Photos by Lia Priemus on her Last Visit to India 2022 A Sadhu in deep meditation at the holy heritage site Pashupatinath in Katmandu, Nepal A wonderful morning greeting from
I’ve always tried to take song/lyric writing as a serious responsibility with a conscientious intention to make change for the good
Here in Te Whanganui o Hei Mercury Bay, kauri was first ‘discovered’ by Lieutenant James Cook in 1769. However, it wasn’t the tree he spotted, it was the kauri gum floating in amongst the mangroves in the Whitianga River. He presumed that the gum was from the mangroves.
It was from Marion de Fresne, a Frenchman, that Europe learned of the mighty kauri. He sailed into the Bay of Islands in May 1772 and with the help of local iwi felled trees for masts. Unfortunately, these timbers never made it to their destination, the crew abandoning them within a half a mile of the shore. The sailors returned to Europe in July of the same year empty-handed.
Now more than ever sustainability, or the lack thereof, is an issue at the forefront of many of our minds. It is the issue that plagues the modern world as it affects every living being on our planet from us humans down to the plankton in our oceans. As humans, we have recently come to realise that the responsibility of the health of life on earth now relies on us and our sustainability
When looking at some of the large-scale developments in human society over the past decade, one
cannot avoid but notice a concerning toxic trend: that of hardening of stances, narrowing of
positions and the appeal to anger and fear driven by self-righteous, intolerant and entitled
perspectives that see difference as a threat to identity, sovereignty and privilege. However,
embracing and promoting difference is the source of all progress. The truth of this will sink in when
thinking about that for a while. And most importantly, tolerance and the embrace of difference is
the gift that makes freedom possible because freedom is only ever as real as the freedom to be
different that is granted to all others.
Photos by Lia Priemus on her Last Visit to India 2022 A Sadhu in deep
I’ve always tried to take song/lyric writing as a serious responsibility with a conscientious intention to make change for the good
Here in Te Whanganui o Hei Mercury Bay, kauri was first ‘discovered’ by Lieutenant James Cook in 1769. However, it wasn’t the tree he spotted, it was the kauri gum floating in amongst the mangroves in the Whitianga River. He presumed that the gum was from the mangroves.
It was from Marion de Fresne, a Frenchman, that Europe learned of the mighty kauri. He sailed into the Bay of Islands in May 1772 and with the help of local iwi felled trees for masts. Unfortunately, these timbers never made it to their destination, the crew abandoning them within a half a mile of the shore. The sailors returned to Europe in July of the same year empty-handed.
Now more than ever sustainability, or the lack thereof, is an issue at the forefront of many of our minds. It is the issue that plagues the modern world as it affects every living being on our planet from us humans down to the plankton in our oceans. As humans, we have recently come to realise that the responsibility of the health of life on earth now relies on us and our sustainability
When looking at some of the large-scale developments in human society over the past decade, one
cannot avoid but notice a concerning toxic trend: that of hardening of stances, narrowing of
positions and the appeal to anger and fear driven by self-righteous, intolerant and entitled
perspectives that see difference as a threat to identity, sovereignty and privilege. However,
embracing and promoting difference is the source of all progress. The truth of this will sink in when
thinking about that for a while. And most importantly, tolerance and the embrace of difference is
the gift that makes freedom possible because freedom is only ever as real as the freedom to be
different that is granted to all others.
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