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Mind uploading, technically known as whole brain emulation, is the idea that you can digitize a brain (and presumably the mind) and have that mind live on within the computer long after the body is dust. But how realistic is this idea?

First, why does anyone want to do it? The obvious answer is that many people are interested in extending their lifespan, to keep existing as a conscious being when their body and brain die. If you believe in any sort of afterlife, then this is a non-issue for you. But even so, the idea of preserving your mind for the foreseeable future is intrinsically appealing.

Apart from this rather self-centered motivation, there are other interesting potential applications for this sort of theoretical technology. Maybe we want to preserve our smartest people, so they can keep coming up with brilliant ideas. Perhaps its a way to achieve strong AI without having to crack the secret of how consciousness works. It could be a way to send the human mind into space without the need for large, slow ships or life support systems. These ideas are just the tip of the iceberg, so suffice it to say that theres more than enough interest to fund serious research in this area.

However, just because you have money and manpower to throw at a problem doesnt mean youll get anywhere. There are some serious roadblocks on the way to digital immortality.

On the face of it, this sounds like a silly question. However, despite all of us (supposedly) having minds and thoughts, we dont know all that much about what a mind is or how it works. Weve learned a lot about how human psychology works, how neurons work, and how specific substructures of the brain work, or at least what they do. But all of these puzzle pieces dont add up to any true understanding of the mind.

The reality is there are some fundamental mysteries about the mind-body relationship. For example, is it enough to emulate just the brain? Do we need to emulate the whole brain? Can a mind operate without a body? Does the body have to be emulated too?

To keep your mind intact might require simulating a lot of flesh and blood baggage it was designed to expect, and altering a digital mind so that it doesnt need that stuff arguably means its no longer a faithful reproduction. Thats before we deal with the fact that we dont know what aspects of our brains are important or how the brain works at a low level.

You need a lot of computational power to create simulations. Exactly how much power you will need depends on what youre planning to simulate. It might turn out that a lot of the brain simply doesnt have to be simulated in perfect detail to make everything work, or it could turn out that every bit of information about the state of every single brain cell matters. Theres a massive gulf in the computational power needed between those two extremes, but even at the low end, the computational needs are massive.

The Blue Brain project is a real-life research project with the aim of simulating a mouse brain. The project started in 2005, and by 2019 the research team announced that they had completed mapping the whole cortex of a mouse and were preparing to run virtual EEG experiments. Despite using the Blue Gene supercomputer, the mouse cortex model had become too heavy to simulate. You begin to see just how far away from human brain simulations we are if even a mouse brain demands more horsepower than we can muster.

Digitizing a brain means scanning it somehow. The most accurate scans are destructive, where a brain is treated and sliced into very thin slices, which are then reconstructed. Clearly, this isnt great news for the owner of the brain!

Even then, its not yet clear if those extremely high-fidelity scans contain all the information you need to upload a snapshot of a mind. Noninvasive scanning methods, such as fMRI, dont have anywhere near the detail of these destructive scanning methods, but that technology is improving all the time.

If the biological structure of the brain is in fact essential to uploading a mind, then well need to advance a few orders of magnitude when it comes to our ability to scan and capture those structures. It may turn out that the way our mind works might require information about things that are happening at the subatomic level, in the realm of quantum physics. If that turns out to be true, it becomes even harder to imagine a technology that can capture the necessary data.

One major snag, and one thats perhaps not solvable, is that mind uploading would be a form of copying and not transfer. In other words, no matter what you do your current consciousness will die when your brain does. The uploaded mind is a copy. It will believe its you, and it will think exactly as you would. It would have all your memories and experiences, assuming that the technology works that is. Yet your subjective experiences and consciousness will end. Even if mind uploads are done after your natural death, the original you is gone.

Whether this actually matters is a question for philosophers. But if mind uploading that can be done on a living brain without destroying it ever becomes real, it would mean that you and the digital copy of you would exist side-by-side. The two of you would immediately start to diverge into different individuals.

With any problem that doesnt have a clearly-defined scope, its impossible to put a timeline on things. An uploaded mind may never happen, or there could be a breakthrough next year. There are also many different variations on the theme of mind uploading that dont require whole brain emulation. Similar to Amazons infamous experimental feature for Alexa, we already have AI chatbots that learn to mimic people, living or deceased, by looking through all of their available data. This imitation could fool someone into thinking the bot was the original, which meets some rudimentary standards of mind uploading, but clearly isnt what people are looking for here.

