Before our Northland journey, we’d had a rather busy month – a mix, as usual, of supporting NZ drama, films, music and books, indulging and learning…as well as gardening (Tanya) and Isaac Body Corp Owners’ Committee (Charmaine) Three very different films: Rose Matafeo’s Baby Done – a riotously funny journey with a top woman […]
ELECTIONS: Aotearoa and DSA
November 18, 2020 by 1 Comment
Aotearoa In the final tally, Labour won a clear 50% of seats (i.e.60 of the 120). National lost a further two seats so now has only 33 on the final tally. As we hoped, the Maori Party now has two MPs, Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (one electorate seat and one list MP). […]
Elections 2020 in Aotearoa
October 19, 2020 by 1 Comment
Sunday 18 October – the day after our elections How lucky we are to live in a country where a warm, eloquent and truthful woman Prime Minister has been able to hold our nation together during the difficult times of the last three years. We hoped that Jacinda Ardern and the Labour-led […]
Protest Action…Saving Trees
October 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Save Canal Road Native Trees… For more than 100 days now, protesters have been occupying a property in Canal Road , Avondale, to prevent the felling by a property developer of the remaining twenty-three 100-year-old native trees. The surviving trees include rare natives like black maire and kawaka; half the trees which grew on […]
Out and About
October 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Bubbah at the Basement Theatre… Our first theatre outing after Covid Lockdown was a Basement Theatre production: Bubbah: My Ode to South Auckland, described as “South Auckland stories by South Auckland people”, written by Bubbah in her garage with her team of Maori and Pasifika mates, describing life as it happens in their ‘hood – […]
Books and Writers
October 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Four more really interesting autobiographical books by women authors in Aotearoa have been published this year: Alison Jones, a Professor in Te Puna Wānanga, the School of Maori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Auckland, and early in her academic journey she did important research at AGGS , which helped to change […]
1.Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori: The Māori Language Moment
September 19, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This month’s most creative event in Aotearoa was undoubtedly Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori: This year,Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori , the Māori Language Commission, decided to celebrate Māori language Week in a new way because of Covid-imposed limitations. Their goal was to encourage one million New Zealanders to sign up to […]
Earthsong Eco Neighbourhood
Public Good