Born and raised in a small town in South Waikato, I first moved to Dunedin to attend the University of Otago as a student.
The teen party phase, and parenting in general, is all about communication, writes Megan Ellison.
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 are simply that, hard.
We all have cycles in our lives.
My daughter has left home.
Photography is a colonial art form, historically feared by Māori people.
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.
It is remembering season for some of the colonies.
Aoraki is my emblematic mauka, it is symbolic and quintessentially Kāi Tahu.
Our people are the wayfarers of the ocean, we live by the lore of the sea, we are fed by it and fear it.
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.
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.
It takes a village to raise a child and to rally in the face of a civil defence emergency.
Nga Wai Hono i te Po, the Māori Queen ... what struck me first, was what a beautiful name! Megan Ellison writes.
I unapologetically share stories about being a māmā because I take the parenting gig fairly seriously.
I’m sharing this piece with someone I know well.
Matariki has been the focus for Aotearoa and Te Waipounamu over the past few weeks.
Matariki allows us to reflect on whānau and experiences at a time when we welcome the new year.