Considering that we expect major leaps in both computing power and artificial intelligence systems that could help crack some of the harder problems on the road to mind-uploading, it would not be shocking to see some semblance of it during the 21st century. But at the same time, it would be surprising for it to remain permanently in the world of science fiction. Only time will tell.

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What should you remember while going ahead with your debut collaboraion? And why its crucial for content creators to make short-format videos

Collaborate carefully

Ive just gotten my first collaboration offer. What are some of the things I should keep in mind while deciding whether to take it or not?

Shivan, Via Instagram

You should always decide based on whether it is a brand you will actually use or if you are just doing it for the money. If its just for financial reasons, please dont do it, because its not ethical and your audience can see through it. Secondly, you have to ask yourself if the content that you are uploading on your social media would have been uploaded anyway if the brand wasnt a part of their content piece. If the answer is yes, then go for it. If you are forcing a brand deal, then I would suggest that you dont upload it.

The long and short of it

Is it absolutely necessary for me, an aspiring content creator, to make Reels?

Anikha, Mumbai

In the modern day, if you are starting to grow as a content creator, re-use the central part of the content creation. Short content is the center of social media. So, you shouldnt be the one to say I cant do short content and video, as that is how you grow on social media. You have to play the game according to the algorithm.

Popularly known as BeerBiceps, Ranveer is a star YouTuber and digital marketing entrepreneur. His videos on fitness, grooming and wellness, and his recent podcasts, have won him millions of fans

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I think the number one thing for a fashion brand to note before working with a TikTok creator is to always allow for creative freedom. As content creators, we understand that brands often have a specific vision in mind, particularly fashion brands, since the items being sold are tangible and shown on screen visually.

In saying this, giving creators a brief that aligns with the brands vision and key messaging yet remains open to individual interpretation means that the creator is being authentic with their content. Audiences know when a creator is uploading content that does not align with their regular style or format, so its important that this is always taken into consideration by the brand.

More specifically, in regards to creators who focus on building and maintaining a strong community online, it can be extremely jarring for their long term viewers to come across their favourite creator on the following or for you page only to find content that they would never usually have any interest in watching.

This lack of authenticity not only comes across to the viewer, but in turn can have significant impact on the engagement of the content. Factors including watch time, saves, shares and likes are the biggest contributors to the way content performs on the platform, so if a viewer is not interacting with the video as they usually would it is likely that the branded content will not perform on par with the creators organic content. Hence why creative freedom is pivotal in ensuring the best results for both the creator and the brand.

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Fashion has never been more consumable than in the age of social media! The very platforms that we use to both produce and consume social media have such smart algorithms that cater our media to our specific tastes depending on the content we engage with the most.

TikTok, is remarkably one of the best platforms at doing this which makes fashion so consumable. As a result, fashion brands can be sure that the creators they work with have a large portion of their audience that are inspired by their style.

Consumers can picture themselves in fashion pieces like never before, but I think we can take this further.

As a transgender woman who started her transition at 12, fashion was a very important part of my transition. Years later, having found a style that compliments my femininity and personality, I have the privilege of educating over 600k people on my platforms.

If we take this into account, I think fashion brands can make a huge difference when it comes to supporting those who need it most.

By aligning with creators who represent minority groups, fashion brands are not just saying that they stand with us but they ARE standing with us.

Fashion brands that take the plunge and dare to be different have the power to help so many diverse people find their fashion sense through the creators that represent them, and in-turn make their life that little bit fiercer!

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TikTok is an exciting way for brands and creators to come together in a beautiful partnership that can lead to success on both sides. Cracking the TikTok algorithm and winning the hearts of its users can, however, be tricky.

I think the most prominent factor fashion brands should know about working with TikTok creators, is that like themselves, TikTok creators also have their own brand and aesthetic theyre trying to establish or have established. So sometimes, rather than going with the most popular creator with the largest following, choosing to go with a creator with a really established community, high engagement levels, and that has a following similar to that of a fashion brand, can sometimes be a much more successful campaign or partnership.

