Papatuanuku – The Spinoff

Lockdown letters #7, Morgan Godfery: Thoughts from under the plum tree

6 April 20202 April 2020 by Morgan Godfery

In our new series The Lockdown Letters, some of New Zealand’s best writers tell us what they’ve been up to in the days of Covid-19 alert level four. Today, political commentator and essayist Morgan Godfery. IS IT DAY EIGHT? In the absence of a capitalist routine, one day bleeds into the other. In the before times … Read more

Rest now, e Papatūānuku

27 March 202025 March 2020 by Nadine Anne Hura

A poem by Ngāti Hine/Ngāpuhi writer Nadine Anne Hura. Rest now, e Papatūānuku Breathe easy and settle Right here where you are We’ll not move upon you For awhile We’ll stop, we’ll cease We’ll slow down and stay home Draw each other close and be kind Kinder than we’ve ever been. I wish we … Read more