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Category: Mother Earth

• Aotearoa consciousness environment injustice Mother Earth New Zealand social issues social media

  Inhabit

  This post may be seen as contentious, or a myriad of other labelling things. So if you’re someone who thinks that oppression, separatism and exclusion are okay, please feel free to unfollow me. What has become clear is that I can no longer remain quiet, in response to what I…

  November 22, 2021
• Aotearoa consciousness creative writing gratitude Mother Earth

  Weaving

  Whenever I gather harakeke (flax) to weave I notice the interconnection of my hands with Papatūānuku and Rangi-nui. I recall the components that nourish the plant, and always leave three rows of growth, to ensure grandparent, parent and child remain intact. Past, present and future all in one moment, standing together.…

  January 29, 2018
• Aotearoa Mother Earth poetry reflection social issues

  keen

  i walk the mist swathed whenua into light captured spiderwebs lakeside swans poke their arses in the air to remind me of what has been stripped bare   homeless people sleep near the bubbling springs at night but come morning are moved on—make way for the tourists, this is not your home  …

  May 11, 2017
• Aotearoa change Mother Earth weather

  Change in the weather.

  Yep, we’ve gone from wearing singlets in the garden, to three layers of clothing – in a day. And everybody seems to be talking about it. I guess driving through snow and ice into town last night was a HUGE talking point. AND one needed to keep their wits about them, having not…

  April 14, 2015