa – a luxury item that most would never be able to afford, but a necessity
in emergency situations such as COVID19, but also for daily life in rural
communities such as ours.
Whanau Day & Koha for Volunteers
After a few delays due to weather, we FINALLY got to have our
Whanau Day, on the 27th June 2020, held at Hinemaurea Marae.
It was so good to emerge from Lockdown, and to celebrate with
our volunteers, and their tamariki altogether again.
Thanks to your generous support, (and the kindness of the
weather gods), we were able to give everyone a great day, with
bouncy castles and Go-Karts for the tamariki (and adults) – live
local music and a delicious hangi to round the day off.
Each of our 89 volunteers
were given a koha of gift
vouchers ( a mixture of
fuel/grocery/
Warehouse), a small
token of appreciation for12 the sacrifice each and everyone made, in taking time away from the their families, putting themselves on the line for the protection of our community/hapu and whakapapa, some for weeks on end. Our volunteers were completely unaware that they would receive anything – they gave of their time willingly with no expectation of reward, and every single person was so very grateful for the whakaaro. I cannot express enough how wonderful it was to be able to recognise, in a small way that effort. We could never have done that without your generous support– JR McKenzie Trust, Todd Foundation, ECC SINCE LOCKDOWN During Lockdown we became starkly aware of how vulnerable as a community/hapu we were. We were too reliant on external suppliers and funders such as yourselves to get through this emergency situation. Where kai is concerned, we have an abundance of it all around us, but we did not/could not make use of that abundance. Where the Checkpoints were concerned, we did what we had to do, but it took a lot of time and energy to work through the politics and to get the Police, our local Council, and our iwi on board with us. So, what are we doing to be better prepared for future events?
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Maori Warden Training
The Maori Wardens fall under the Community Development
Act 1969, and have certain powers under the Act which, in
Wharekahika, we believe would help ease our situation in the
future.
We missed the presence of the Maori Wardens, during
Lockdown, who all fell into the high risk category. Instead, we
had kaimahi/volunteers, the majority inexperienced in traffic
management, first aid, risk management. The majority of our
volunteers were under 40 years old, and a high number under
30 years old, but they were hearty!
Our rangatahi got to experience what it means to be part of a
greater Kaupapa, what it means to put aside your own needs
for the wellbeing of others, what manaakitanga,
whanaungatanga and aroha ki te tangata looks like in
practice.
The Wharekahika Maori Committee (our Hapū leadership)
supported the application by Tina Ngata and myself to the
Tairawhiti Regional Maori Wardens for training to happen as soon as
practicably possible post Lockdown. This was very out-of-the-box thinking,
and we are very grateful to Owen Lloyd and Bub Apelu of the Tairawhiti
Regional Maori Wardens, who worked closely with us – advocating for us
with the Ministers Mahuta & Whaitiri, who also pushed to enable us to
fast-track this process.
So over Queen’s Birthday weekend, eleven members of our Wharekahika
community came together at Hinemaurea Marae (with the blessing of the
Marae Trustees) for three days of intensive training – in Traffic
Management; Workplace First Aid; CIMS & Emergency Wardens. All of us
have been Police vetted and next weekend have training in Security.
The training thus far has been amazing, and we are grateful to TPK and Rob Whaitiri for helping to arrange
the training and fund it. The tutors too were fantastic and we are humbled that they gave up their long
weekend to come out of their bubbles for the first time to work with our community/hapu.
