“Basis of language, basis of culture, basis of life…turanga o te huruhuru, ano te turanga o te ora; te tiki, te hine, te tamahine… Under the veil of stars, least the white tipped feather should fall from the maidens hair, stone waka guard the pa with all the warrior of that world there…” Korero oContinue reading “Landscape in origins and culture…”
Author Archives: mahiamara
Movement…
The flutter of a butterfly wing, jumping of a wren, darting of a skink or the rustle of leaves in the wind all produce secondary and tertiary movement so important to life. Just like a food web, these tiny to enormous movements provide various types of trophic levels of vibration, disruption and change; compare theContinue reading “Movement…”
Incorperating texture and form, how do we reflect and express visual clues …
Tools, tools, tools!
Gardening tools are just as important as the person gardening; they tell of our culture, our individuality, our habits and often, also our status… Kiaora, tena koutou. Keite pehea koe? Delving further into the world and arts of gardening, the earth and its traditional cycles, you will find a whole new chapter in regard toContinue reading “Tools, tools, tools!”
Was Shakespeare A Fraud?
Had to be there I imagen, but for arguments sakes, I think any fraudulent behavior would have had him well noticed for other reasons rather than by the ones we know him today…Fraud, hypocrisy, pretending, seems a natural part of modern life, a large chunk of most of history was based on such behavior, and,Continue reading “Was Shakespeare A Fraud?”
Who exactly is trespassing? And all these vines and lianes!
So, IT’S LOCKDOWN AGAIN!! I will forgive the lack of applause. Delta has reached our shores in spite of rigorous sanitizing, as we knew deep down it would. We forgo our normal daily lives in hopes of keeping hospitals clear for as long as possible to maximize the positive recoveries and decrease the chances ofContinue reading “Who exactly is trespassing? And all these vines and lianes!”
Disgusting State of NZ, the lies that tourism tries to cover…
When you understand how the system works, and you’ve seen a few untimely or disgusting things in person whilst working for your people or country; protecting those more innocent who have no need to ever experience those bad things becomes paramount in achieving communities that function well for generations more to come. As a citizenContinue reading “Disgusting State of NZ, the lies that tourism tries to cover…”
Being Maori, hugging trees and loving animals…
I did not choose my ethnicity, nor did I choose the cultures that were handed to me, nor the land I grew up in. All these choices were made for me as a child, while I was protected in theory by laws and adults. I did choose however, to ignore the negative lessons that lifeContinue reading “Being Maori, hugging trees and loving animals…”
Corruption and misuse of power…
In nature we see power plays all the time. Frequently it results in something being eaten or demolished. We are often saddened by the roughness and seeming absence of any empathy at all within the natural world. Yet, from around the world we hear tales of how animals save each other, how they congregate inContinue reading “Corruption and misuse of power…”
Kiaora, nice to finally meet you!!
After a lot of mucking about there is finally some solid growth and an exiting of the germination stage of this online slice of garden…Solid growth, a wonderful phrase. Nature creates solid growth to form resilience. Recent events have brought to the fore many reasons why we should learn to observe nature more, and takeContinue reading “Kiaora, nice to finally meet you!!”
MAHI A MARA 