Tukapua & 3 Worlds
Cameron is my original family name which I claimed when my father passed, it connects me to my farming background and ways of land based people. Carrying this name reminds me to have fun, keep it simple, and stay close to nature.
Tukapua is my married Maori name. Tu is ‘to stand’ and kapua ‘the clouds’. When we met I was studying ways of being which are common for Indigenous people. It was destiny.
Many Indigenous cultures refer to the 3 worlds, ‘Father Sky’ above, ‘Mama Earth’ below, and the middle, Human world. The bridge between these worlds is the Heart - the connector