By Jennifer Little Reading time: 16 minutes At a recent public talk in New Plymouth, guest speaker and race relations commissioner Meng Foon was introduced as “made in China, born in Gisborne, and working for Aotearoa”. A succinct bio, it captures the unique concoction of his origins...
By Hayley White Reading time: 12 minutes Being married to multiple people is illegal in a lot of places around the world but being in multiple de facto relationships is not. There are several cultures and religions that do allow for people to be married to more...
By Amokura Panoho Reading time: 9 minutes The ritual of a tangi (funeral) is steeped in tikanga (Māori tradition). With the advent of COVID restrictions on public gatherings, adhering to the requirements now in place for tangi have many Māori questioning how this will impact our tikanga....
By Hayley White Reading time: 12 minutes One of the things I am hearing more and more kōrero about is generational trauma, especially when talking about Māori experiences in the many years after colonisation. Generational trauma is sometimes called intergenerational or transgenerational trauma, a concept that was...
By Hayley White Reading time: 11 minutes [caption id="attachment_3486" align="alignright" width="600"] Camila Antonia Noa Núñez, aka Amila[/caption] 20-year-old singer/songwriter Camila Antonia Noa Núñez, aka Amila, was born in Santiago, Chile. As a young, up-and-coming pop star who found her feet in the New Zealand music industry, she has...
By Jennifer Little Reading time: 16 minutes Tinsel-mania, the lure of the latest toys and gadgets, late December nights jostling with stressed fellow shoppers in crowded malls? Click and collect? Or make your own cakes, candles, or cushions? Whatever your usual approach or budget, this festive season will...
By Amokura Panoho Reading time: 11 minutes Tītiro whakamuri, kōkiri whakamua, look back and reflect so you can move forward, seems an apt whakatauki (proverb) to quote as we wrestle with the impact of the COVID pandemic across our society, not just in Aotearoa/New Zealand but globally. The...
By Alina Suchanski Reading time: 9 minutes Located in the Indian Ocean, 350 kilometres south of Java, Indonesia, Christmas Island has a stormy history that actually has little to do with Christmas. It was named by English captain William Mynors, who discovered it on Christmas Day 1643....
By Chris Pidgeon Reading time: 13 minutes Over the course of COVID-19, an emerging technology has been on the rise. Cryptocurrency, the complex, ’hot-topic’ software has taken the world of young entrepreneurs, investors, and tech geeks by storm. What makes it special is also what makes it...
By Katie Stone Reading time: 13 minutes International travel has been off-limits for what seems a long, long time now. The recent lockdown has dampened hopes further, and many of us wander-lusters may be close to giving up on the idea of ever stepping on foreign soil...