The wisdom of the season
Like many in Ōtepoti Dunedin, I’m finally coming up for air after a whirlwind season celebrating Matariki and the Māori New Year.
Mana wahine
Mana means everything
Mana means everything
I was talking to one of my work colleagues about "mana" and what it means to me and my whānau and she suggested I write about it in an article, so here we go.
The leadership clearing the air
The leadership clearing the air
A new documentary shows what leadership can look like.
Doffing his cap to history
Doffing his cap to history
My oldest boy wanted to please his dad when he was young and one way to his dad’s heart was through rugby.
Costs not just financial
Costs not just financial
Born and raised in a small town in South Waikato, I first moved to Dunedin to attend the University of Otago as a student.
A taxi with complimentary advice
A taxi with complimentary advice
The teen party phase, and parenting in general, is all about communication, writes Megan Ellison.
The price of citizenship
The price of citizenship
Anzac Day has become a day of remembrance for all those who served and died in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. Many of us are fortunate to share whakapapa with these people, writes Karyn Paringatai.
Hard conversations don’t come easy
Hard conversations don’t come easy
Hard conversations are simply that, hard.
Embracing the seasons of life
Embracing the seasons of life
We all have cycles in our lives.
The price of privilege
The price of privilege
My daughter has left home.
The world in its best light
The world in its best light
Photography is a colonial art form, historically feared by Māori people.
Kāi Tahu holds strong to right to invite PM
Kāi Tahu holds strong to right to invite PM
Dame Naida Glavish had a crack at our iwi for hosting the Prime Minister on Waitangi Day on Banks Peninsula at Ōnuku, saying we were being used so he could avoid going to Waitangi.
Honouring our commitments
Honouring our commitments
It is remembering season for some of the colonies.
More than a mountain
More than a mountain
Aoraki is my emblematic mauka, it is symbolic and quintessentially Kāi Tahu.
Handmade stories of connection
Handmade stories of connection
Golden syrup or jam?
Connections as old as the sea
Connections as old as the sea
Our people are the wayfarers of the ocean, we live by the lore of the sea, we are fed by it and fear it.
Just way out of line
Just way out of line
At a recent community breakfast, people were chatting as they queued, and it seemed like a good idea at the time to talk to the man next to us in the line.
Navigating school journey never easy
Navigating school journey never easy
My mātaamua, my girl finished school this week forever and what a journey it has been! She steps in to her next journey with trepidation and nerves, but I am pretty sure she will be OK. However, let me tell you, it hasn’t been easy.
Disaster woven in our histories
Disaster woven in our histories
It takes a village to raise a child and to rally in the face of a civil defence emergency.
A name destined to unite
A name destined to unite
Nga Wai Hono i te Po, the Māori Queen ... what struck me first, was what a beautiful name! Megan Ellison writes.