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Finding the treasure that glistens within

  The other day one of our team was on a walk in the journey between Springs Junction and Reefton when a very impressive kōhatu appeared to her.   She had been so busy stepping over signs that told her…

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Harm rates warrant kaupapa Māori solutions

Media Release 20 November 2019 Tā Mark Solomon, Chair of the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency in the South Island wants assurances for whānau around cannabis reform to address the disproportionate harm rates to Māori. This follows the launch of the…

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Koha Kai Honoured at Māori Women’s Business Awards

Media Release 20 October 2019 Tā Mark Solomon, Chair of Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency in the South Island has congratulated Whānau Ora enterprise Koha Kai who was honoured for their Lunches in Schools programme at the national Māori Women’s Business…

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Kaikōura Earthquake – We’re there for the long haul!

Three years on, we reflect on the 7.8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake that devastated the North Canterbury and Marlborough regions, shattering the environment and the lives of many whānau and families.   Those in farming and fishing industries were deeply affected and…

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No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

  – Aesop This week there was some inexplicable tension in the workplace.   Secrets kept tight. Emails from which I was excluded. The feeling that somehow, somewhere, something was happening which I wasn’t fully aware of. I like to…

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The fireworks in our eyes

  Don’t look to the sky for fireworks when you can watch them light up in the eyes of all the people passing by.   – Tyler Kent Everyone has an opinion on fireworks. It is a frivolous waste of money;…

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Let the Mountains Speak

  “Stand tall in the mana of your ancestors.  Celebrate your divine essence. Know that you are an ancient being that embodies aroha: the presence and the breath of our divine source.    And let your mentors, your speaking mountains…

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Te Ura o te Kowhai

  I love this time of the year with the kōwhai in full bloom. Wherever the kōwhai are, we know too, there will be tui and kereru, kūkū and kūkūpa feasting on their succulence in the nectar and the leaves.  …

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Tohaina O painga Ki te ao – Share your gifts with the world

  The atua, Rehua, lives in the highest of the skies.   Rehua, Te Putahi-nui-o-Rehua resides in Rangi-tuarea, the tenth and highest of the heavens.  The powers of Rehua are similarly legendary – having the strength to cure blindness, to…

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Standing out in the cold

   The great philosopher Aristotle once said, “to appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it  is necessary to stand out in the cold”. I was trying to remind one of my team this week when we stopped at Kura Tawhiti,…

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