you are strong
The truth is, you matter more right now than ever before. The truth is, your skin is beautiful and you are seen.
be strong. be kind.
When your child's school goes into lock-down, the first email to their teacher should be "Are you OK? Take care of yourselves, take care of your family".
sometimes sun, sometimes rain
The Crown cannot be whānau - but it can be an enabler, to those that are.
buzzword bingo
But we also exist, I believe, to enable people to let go of their stories and their realities...
on conversations not had
Until we as a society make ways to work together differently, to do better together. We'll keep paying the cost.
a map. a story. a treaty.
reflections on the story of Waitangi. a story that didn’t begin with the Treaty, but a story that requires ongoing partnership, reciprocity and autonomy
walk this way
on the power of walking, as a salve, as a humiliation, as a release, as a political act.
and on paying attention to the worlds we're losing
shake the dust
We are not the same people we once were.
And that's OK.
stay angry
"Stay angry, Little Meg," Mrs. Whatsit whispered. "You will need all your anger now."
why are we, so blind to see
Teaching is hard. It is worthy.
We need to value teachers honestly, enabling them and holding those in the profession to a shared accountability.