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School when we had been given a New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Education student for what I now realize wasteaching practice, <strong>some</strong> <strong>time</strong> in the equivalent of year 4 82 .So, when the chance came <strong>to</strong> bid for funding <strong>to</strong> attend the International Conference onComputers in Education (ICCE 2002), I <strong>to</strong>ok it enthusiastically. T<strong>here</strong> <strong>is</strong> a whole book, or atleast a chapter, which sets out all the things I learned on that two week trip. Indeed <strong>some</strong> of thelearning was written up in research <strong>and</strong> professional development reports so it ex<strong>is</strong>ts in thepublic domain already. Recogn<strong>is</strong>ing the good fortune of travelling <strong>to</strong> the other side of the world,I kept an assiduous journal of the trip - now cited in th<strong>is</strong> thes<strong>is</strong> as appendix 1 - which compr<strong>is</strong>estravel details, reflections on the things I was experiencing but also entries made w<strong>here</strong> I wasattempting <strong>to</strong> relate such experiences <strong>to</strong> the professional context out of which I was working athome. The things that are relevant <strong>to</strong> th<strong>is</strong> thes<strong>is</strong> are however,• The profound moment of enlightenment I experienced in front of the Marae, in TePapa, which <strong>is</strong> the Maori cultural museum in Welling<strong>to</strong>n• My meeting with <strong>and</strong> learning from Pithamber Polsani of the University of Arizona• My observation of academics from Pacific rim countries creating, transferring <strong>and</strong>building new knowledge in partnership <strong>and</strong> consultation• My d<strong>is</strong>covery of the notion of rhizomic networksThe early part of my <strong>to</strong>ur of the North Isl<strong>and</strong> was facilitated <strong>by</strong> academics from MasseyUniversity who I had been fortunate <strong>to</strong> meet in Engl<strong>and</strong>. The second couple with whom I stayedurged me <strong>to</strong> v<strong>is</strong>it Te Papa as, for them, it held special significance. The <strong>time</strong> available for sightseeingwas limited so I decided <strong>to</strong> confine my v<strong>is</strong>it <strong>to</strong> the exhibition of Maori culture. Thecentre piece of th<strong>is</strong> fantastic celebration of the indigenous people <strong>is</strong> the fabricated Marae made351Simon Hughes Ph.D. Thes<strong>is</strong> (Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2012)

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