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"Quarantine" by Carolyn Stallard

This past June/July, I composed a piece inspired by the weeks I spent volunteering at a place called Quarantine Island/Kamau Taurua, on the South Island of New Zealand off the Otago Peninsula. The piece tells of the island's history as a quarantine station (and the Maori injustices that accompany colonization) and my experience living there, volunteering, meeting community members, and hanging out with the Island Keeper and his two wonderful kids.