“Feeling, to me, for most people, has to do with emotion. This other feeling that I’m talking about does not have to do with emotion. It’s… instinctive. You know, like a pig knows when it’s going to storm or a dog knows when there’s going to be an earthquake; it’s instinctive, and then we reach [...]

‘The source of our rights is that, like the Kauri, we are grounded here. We were nurtured here, we are the people of the land … and we know that the Treaty protected our place, covenanted our rights’ … Te Ataria 1886 … As Te Ataria, one of our earlier Rangatira illustrated in 1886, our [...]

Nearly 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for a revolution in priorities and vision and a transfer of power from rich to poor. In other words: proportionality; a fairer spread of the wealth and resources. Dr. King’s foundational message is as relevant now as it was then. He was asking us to [...]

Gone is my faith, it has been beset By the Maori Party who quickly forgets The Principles of it’s infamous constitution My sights now set on political retribution Cloistered protocols of a bygone age Attempt to suppress Tangatawhenua rage The price was rape and theft of land This whenua is MAORI and we must make [...]

I have been asked to share some humble musings, prior to this election, to hopefully shed some light on the whakaaro of Generation X, regarding one of the most interesting elections in my lifetime.

Given the incredibly powerful and unique backdrop of political history in Aotearoa, with the gains, losses and stagnancy experienced and suffered by Maori, the indigenous people of this land, in 1000 words a simple gardener like me would be unable to do justice to the many heroines, heroes, villains, visionaries and powerful fence sitters who have shaped today.