Life is so fluid sometimes isn’t it? – well my life is anyway! Probably because I allow it to be and I think this is important because we get stuck doing the same old same old without growing, exploring and learning! So today’s kōrero is about change. The different journeys we embark on, the people […]

It’s the day after returning home from being on the road. Driving can take a lot out of you and I always need at least one day to recover from a big journey – most times two days are needed! So it’s been an “intermission” day – you know just like at the movies when […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]