I spoke to my Mum and Dad today. Mum in Rotorua and Dad in Te Puke. I’ve realised now that I am older, how important my mātua are to me. As a rangatahi, a young person, selfish and tied up in my own world, I took my parents for granted. Actually I took life for […]
Tag: koru designs
Samadhi
I was reading a post yesterday from Ray – a Vipassana meditation friend who had just come off a course serving for 11 days. And he was asking what had gone on in the world while he was on the course. It’s a bit like that when you have no contact with the outside world! […]
Te Ao Mārama
An understanding… te ao mārama – the world of light, life, earth, physical world ao – the world, light, specific period, cloud, a day, dawning of the day mārama – illuminating light, to understand, be clear, light marama – moon, month And those are just the short answers! I love our Māori language because it […]
Simplicity
Day 2 of Te Matatini is over! Another wonderful day to be taking in some of Aotearoa’s finest kapahaka performers. Other than the amazing performances, I’m loving running into people I haven’t seen for ages and whanau who have come over from Taranaki – Yay Ria and Tamzyn, awesome to see you!! And – am […]
Te Hunga Ririki
Day 46 – Te Hunga Ririki Today’s rock is for Kiana who turns 5 today! Don’t you just love tamariki – they are so honest and in the moment! I’m posting some kōrero today that was shared via one of my rocks of the day by Tracey who is Kiana’s mum. Tracey and I used […]
Few Words
This is the first rock ever that I have used black paint on. Nearly 13 years of painting rocks and I have never used black paint! I think black for me has always been a colour of darkness, death and sadness. And there is that association with tangi because when you go to a tangi […]