Sometimes creators and influencers online can feel more approachable and real compared to the big celebrities. Audiences can see themselves in online influencers in a way they cant with celebrities. Seeing someone you can relate to wearing a specific piece in their style can be much more influential than seeing a supermodel wearing the exact same piece down a runway at Paris Fashion Week.

The other thing to keep in mind is the sheer reach some creators have on TikTok compared to a lot of the big celebrities. Gen Z mainly resides on TikTok and submerge themselves in influencer culture, so it is a way for brands to stay current and on-trend.

I think the number one thing for a fashion brand to note before working with a TikTok creator is to always allow for creative freedom. As content creators, we understand that brands often have a specific vision in mind, particularly fashion brands, since the items being sold are tangible and shown on screen visually.

In saying this, giving creators a brief that aligns with the brands vision and key messaging yet remains open to individual interpretation means that the creator is being authentic with their content. Audiences know when a creator is uploading content that does not align with their regular style or format, so its important that this is always taken into consideration by the brand.

More specifically, in regards to creators who focus on building and maintaining a strong community online, it can be extremely jarring for their long term viewers to come across their favourite creator on the following or for you page only to find content that they would never usually have any interest in watching.

This lack of authenticity not only comes across to the viewer, but in turn can have significant impact on the engagement of the content. Factors including watch time, saves, shares and likes are the biggest contributors to the way content performs on the platform, so if a viewer is not interacting with the video as they usually would it is likely that the branded content will not perform on par with the creators organic content. Hence why creative freedom is pivotal in ensuring the best results for both the creator and the brand

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Both YouTube or Instagram are such popular platforms of social media, where you can earn a lot of money along with entertainment and popularity. These are platforms where no investment is required. You can earn a lot of money just sitting at home through a smart phone. So let us tell you how to earn from YouTube or Instagram without going out of the house?

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How to earn money from youtube?

1. Open your account on YouTube

If you want to earn through YouTube, then first you have to open your account on YouTube. In the language of technology, an account is called a channel. To make your account (channel) on YouTube, you have to keep its good name. You can name your channel whatever you want. While naming the channel, you have to keep in mind that the name of your channel is not similar to any other YouTube channel.

2. Post after opening the channel (account)

After opening a YouTube channel, you have to upload content on it. This content should be similar to your channel, that is, as the name of your channel, the content should also be the same. For example, if you have opened a YouTube channel with comedy, then the content in it should also be full of comedy. The content should be such that the audience likes it.

3. Heading of the content should be funny and catchy

If you want the rating of your channel to increase, then for this, whatever video you upload on the channel, its heading should be funny and attractive. If the heading is fun and engaging, then the audience will be ready to see and hear it.

4. Video editing is good

In order to increase the number of views on your YouTube channel, it is important to have good editing of the video along with the content. While editing the video, take special care that the content and the photo/scene are connected to each other. The better the editing of the video, the more the audience will like the video. Good video editing is also one of the reasons for increasing the popularity of YouTube channel.

5. Focus only on hard work in the beginning

In the beginning, you will have to work very hard to increase the popularity of your channel. For this, you have to share your channel with your friends-relatives, ask them to share the video with as many people as possible, subscribe to the channel and like the video, which will make your video more- To reach as many people as possible.

6. Keep uploading videos when you are not earning

It may take at least 6 months or even a year for a YouTube channel to become popular. During this time it may also happen that you do not earn anything from the channel. So there is no need to be disappointed. You just focus on your work and keep adding content. Once your YouTube channel becomes popular, when it starts seeing thousands of millions of viewers, then your earning will start.

Popular YouTuber of the year 2021, whose earnings you will be surprised to know

1. Gaurav Chaudhary: Gaurav Chaudhary, who gives information about electronics gadgets on YouTube channel, is the richest YouTuber in the country. He has 21.8 million subscribers on YouTube and his net worth is around Rs 3,34 crore.

2. Dr. Vivek Bindra: Vivek, who encourages people by sharing important business related information on his YouTube channel, has about 17.9 million subscribers on YouTube and his net worth is about 50 crores.

3. Amit Bhadana: Every month Amit earns 30 lakh rupees through YouTube and music videos. His net worth is around Rs 47 crores.

4. Nisha Madhulika: Popular food blogger and chef Nisha Madhulika has about 12.1 million subscribers on YouTube. His net worth is more than 33 crores.

