On never feeling "Pākehā enough": Reflections on Te Wiki o Te Reo
For it to be so normal to be so loud makes me ask why I ever associated being Māori with anything other than freedom and acceptance.
ESSAYS
(126)From the Latin exagium, meaning to weigh.
H5N1 & the One Cuzzy approach: What does it matter that Aotearoa’s first reported case of bird flu didn’t receive karakia?
“Extinct, in its Latin-root form, means to ‘put out’ or ‘extinguish’ – an act carried out with deliberate intent.”
The sound the universe makes when it laughs
It's the sweetest love story, but also tortured.
Your honesty may be a bit startling
Be true to yourself, anyway - Hone Tuwhare
E te Māreikura, moe mai rā
'She fought for what she didn't have and wanted at a time when the world was hostile to everything Māori.'
What binds us together is stronger than what is trying to drag us apart
Waiho te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa (on the 5th anniversary of the Covid-19 lockdowns).
What are the chances the language you're looking for is already inside you?
An essay in search of (climate change) meaning
I'm just a call away
A tangi is a parade of love. People are there one minute, then they're gone.
Antidote to Silence: Laughter
What's the best thing we should look for in a potential partner?
We're still here <3
It's easy from this vantage point of the Gregorian year to see all the things we didn't do.
The haka you just watched was set in motion decades ago
A small piece of historical context for one great haka (some context for international audiences)