

Words That Reconnect: Re-imagining Language for Social Change
“Many words are walked in the world. Many worlds are made. Many worlds make us. There are words and worlds that are lies and injustices....
Jan 9, 2024


Connecting islands through history, war and migration: an oral history and digital storytelling project
New Zealand's last surviving veteran of the Second World War's Battle of Crete died last year aged 104. Brant Robinson was one of the...
Nov 12, 2023


Hiroshima: a visceral encounter
It was a hot day in Hiroshima but there were three places I wanted to visit before I took the ferry to Miyajima: a restored samurai’s...
Jun 20, 2023


Co-witnessing and presencing as preconditions to meaningful solidarity (an early draft)
If you see with your mind wide open, that seeing holds the seeds for sensing. If you sense with your mind and heart wide open, that...
May 10, 2023


Luminous Darkness: Book Review*
According to the Maori tradition, there are three baskets of knowledge: te kete tuauri (sacred knowledge/light), te kete tuatea...
Apr 30, 2023


Okinawa: island of resistance, resilience and pacifism
Ichariba chode/イチャリバチョーー (“once we meet, we become family”) After several weeks of an idyllic existence, cocooned from the rest of the...
Apr 18, 2023


Amami: the islands of my heart
Amami’s embrace Nature’s splendour all around Peace in island vibes Attempt at haiku compositio - E.P. My first encounter with the Amami...
Feb 14, 2023


Tūrangawaewae: On Belonging And inclusiveness
Karanga Whakawatea Haere raa, ee te Rangatira Haare raa, I runga I tou haeranga Haera raa, I runga it te Rangimarie me te aroha Maa ngaa...
Sep 13, 2022