5. CarryMinati (Ajay Nagar): Most Popular and Young YouTuber CarryMinati has 32.9 million subscribers. The net worth from his YouTube channel is close to Rs 31 crore.

6. Sandeep Maheshwari: Professional businessman and motivational speaker Sandeep has about 21.4 million subscribers on YouTube. His monthly income is around Rs 15 lakh and net worth is more than Rs 30 crore.

7. Ashish Chanchlani: Funny video uploader Ashish has about 26.8 million subscribers on YouTube and his net worth is around Rs 31 crore.

8. Bhuvan Bam: The talented Bhuvan, who has won the hearts of the audience with his superb acting, has about 23.3 million subscribers on YouTube and his channel earnings are more than Rs 22 crores.

How to earn from Instagram?

become a social media influencer

By becoming social media influencers on Instagram, you can not only earn a name, but you can also earn a lot. To become a social media influencer, you need at least 5 thousand followers on Instagram, as well as a good engagement rate on your content.

How to earn?

When you have more than 5 thousand followers on Instagram, brands will contact you to collaborate with you. In this way, you can earn money without any tension sitting at home by promoting the products of many brands among your followers.

Sell your product on Instagram

Along with being an Instagram user, you can also sell your products on Instagram without spending any money and earn a good amount sitting at home. Instagram is a photo sharing app, on which you can post photos or videos of your products. After this, you can take orders from customers through comments or direct messages and sell your product to them.

Being an Instagram Coach or Mentor

Another easy way to earn from Instagram sitting at home is to become an Instagram Coach, Consultant or Mentor. If you want to become an Instagram coach, then you can convey information about hacks and tricks of a topic to users through photos and videos. If you want, you can earn by sharing the content of yoga, gym trainer, dietician and any subject expert.

Read also: How to use social media to build a career? (How To Use Social Media In Your Career?)

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After a remarkable 100-year run, the FCC is officially closing the door on traditional analog copper POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service), the standard telephone infrastructure weve all used forever.

For businesses in virtually every industry, the old-fashioned copper wires have been the default communication protocol not only for phone usage but for other services such as analog fax lines andfor healthcare providers and payers, on-premise paper fax machines.

But holding on to the traditional copper wires that make up the foundation of this aging infrastructure could cause major disruptions to your healthcare organizations workflows in the ever-evolving health IT landscape, and now is the time to act.

The FCC has issued Order 10-72A1, which mandates that all POTS Lines in the USA be replaced with an alternative service by August 2, 2022. (Read the latest updates from the FCC.)

Whether your telecom carrier completes its shutdown of your organizations POTS phone/fax service by that date or soon after, you need to move quickly to find alternative solutions for your organizations vital daily communications.

The world we live in continues to push forward in the realm of interoperability a world where different systems or software can share digital information through the cloud. Imagine being able to exchange important patient information (electronic health records, referrals, prior authorizations and prescription orders) securely and efficiently, via digital cloud fax technology instead of transmitting information precariously through the copper wire running down the side of your street. And imagine these cloud fax transmissions improving your organizations compliance with HIPAA, CMS, and other health related regulatory groups and oversight commissions.

Many hospitals and physician practices have already made the transition from on-premise paper fax machines to digital cloud faxing - but those organizations are outnumbered by those still relying on paper fax. Now is the time to make the transition - before the cloud faxing providers raise their prices to meet demand created by changing government regulations.

Traditional wired systems are being actively replaced by data-driven and wireless cloud services, which are becoming main solutions for communication as the healthcare industry moves forward with more modern, flexible communications environments. But the transition to next-generation technology has been slow, even with carriers encouraging and incentivizing customers to make the switch to cloud-based digital communications.

Today, there are more than 36 million active POTS lines being used to support businesses and healthcare organizations in the United States. Many health providers lean heavily on these lines for needs revolving around their in-house fax machines particularly in industries such as healthcare IT, which has been careful and deliberate in adopting new technologies.

Unfortunately, relying on analog telephony for their fax needs means these organizations spend too much time scanning, uploading, faxing, and filing the never-ending cycle of the paper-based workflow. In addition to time-consuming clerical work, these in-house fax machines require constant updates both physical and systematic which require manual labor and a hefty payment.

