We heard this week that Māori activist Miriama Rauhihi Ness, known to many friends as Ama, had died , a month after becoming ill at Waitangi. She was farewelled by a packed congregation of Māori, Pasifika and Pākehā friends and supporters at Tipene Funerals on Wednesday 17 March in the evening, and by family at […]
Being at home…
January 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Charmaine had no wish to ride a bicycle for three days in the mountains, and decided to stay home and get her mind in order. (“Mind has mountains, cliffs of fall” wrote poet Gerard Manley Hopkins- and she had definitely been feeling anxious about bike-riding, and in need for some sustained quiet time to re-order […]