One of the things I love about harakeke is it’s ability to hold water - physically, creatively, spiritually.
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This is a plant that I have come to love over the past 20 years. I grew it in the West in the rainforest just below Taranaki maunga, where the weather was wet and cold often in winter.
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Gardening and being in nature has taught me to pause, to observe with curiosity, something I learnt as a child when I used to wander (wonder) through the bush alone…
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A rākau that I have come to love, that has grown so much in my garden over this last year is Whauwhaupaku.
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I often think about how our ancestors were inspired by nature. Their connection to the environment was intricately woven with the roots of ancient trees.
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Connection.
Connection to our inner and outer landscapes.
Today I Reflected on the disconnection from the internet. The whole network went down. And I realised, the outer network was down, but the inner landscape was more connected to the outer landscape now, due to there being no internet connection.
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I wrote the kōrero below in 2007 while on a digital storytelling course at Scotsdale Community College, Arizona.
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