Kainga – Home

We came home to Gisborne today. It’s so nice to be home and grounded for the next few weeks before heading off again! I often think about home and where I consider home is. Home for me is in my tribal area of Te Arawa where I was born, where I grew up and where […]

Just meant to be

On our way through Waverley today, we stopped off at a glass studio. It was outside this studio that I painted this rock. And yes there was a glass studio in Waverley! Here we met a couple who are both artists working in a variety of mediums including glass, clay and sculpture. So there was […]

Te Pā Harakeke

Tūngia te ururua kia tupu whakaritorito te tupu o te harakeke… Cutting back the harakeke at Puniho over the past two days reminded me of an internal detox, not just physical but an emotional and spiritual detox too…an emptying out and letting go of things that are no longer needed, making room for growth and […]

Mana Whenua

I’m looking out the window at the harakeke and tī-rākau swaying in the wind and am reminded of the whakatauki, “whatu ngaro ngaro te tangata, toi tū te whenua – people may perish but the land still remains.” Power lines are down, road signs have been blown over but the land remains… I’ve always known […]

Tāwhirimātea

Hokia ki tō maunga kia purea ai koe e ngā hau a Tāwhirimātea Return to your mountain to be cleansed by the winds of Tāwhirimātea Wow!! Kei te tino pupuhi te hau i te kainga nei! Arrived home in Taranaki last night (Sun) and wow – there’s a storm blowing through…Now staying at the marae […]

The Ego of War

Today in Aotearoa it is ANZAC day – a day to remember all those brave soldiers who went to war to fight for our country. Me mihi atu ki a rātou mā, rātou i tū kaha i te pakanga, ko rātou kāore i hoki mai… I think about war, the war that my tūpuna fought […]