“I want to see our whare full.” To see our whanaunga not debilitated by being home. To see our marae full of life, instead of only seeing it at tangi.
Liletina Vaka: The journey ahead
The big black dog has been following me around since my recent move to Kirikiriroa, Hamilton. And this trip... boy has my anxiety grown in the lead up to this trip. I think it is important to talk to my experience of being Maori... of not knowing my language... the insecurities..the anxiety that I feel..share it, and grow from it.
Sam Jackson: On finding a place to stand
Heading to New York, has drawn me into reflection about our tūrangawaewae as tangata whenua in Aotearoa, as well as my own place to stand – on this unbelievable haerenga.
Josie Olsen: A Compilation of Notes
The past week has been totally overwhelming and totally awesome. I’ve been summarising my notes from each day for a select audience of my friends and family, so here are some of the highlights from my summaries of each day; some square brackets with my extra meta-thoughts on re-reading this stuff; and, to start off with, some key thoughts I have in general. Enjoy the madness and excuse the messiness, this is what my brain looks like now!
Ihlara McIndoe: Playing Sardines, Civil Society Style.
The level of chaos in the hallways at the UN falls somewhere between a high-school corridor during the rush between classes, and the zoo stand at the Dunedin Forsyth Barr stadium. To start with, every time I went to a civil society session, I felt like we were playing a very heated, very loud, very political, and very exhausting game of sardines.
Lauren Harrigan: CSW62 from the other side: Connecting our Rural Women and Girls
One of our delegates had the opportunity to speak while at the UN. Read what she had to say about equitable digital access for all.
Lauren Harrigan: A CSW Primer
“Cool! What does that actually mean?”
Naomi Simon-Kumar: Chapter One
The past few weeks in the lead up to our delegation’s departure has been nothing short of exciting and unreal: constituting a flurry of errand-running, making the acquaintance of some brilliant and clued-on women who really do shine the way you imagine superstars do