Whether you are experiencing summer, as here, or your winter, in the North…wherever you are, we hope you enjoy a festive season with family and friends, and a fine new year to come. And we rejoice in the belief that at last we have a government in Aotearoa which, in the words of our Treaty […]
On the move..
November 19, 2017 by 4 Comments
Outside our house we’ve been delighting in summer weather and shades of purple in the garden. Inside, we’re surrounded by bags and boxes and more boxes, and bits and pieces still to be shed, as we enter the last ten days of our preparations for moving. One of the good features of this process […]
Koia Mārika
November 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Tāmati Kruger, chair of Tūhoe’s tribal body Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua, gave the 2017 Bruce Jesson Lecture, Koia Mārika (So It Will Be), on 31 October at the University of Auckland. No summary can do justice to this very profound speech. Every word of Tāmati Kruger’s speech is measured, and to be treasured. We […]
Welcome back, Lema!
November 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Lema Shamamba: educator and film-maker We have mentioned Lema Shamamba and her family before in our newsletter- they are good friends of ours – and Lema has become a community leader in Ranui, with support from Ranui Action Project staff. Lema decided this year to return to the DR Congo to visit her family, whom […]
Congratulations, Rock and Ryan!
November 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a while since we’ve had an all-day festival for lesbians, especially one focused on issues like lesbian visibility and social justice. So we were delighted to take a day off on Saturday 4 November, at Toi Tu in Ponsonby, for the Auckland Lesbian Festival 2017, organised by Cissy Rock and Violet Ryan, […]
Ranui Action Project
November 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
2017 has been a very successful year for the Ranui Action Project. Our staff have facilitated a wide range of community initiatives – from “Christmas in the Car Park” at the end of last year, through Matariki activities, support for the local Waitemata Seagulls 50th Jubilee, a week of activities for a Disability Sports […]
Sarah Sophia Stothard
November 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Charmaine hasn’t had her photo taken in a graveyard before, but this was a special occasion – we were celebrating the unveiling of a headstone for a woman who died one hundred and sixteen years ago. Gillian Dance, a former chairperson of the Parent-Teachers’ Association at Auckland Girls’ Grammar School during Charmaine’s time as principal […]
Three months adventuring…
October 18, 2017 by 6 Comments
From 1 December 2017 to 9 March 2018 we’re putting everything except a couple of suitcases-full into storage until our new Ockham “Newton” home in Grey Lynn becomes available. Jeanette and Greg, the buyers of our home Unit 8 at Earthsong, move in on 1 December. We have decided to mark our transition by flying […]
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