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Welcome to the Salient blog! Here you'll find every piece of writing we've published this year. Browse by category, or just go for a scroll.
He Waka Eke Noa
HE WAKA EKE NOA Words by: Janicka Tei (She/her - Kūki Āirani) A long time ago, our tūpuna set out on a wondrous journey. They sailed in...
Janicka Tei
Sep 11, 20234 min read
Kuia/Moko
(Words by Tessa Keena - She/her - Te Ātiawa) Kuia Sometimes, I spend so much time looking in the mirror trying to see you. I make too...
Tessa Keena
Sep 11, 20233 min read
To my whanaunga from different maunga
Words by Grace Muldrock To my whanaunga from different maunga, Do you remember how stupidly young we were, chasing the sun, always...
Grace Muldrock
Sep 11, 20234 min read
In Pursuit Of Mana Motuhake: A guide to (sort of) surviving the battle of indigenous resistance
Words by: Reni Broughton (She/they - Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara, Ngāpuhi) Whaia te Mana...
Reni Broughton
Sep 11, 20236 min read
Whaia te ara pau kaha
Words by Phoebe Sullivan (she/her; Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Whātua ki Kaipara, Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei, Waikato-Tainui) Student executives are...
Phoebe Sullivan
Sep 11, 20234 min read
Pūoro me ngā whakaaro
Words by: Tūheitia Young (He/him - Ngāti Maniapoto) There are many appreciative waiata out there; regardless of whether you agree or...
Tūheitia Young
Sep 11, 20239 min read
Ōrite
Words by Ashleigh Putt-Fallows (She/her/ia - Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Tūhoe) Ōrite: Identical, sameness. I grew up in Murihiku, part of...
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Sep 11, 20235 min read
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Words by: Ruaputahanga Takiari (She/her - Waikato/Tainui, Ngaati Maniapoto, Ngaati Raarua) 7AM — 7 degrees and a southerly. Hauling...
Ruaputahanga Takiari
Sep 11, 20232 min read
Ki ngā Kaimahi, ngā Kairangahau, ngā Pūkenga Māori
Kelly Mitchell (Any/all - Ngaati Maahanga) Nau mai e ngā kaitiaki o te matauranga, ki te whakarauika i nga whetū o te akoranga, ka...
Kelly Mitchell
Sep 11, 20236 min read
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