We also look forward to sharing our learning with other whanaunga across the Coast, encouraging them
into the Maori Warden movement that has been part of every Maori community for a very long time, and
plays a critical role in keeping whanau safe especially in times of emergency.14 Te Whatakai a Hinemaurea: Food Sovereignty Plan Our reliance on others for the provision of food during Lockdown was scary. Not too long ago, every whanau would have had a mahinga (maara) kai; every whanau would have pooled their resources to ensure no one missed out; every station would have provided meat (one or two did this time); our ‘hunters, fishers and divers would have harvested kai for the whanau. Lockdown meant that our “normal” of going hunting, fishing or diving in times of hardship, was not allowed; we weren’t allowed out of our bubbles to interact with others. This made what was a hard time, even harder for many whanau. But Lockdown also allowed those of us who travel a lot, time to sit, reflect and plan for the next time. And that plan for us, has come in the shape of Te Whatakai a Hinemaurea, a plan which incorporates our LORE with LAW; it enhances the mana of our people creating sustainable employment for our hunters and gatherers; it restores whanaungatanga; it values the pukenga of each of our hapu members; it puts our people and Papatuanuku first; it will enable us to exercise our rangatiratanga in times of adversity and hardship as whanau, as hapu. Feeding ourselves well first – each household contributing to the outcome of health and wellness of our people, and thereby growing the capability of each household to be self-sufficient; Growing Grassroots business based on quality food, quality experiences; then Going Global – having built our capacity and capability enough to then begin to focus outward to our neighbours, our nation, and the world. Te Whatakai a Hinemaurea will only be successful if it is built from the grassroots up, at hapu level, engaging all of our Wharekahika whanau. Building the capacity and capability of the ahi ka to govern, manage and operate all parts of the Whatakai is critical to long term success. HEI WHAKAKAPI: CONCLUSION “Why can’t we stay in Lockdown forever, we have never been so well looked after” Wharekahika pakeke During Lockdown barriers that exist daily for “vulnerable” whanau came tumbling down in our Matakaoa communities – they had access to doctors every day; they had more police; they had food delivered every week; they were kept safe in their bubbles. As the lead community group for our hapu/community, access to funding became easier –high trust agreements were entered into; turn around time for acceptance was amazing; usual compliance challenges were mitigated; and in those unprecedented times, at a hapu/community level we were able to get on with serving as many of our people as we could, regardless of ethnicity, age, or income and focus only on keeping everyone safe.
15 So it is with genuine gratitude that I submit this report on behalf of our communities of Wharekahika/Potaka/Waikura and Te Araroa. E kore e mutu nga mihi ki a kotou me a kotou rourou – mauri ora ki a tatau katoa. Ani Pahuru-Huriwai
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APPENDIX I: Te Aroha Kanarahi Trust - COVID 19 Income & Expenditure
INCOME
Grants – TRONPnui – Wharekahika/Potaka/Waikura 8,000.00
AMC Trust 5,000.00
MSD 20,000.00
Eastern Central Community Trust 10,000.00
Trust Tairawhiti – Wharekahika/Potaka/Waikura – Grab & Go bags 5,000.00
Trust Tairawhiti – Te Araroa – Grab & Go bags 5,000.00
Todd Foundation 7,000.00
7th Generation 16,131,63
JR McKenzie Trust 15,000.00
91,131.63
Koha Received – TKKM o Kawakawa mai Tawhiti – for kai packs 500.00
Te Kura Wananga – for kai packs 500.00
Troy Wheeler Ltd 500.00
J Te Reo 200.00
K Stainton 20.00
HR Dancer 100.00
R Sturkenboom 100.00
Tukaha Global 687.00
Total Funds received 93,738.6317
Less Costs
Grab & Go Bags – Wharekahika/Potaka/Waikura 4,998.85
Grab & Go Bags – Te Araroa 4,996.72
Checkpoint Expenses 3,510.14
Katcha Korero Covid 19 Edition 2,000.00
Printing & Office Expenses 1,867.51
Checkpoint Koha – Wharekahika/Te Araroa/Tikitiki/Ruatoria/
Tokomaru Bay / Hauiti 13,500.00
Prizes for COVID Testing 600.00
Cleaning Products to clean marae 372.55
Hinemaurea Marae Koha 3,000.00
Hinemaurea Marae – 2 8litre urns for marae 208.68
Volunteers Koha (Giftcards for Fuel/Groceries/Warehouse) 13,955.07
Volunteer Whanau Day 4,923.69
Kai Pack costs 38,846.61
Total costs 92,779.82
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