What’s in an ingoa?
In my first column for Mana Wāhine last year, I shared that a recent discovery was that my grandmother had spent her first years living on ancestral land, immersed in her Māori world.
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A name that holds the memory
A name that holds the memory
My son is named Tūkitaharaki after his great grandfather.
Prioritising what we really need
Prioritising what we really need
When I go home it’s like stepping back in time.
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Rekindling an ancient flame
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Rekindling an ancient flame
Over the summer holidays, I climbed a mountain.
Lessons at the kura
Lessons at the kura
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the country’s youngest member of parliament in 171 years, proudly declared at a pre-election debate in 2023, that the kōhanga reo generation is here.
The politics of naming
The politics of naming
Names are a big deal in my whānau, hapū and iwi — although the name Megan was an unexciting last resort when I surprised my parents, who thought I was boy and had a name sorted for him.
Time to get real
Time to get real
Kauraka e mataku, there’s no need to be scared.
A life-saving whakapapa
A life-saving whakapapa
My whakapapa saved my life.
Facing the inevitable letting go
Facing the inevitable letting go
My husband’s passing has left the biggest hole in the lives of our whānau.
The art of talking it out
The art of talking it out
I’m not a traditionalist by nature but I see the value of the processes that many of us don’t practise anymore.
Reconnecting with memories of love
Reconnecting with memories of love
Mana Wāhine is a column written by a group of local Māori women with the aim of encouraging readers to look at the world in new ways.