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 […]
Wrangling with Racism
February 19, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Although many Pakeha people in Aotearoa have become more aware of the racism we’ve inherited and continue to perpetuate, and more inclined to call it out, we still have a long way to go. A few recent examples- and the reactions to them: Racism in Parliament: Trevor Mallard, speaker of the House, made a blunder […]
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 […]
Trumped! Now Biden- Our Time…
January 22, 2021 by 1 Comment
The last four years have made the USA feel like a foreign country, to us – our wonderful ex-wwoofing friends have been stuck in an alien land run by a psychopath, egging on the sad and the bad to acts of intimidation and violence, and destroying many of the bonds of friendship and solidarity […]
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