We had a massive time at Matapuna training centre today. We were there to tautoko the Tomorrow People concert – an awesome kaupapa presented by Te Urunga Tū – a group of parents who want to create a future for their tamariki (children) WITHOUT fossil fuels. There was an amazing lineup of musicians which included […]

I learnt three things today… 1. Now I see that I must give what I most need… 2. The mystery of wood is not that it burns but that it floats… 3. Those things that we need to work on most, are right there in front of us, the lessons, the challenges, the experiences are […]

We had a lovely whanau come over tonight and bring us some kai (food) as a koha (gift) for something that Todd did for them today. We were pleasantly surprised because we were not expecting them to come over and say thank-you let along bring us some kai! It was really lovely to have this […]

I want to say THANK-YOU to everyone who has stopped by these pages to share your whakaaro, your thoughts… To those who have followed the journey right from the very beginning and those who have recently joined the ride – thank-you!! I was thinking today how people come and go in flows, they’ll stay for […]

I was reading John’s book today and I laughed so hard, like deep down in my puku laugh, childhood laugh and SO loud I reckon the neighbours could hear and if anyone walked in on me, they would have thought I wasn’t all there – ha! But it was SO funny! And I haven’t laughed […]

Sometimes when I paint a rock, it’s easy. I can paint it in ten minutes. Other times like today, it will take me forever! But I’ve learnt to just go with it, to work through whatever the block is, because each rock like this rock with many layers, is stripping away the internal layers of […]