Additionally analog fax lines tied to traditional fax machines now represent a serious vulnerability to the healthcare industries ongoing business operations because when organizations migrate to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for phone service, they wont find a seamless transition from their VoIP provider for their faxing infrastructure.

Not only is there the issue of communication between POTS and technologically advanced systems, but there is a critical issue around cost. The cost alone to service healthcare organizations with a POTS-based infrastructure is continuing to skyrocket as the price of copper coupled with their aging networks upkeep are simply too high to maintain. Telecom carriers dealing with this increased cost are passing it on to their customers, incentivizing those customers to convert to less-expensive, next-generation technology.

While most document-reliant organizations are understandably hesitant to make the switch the healthcare industry has historically preferred to wait before upgrading to new technology its important to keep in mind that the benefits far outweigh any risks or roadblocks that might arise. And with the impending POTS shutdown, youll need to choose between two options when deciding to make your move. You can stick with your current provider, or find a new provider specifically suited to fit your migration needs including the need to implement and maintain digital fax capability to securely transmit vital patient history documents and electronic health records from peripheral facilities such as clinics, and physicians practices to the point of care.

Well assume that your organization has already retired most of your telephone landlines and copper wiresand that youve upgraded to a more mobile and flexible technology, such as VoIP, for your phone calls.

But if youre like the many healthcare organizations we hear from on a regular basis, you are still relying on the POTS network to transmit your companys faxes. You might not even realize it. But yes, your faxes still traverse the old-fashioned phone network even if youre using on-prem fax servers or a hybrid solution that handles some of your faxing in the cloud and lets you manage the rest onsite.

The reality is, almost every type of fax solution out there still uses the legacy telephone infrastructure to some degree. And considering that healthcare organizations like yours depend on faxing for your important daily workflows, the last thing you want is to discover only after the POTS shutdown that your faxing capability has suddenly been disrupted and you need to quickly find a new way to send and receive secure, digital cloud faxes.

Businesses in every industrynot just healthcarewill soon be affected by this important change to the global communications infrastructure

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Saturday is the 158th anniversary of an event that seems to be a little bit lost to the history books.

The focus of the event was a singular piece of paper, one that had gathered more than 150 people together.

They met on the edge of the Manawat Awa at Raukawakawa Pa under the shining sun as it was stated on the paper of focus.

They met to agree to a momentous sale - a 250,000 acre block of land which Rangitne, led by paramount chief Te Hirawanui Kaimokopuna agreed to sell to the Crown on July 23, 1864.

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Over the next few months you will increasingly see the name Te Hirawanui in relation to the local government elections.

The new Mori ward is called Te Pao Ward, which will have two councillors, and the general ward is called Te Hirawanui Ward, which will have 13 councillors.

When we had the idea to write a Back Issues instalment for July 23, we expected to spend the length of this feature on the July 23 sale of the Te Ahu a Turanga block. As part of our research, we visited Archives New Zealand to view the original deed of sale.

While we had already viewed a digitised version of the deed online, numerous times, we wanted to see the real thing for ourselves, in person, with our own eyes, and not mediated through a screen.

What happened at the archive changed our minds on what to write next.

Warren

After requesting to view the deed, I was told there would be a 20-minute wait.

During that time I started to really anticipate the arrival of this pivotal document. I started to imagine how big it might be, what the paper might be like and whether it was intact. Would I need to wear gloves? Would it be fragile?

I could see that the folder was quite small when we were called to the retrievals' desk, and once we were in the reading room area, I could see that the deed was folded in four.

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Warren Warbrick views the Te Ahu a Turanga deed of sale (1864) for the first time at Archives New Zealand.

I was initially mesmerised by the ink work, the artistry of the map of Te Ahu a Turanga and the colours seemed unfaded after all this time. But as I unfolded the document, I found myself immediately scanning and searching for familiar names.

The first two names topping the long list of signatures were Hoani Meihana Te Rangiotu and Te Hirawanui Kaimokopuna.

About 25 years earlier Hoani Meihana had converted to Anglicanism, later becoming a lay reader. As a consequence, he was able to read and write in both te reo Mori and English. On the deed, his was a delicate and careful signature.

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Gottfried Laudauer's portrait of Hoani Meihana Te Rangiotu, 1884.

Te Hirawanui on the other hand had chosen to mark the deed with an X between his first and last names, as did most on the list.

