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tiro

(verb) (-hia) to look at, inspect, examine, observe, survey, view.

No Eire oku Tīpuna I tipu ake ahau i roto i te ngahere o te paemanga ko Kaimai I tipu ake ahau nā kaunga i te awa ko Ohinemuri me Waitawheta. I noho ana ahau Te Whau i roto ki Tamaki Makaurau.

My ancestors may have come from Ireland, but I grew up in the forests of the Kaimai Ranges and swimming in the waters of the Ohinemuri and Waitawheta rivers. I live in Avondale, in Auckland, New Zealand.

Up in the hills behind the house I grew up in there was a stone wall. From that wall you could see far out across the Hauraki plains. I was given to understand that small wall was is what is left of a lookout, a place for Ngāti Hako sentries to watch and provide forewarning of travellers and invaders alike.

I am currently the technical implementation lead for Rakeiora, a Genomics Aotearoa project.