Volume 07

on recovery, repair, and reconciliation

BUILD BACK BETTER

Jeremy Vargo

The COVID-19 pandemic is the story of 2020, and its social and economic aftermath may prove to be the story of this generation. While we look to politicians to ...

A CLEARER VIEW

Hannah Revell

For some, New Zealand’s mangroves are an invasive weed, the “gorse of the water,” in need of eradication. For others, mangrove forests are the “shelter ...

REPAIRING THE FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE

Te Karere Scarborough

“Ko taku reo taku ohooho, ko taku reo taku mapihi mauria” “My language is my awakening, my language is the window to my soul”

RAISING THE “FOURTH WALL”

Tommy Livingston

“Thinking about whether you should take your own life is not a biological question. It is a spiritual question. Medication may help you to avoid those though ...

THE THINGS WE SELL – AND THOSE WE CAN’T

Rev Dr John Fox

“The social affections, says the economist, are accidental and disturbing elements in human nature; but avarice and the desire of progress are constant eleme ...

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REBUILDING TRUST – POLARISATION, POLITICS, AND PUBLIC GOOD

Thomas Simpson

“Trust is the cement which holds the community together, distrust the solvent which makes it crumble.” H. B. Acton, The Idea of a Spiritual Power

HOME FOR GOOD

Shelly Neethling

“So you know all of me?” asked the boy. “Yes,” said the horse. “And you still love me?” “We love you all the more.” – Charlie Mackesy, The Bo ...

PONO AND TIKA – A NEW INVITATION TO BE A MAN

Kieran Madden

As social understandings and stereotypes of masculinity rightly comes up for a reckoning post #metoo, Kieran Madden explores the roots of his identity as a man ...