{"id":1204,"date":"2025-03-30T22:39:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T22:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksinhomes.org.nz\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2025-05-19T01:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T01:34:38","slug":"how-a-love-for-reading-lead-to-a-phd-from-a-former-duffy-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksinhomes.org.nz\/how-a-love-for-reading-lead-to-a-phd-from-a-former-duffy-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"How a love for reading lead to a PhD (from a former Duffy kid)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1204\" class=\"elementor elementor-1204\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22960e0f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22960e0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4babc3d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4babc3d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Meet Caleb Haurua from Auckland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your journey to where you are now? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I grew up in \u014ctara\u00a0in South Auckland and we didn\u2019t have much. I remember singing the Duffy song (I still know the words to it today) and some of my earliest memories are the assemblies where books were given out. I enjoyed the assemblies and the books as a it meant I felt like I was a part of something bigger than myself.<\/p>\n<p>Books really became my safe space as a kid and the books from Duffy Books really helped me fall in love with reading. It\u2019s part of the reason I\u2019m studying for my PhD now. As I grew older, I didn\u2019t do much reading in high school but when I went to university, I re-found my love of reading. I really have to thank Duffy Books in Homes for everything \u2013 the books especially as I didn\u2019t visit the library much as a kid so these books I could read and take home and keep were amazing. Currently I\u2019m studying for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Indigenous Studies focusing on reclaiming Te Reo.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s one piece of advice you&#8217;d give your younger self?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be proud of what you like, what you find interesting and cool and don\u2019t let anyone tell you differently.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your favourite book or book series and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a kid, my favourite book series was \u2018Captain Underpants\u2019 because I found it really funny. I also really enjoyed the \u2018Horrible Histories\u2019 series because there was so much information and facts in there to absorb.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>What book do you wish you&#8217;d read as a kid?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As both of Cook Island and M\u0101ori descent, I wish I\u2019d tapped into my M\u0101ori side more by reading stories that were written or featured M\u0101ori people. I remember being given a book \u201cAlan Duff&#8217;s M\u0101ori Heroes\u201d which is a book about the lives and accomplishments of 50 M\u0101ori individuals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s one thing you want every kid to know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want every kid to know that they\u2019re enough and the world is your oyster. There is a M\u0101ori whakatauk\u012b\u00a0that says \u201cKo te manu e kai ana i te miro, n\u014dna te ngahere; ko te manu e kai ana i te m\u0101tauranga, n\u014dna te ao&#8221;. This whakatauk\u012b\u00a0means that the bird that feasts on the berry owns the forest; the bird that feasts on knowledge owns the world. 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