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Joe Coote spent years watching his wife, Lawata trying to get rid of the head lice that kept infesting their children’s thick, wavy hair. He decided there had to be a better way – a way of getting rid of…

  He Kotuku kai – whakaata When I attended Teachers’ College in the 80s, a group of us grabbed a couple of tents and headed for Okarito.  We’d all been reading The Bone People and so it was a hikoi…

  TUPU Ka tupu te moko taro me aravei i te vai ora.Young taro shoots will grow if they meet lifegiving water.    Tupu is about flourishing, thriving and growing into who you were meant to be given the best conditions. Metaphorically, tupu also…

  This week something very special happened. On Wednesday morning I received a beautiful photo from Aukaha champion – the Manager of Health and Social Services – Chris Rosenbrock.  [www.aukaha.co.nz] “I wanted to share this picture with you that I…

  As Dame Whina Cooper said: “Take care of our children Take care of what they hear Take care of what they see Take care of what they feel For how the children grow So will be the shape of…

PĀNUI PĀPĀHO / MEDIA RELEASE 28 January 2021 Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu calls for Oranga Tamariki to invest in whānau as a first resort Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu hopes that the recent changes to Oranga Tamariki leadership present…

  For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one. Kahlil Gibran A kuia that came to pay her respects to Mum, as she lay at our home awaiting her final journey, giggled with delight…

  He kanohi kitea, ka hoki ngā mahara.:  A familiar face stirs the memory When I was working for Whaea Tariana, and the firey debate in the political chamber had been raging with a particular intensity, we were always grateful…

  “Nature for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving” (Andy Goldsworthy) I love returning to the Coast.   The wild luxury of the bush; the constant force of crashing surf; the dynamic wonder of our…