Sparrowhawk/Kārearea Blog Posts

• Old King Log, New King Stork. Trump’s lesson for Aotearoa.
  on Nov 13, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics Donald Trump electoral participation New Zealand society politics US elections 2016
    I remember waking up one morning last year, lying awake for a moment, feeling contented and normal. Then memory and grief kicked in; my mother was dead, and my world had changed forever. My anaesthesia had worn off. I had a similar moment on...
• An attack of the guilts? Yeah, nah.
  on Oct 3, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics guilt Losi Filipo New Zealand mainstream culture Nikolas Delegat
  There has been a lot said lately about people of privilege behaving badly.  You remember; Nikolas Delegat getting a sentence of community service for seriously assaulting a female police officer; the Chiefs and Scarlett, the woman they hired at thei...
• The Māori in the Room
  on Aug 26, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics
  I had one of those “only Māori in the room” moments yesterday. I have a lot of those. These moments don’t offend me. I work in mainstream tertiary education, I’m Māori and I profess to know something about things Māori. I&#...
• Te Puea Marae, Tūhoe & the State of (Māori) Welfare
  on Jun 28, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics MSD Māori poverty Te Puea Marae Tūhoe welfare
• The Kermadecs, a fishing settlement, and the Long Forgetting.
  on Jun 6, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics 1992 commercial fisheries settlement Kermadecs Māori politics Ocean Sanctuary r Nick Smith Treaty of Waitangi
    I imagine John Key must have had a lovely warm feeling as he announced before the world  (well, the UN in New York) that New Zealand was finally going to set up an ocean sanctuary at the Kermadecs, the gorgeous smattering of islands in our e...
• N-words and the good ol’ Christchurch childhood.
  on Jun 5, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics
  Yup, offensive words are used in this post. There is a point to it, ‘kay?
• Losing Mater.
  on May 17, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics
  A reflection on grief.
• Losing Mater.
  on May 17, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics
  A reflection on grief.
• Banning Karakia in schools? A cultural can o’ worms, or beat-up?
  on May 15, 2016 in culture New Zealand society, culture, politics karakia Māori culture Māori religion New Zealand society
  Many, many Māori would have had their hackles raised at the mere prospect of State interference in what many consider to be primarily a cultural, rather than a religious, practice.
• Banning Karakia in schools? A cultural can o’ worms, or beat-up?
  on May 15, 2016 in culture New Zealand society, culture, politics karakia Māori culture Māori religion New Zealand society
  Many, many Māori would have had their hackles raised at the mere prospect of State interference in what many consider to be primarily a cultural, rather than a religious, practice.
• “A most unfortunate incident.” The death of a child and the monsters among us.
  on May 2, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics crime David Haerewa evil New Zealand child deaths Tania Shaile
  Sparrowhawk/Kārearea's latest post: the death of another little child: 'A most unfortunate incident.'...
• “A most unfortunate incident.” The death of a child and the monsters among us.
  on May 2, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics crime David Haerewa evil New Zealand child deaths Tania Shaile
  Sparrowhawk/Kārearea's latest post: the death of another little child: 'A most unfortunate incident.'...
• Just how free is your will, truly? Criminal law & the free thinker.
  on Apr 29, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics Arun Kumar crime determinism free will Manslaughter
  A few years ago two people made comments to me independently about children; comments that broke my heart. In one, the sister of a friend of mine who had adopted a baby from a troubled background asked me if I had met ‘the criminal’s b...
• Just how free is your will, truly? Criminal law & the free thinker.
  on Apr 29, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics Arun Kumar crime determinism free will Manslaughter
  A few years ago two people made comments to me independently about children; comments that broke my heart. In one, the sister of a friend of mine who had adopted a baby from a troubled background asked me if I had met ‘the criminal’s b...
• ‘Trumping’, Hosking & the Waitangi Tribunal. It’s a thing.
  on Apr 3, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics mainstream media Mike Hosking Māori Treaty settlements Waitangi Tribunal
  Sparrowhawkkarearea: The murky world of Mike's Tribunal Tribulations.
• ‘Trumping’, Hosking & the Waitangi Tribunal. It’s a thing.
  on Apr 3, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics mainstream media Mike Hosking Māori Treaty settlements Waitangi Tribunal
  Sparrowhawkkarearea: The murky world of Mike's Tribunal Tribulations.
• Woop woop!! Social Security Act rewrite!
  on Mar 30, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics legislative reform New Zealand social security law Social Security Act 1964 Social Security Act Rewrite welfare law
  I am all a-jitter. Seriously, I am. I am having a cup of coffee to calm down. I may need a nap. The thing I have been waiting for has finally happened, and to be honest, I just don’t know how I feel about it. Well, it is a bloody doorstop (440...
• Woop woop!! Social Security Act rewrite!
  on Mar 30, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics legislative reform New Zealand social security law Social Security Act 1964 Social Security Act Rewrite welfare law
  I am all a-jitter. Seriously, I am. I am having a cup of coffee to calm down. I may need a nap. The thing I have been waiting for has finally happened, and to be honest, I just don’t know how I feel about it. Well, it is a bloody doorstop (440...
• Good Friday, Narcissus and my social media experiment.
  on Mar 24, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics
    So here we are, it’s Good Friday. It also happens to be my 46th birthday, but I feel more melancholic than celebratory. Today, of all days, is an opportunity for me (and all the other millions of Christians) to reflect upon the crucifixi...
• Good Friday, Narcissus and my social media experiment.
  on Mar 24, 2016 in New Zealand society, culture, politics
    So here we are, it’s Good Friday. It also happens to be my 46th birthday, but I feel more melancholic than celebratory. Today, of all days, is an opportunity for me (and all the other millions of Christians) to reflect upon the crucifixi...