Essays
Treasures passed down
Whaea Betz made us think about the things we inherited, and the things we didn’t. It’s difficult to pass on something you did not yourself receive.
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The ones that got away (and how it feels to see them again)
You never love a new place the same way you loved the old place. You must learn to love differently.
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Te Papa Tupu: Mentorship Programme
Applications close in a week - should you apply?
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In the grit (Reasons I withhold poetry)
When your lawyer forbids you from writing poetry, lol
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Have you ever been woken by a turn of phrase?
All the drinking I have ever known is merely distraction from drowning.
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Writing about Writing
A stand-alone section for those interested in craft with a tikanga | Te Ao Māori lens
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I will never sit on a panel at a writer’s festival and say that the act of writing is anything but spiritual.
When I think about that day, I often think about those people. I think about how it must feel to stand on the periphery of someone else’s terror and then get in your car and drive home.