How many of us immortalise our parents courtship and life together in a book? Exactly. Yet, that's what the Nathan whanau did when they approached longtime friend and writer Patricia Grace to tell the story of their parents. The result is Ned and Katina, A true love story (2009). One of their sons Manos Nathan talks with Maraea Rakuraku about the process they used. Justine Murray chats with soon to be Bachelor in Pharmacy graduate and 2011 John Mcleod Health scholar Caroline Blutcher and, tours Te Hotu Manawa o Rangitane o Manawatu Marae, Palmerston North with Huataki Whareaitu.