{"id":1803,"date":"2025-08-05T10:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tetaioawatea.org.nz\/?post_type=directory-listing&#038;p=1803"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:08:57","slug":"koko-and-three","status":"publish","type":"directory-listing","link":"https:\/\/tetaioawatea.org.nz\/en\/directory-listing\/koko-and-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Koko and Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kia ora e te wh\u0101nau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ko Melissa Linton t\u014dku ingoa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He uri ahau n\u014d Ng\u0101ti Kuia, Ng\u0101ti Apa ki te R\u0101 T\u014d me Rangit\u0101ne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ko Hemi t\u014dku ingoa wh\u0101nau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKoko and Three\u201d is a tribute to my beloved Koko, who we lost during the r\u0101hui. He was the pou of our wh\u0101nau, steadfast, loving, and wise. I see his wairua every day in my three boys, hence the reason for the name, \u201cKoko and Three.\u201d The name also acknowledges my three Koro, ng\u0101 puna a t\u014dku orokohanga, he k\u0101kano ahau i ruia mai ai e r\u0101tou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ko t\u0101ku Mahi Toi in\u0101ianei, he Ringatoi Matihiko ahau,(Digital art prints). Heoi, kei te hoki haere t\u014dku ng\u0101kau ki ng\u0101 taonga tuku iho.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But my hope is that over time, my business grows into something sustainable that I can do it full-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u014d reira,<br>T\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nau mai, haere mai ki \u201cKoko and Three.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1811,"template":"","business-type":[42],"location":[58],"class_list":["post-1803","directory-listing","type-directory-listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","business-type-maori-arts-crafts","location-tasman"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetaioawatea.org.nz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory-listing\/1803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetaioawatea.org.nz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory-listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetaioawatea.org.nz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory-listing"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetaioawatea.org.nz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetaioawatea.org.nz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"business-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetaioawatea.org.nz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/business-type?post=1803"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetaioawatea.org.nz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=1803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}