💫 Calling a name this year? MereNotes on Matariki mourning.

We’re inviting you to a very special club with very special discounts, impacts, and, if you’re quick, a GOOD chance to win a $300 voucher for Awhi Company gears.

An honest, stereotype breaking, issue-raising, belly-laugh inspiring, and deeply-touching, slice of life interview series with my Mum about growing up in Aotearoa as a wahine of mixed heritage.

We’re putting an ancient Māori tradition, almost lost to time, on show.

We wānanga over whether friends are important for the cultural connection/reconnection journey and why I’m a bit of a Ngaire No Mates in my new reo Māori class…

We’re remembering the 28th Māori Battalion with some lesser known war stories—starting in Italy with one unlucky poaka/pig.

One part of te ao Māori that has always fascinated me is religion. I have SO many pātai/questions… 

(Please let it be noted, after a harrowing childhood of my mum dressing me in matching kākāhu/clothes as my sister who has a completely different build and colouring, this is about the only time I’m on board with whānau dressing the same).

When Awanui from M9 got in contact to list their new event, ‘Te Ōhanga Māori: A Pathway to Prosperity’ with us, I was both excited and embarrassed…