Feb 22, 2024
People like us get from Hawaiki to Taranaki via a whirlpool and need somewhere to get things straightened out again. When you first arrive youāre obsessed with wind, water, the feeling of being out of control After some time you focus on what needs to be repaired, what can be reused, whatās too damaged to keep One day you wake up and realise that you canāt remember which scrape produced which scar But also that it doesnāt matter anymore.
Alice Te Punga Somerville, Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised - Te Kawa a MÄui farewell - 2. Okioki