Hoani Meihana Te Rangiotu is my Great-Great-Great-Grandfather. There is a magnificent painting of Hoani Meihana within iwi ownership, I have seen many photocopies of his handwritten letters, and I know a good deal about him, but even so, to see his own signature on this document it was mind-bending.

I felt compelled to hongi the deed.

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Hare Rakena Te Awe Awe circa 1900.

Hare Rakena Te Awe Awe also marked the deed with an X. My great-great-grandfather became a Rangitne chief, after the death of his brother of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe.

Hare Rakena had stood at Raukawakawa Pa in 1864, just like I was in that moment in the reading room of the Government archives in Wellington, looking at the deed, as he would have.

I would like to think that other descendants of the signatories who get to meet this deed will have the same experience in connecting so closely with our ancestors.

Virginia

I grew up in Wellington. My first serious job out of Victoria University of Wellington was at The Science Centre & Manawat Museum Te Whare Pupuri Taonga o Manawat, in the exhibitions team.

Some of the first exhibitions I worked on included the Clarice Cliff show, Liquid Jade The Story of Tea, With This Ring a weddings/marriage exhibition (no one seemed to be able to decide or agree) and a series of community exhibitions.

I remember NiHao (Chinese community), Afio Mai (Samoan community), Swagatam (Indian community), Harambee (peoples of the African continent) and Great Scot (Scottish community).

Most of these exhibitions included a mix of objects from community members and from the museums own collection, along with photos and family stories of participants from each community.

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Winifred plays women's hockey circa 1920.

During the first few weeks of my starting work in Palmerston North, my dad came to visit from Wellington.

He told me that his mother, Winifred Mardon, had grown up in Palmerston North. Over the next few years, I came to learn more about the Mardon family.

They were flaxmillers who had relocated from Christchurch to Manawat on The Queen of the South in 1895.

They set up as the Mardon Bros Flaxmill, near Rangiotu, and my Nana was born there in 1905. She was later a foundation student at Palmerston North Girls High School, when the family lived in Joseph St.

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The February 1 1917 Manawat Times reports: "Wilkie Mardon took a keen interest in sport, particularly in hockey and football, where his sportsmanlike conduct was much appreciated." Wilkie stands in the back row, fifth from the left as a member of the three-time Manawat junior championship-winning hockey team.

One of Nanas older brothers was Charles Wilkie Mardon. In 1917, the Manawat Times reported, Upon the outbreak of war, Trooper Mardon was one of the first to enlist, and went to Samoa, with the Palmerston section of the 1st Expeditionary Force.

Wilkie had been employed by the Hopwood Hardware Company at the time. He later joined the Seventh Reinforcements, based in Egypt. But, Wilkie never returned home as he died of illness in Alexandria, in 1917.

It then occurred to me that Wilkie might be named on the War Memorial in the centre of Te Marae o Hine / The Square.

As I stood in front of that monument, seeing his name for the first time, I realised his grieving parents, my great-grandparents, Charles and Lucy, would have stood in the same spot, from its unveiling in 1926, and for years and decades to come, reflecting on his name and his short life.

Dad had told me of a glass-fronted oak cabinet in the Joseph St family home. For decades, the cabinet held wooden and tapa tourist items that Wilkie had brought home from Samoa in 1914, now bound up in grief. Dad wondered if they had since been donated to a museum.

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The Mardon Bros. Flaxmill, a one-stripper mill located on the bank of the Manawat River near Rangiotu.

The next day I asked Te Manawa collection manager Cindy Lilburn if they had Mardon items in the database. What took my breath away was the realisation I had already handled some of Wilkies gifts, for the Afio Mai, Samoan community exhibition.

On this anniversary day, we encourage you to consider how to connect to your recent (or distant) ancestors in Palmerston North. Whether that is through place a spot, a gaze; or through images visit the Manawat Heritage website for inspiration; or through objects such as those held at Te Manawa Museum.

Or consider uploading photos or donating objects for your descendants to connect with you in the future. Our local storehouses of memory play such a vital role in our community and we welcome Susanna Shadbolt back to the city as she becomes the leader of Te Manawa Museum on Monday.

Mauri ora!

Warren and Virginia Warbrick work with local histories and experiences as THEN Histories of Pmutana. Together they are the current Local Historian of the Year.

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