Funny Old Times
It’s a funny old time to be an adult in Aotearoa. So much so that I wonder how our mokos will recall things when we’re gone.
That in itself will depend on how long our planet sustains them … how well we look after her, making up for the ongoing, catastrophic environmental erosion of the industrial and info-tech eras. Eras we inherited or informed.
How well we get along with one another is an interesting accompaniment to the rhythm this chronology lays down. I hope our offspring hear more harmony than discord. What historical dances will the cultural and political dissonance of the current age contribute to the soundtrack our progeny research tomorrow?
If they come across archived Coromind magazines, we’ll appear the better for it. Definitely. They’ll encounter nanny and koro’s inspirational Corominded mates, who Corocrafted, Corocritiqued, Coroinnovated and Corolived. Coromindedness might read as a watershed that contributed to the survival of the species, avoiding the zombie-apocalypse timeline before it even happened. ‘Sarah Conner … Come with me if you want to live.’
If our ‘progress’ as a country was assessed against some Scandinavian-sourced criteria, I suspect we’d receive a report worth hiding under the mattress, away from the prying eyes of our descendants.
Perhaps, in some near or distant future, they’ll be so addicted, ‘deviced’, medicated, self-involved or surviving-in-the-moment they won’t care.
Or … maybe not.
I’d like to imagine them inheriting a world built on the legacy of Corocreators who nurtured our environment, who Kauri 2000*-ed, Driving Creek*-ed, Wharekura-o-Manaia*-ed, Predator Free*-ed, Hauraki-Kōwhai-Rau*-ed, Habitat Restor*-ed, Mata-o-Kaiwaka*-ed, Pottery Watch*-ed and Toitū-Te Tiriti*-ed … who said ‘no’ to the destructive types of exploitative farming, fishing and mining we detest.
Who said ‘yes’ to the eco-sustainable business models we adore.
People who researched widely and shared that learning some Māori words at age five wasn’t going to hamper a child’s acquisition of English. Pai kare*!
I’d like to end with a Homeric or Rāwheoro* reference. But a kid in the future might not understand it.
It’s a funny old time. He tamariki, he tāonga*.
(If you care to / need to, Google the asterisks!)
Words by Brandon Amoamo
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