Nadine Hura

Post-script: Responding to the comments....

This is my wero and karanga back to you e te tuahine. What about that initial vision you talked to me about? Do you remember?

I don't want to write about it but. (Why I'm leaving Substack.)

When my puku is churning it usually means I have to.

Instructions for (not) Letting Go

A weird and short parable.

An editor lives in my head

Years ago, Lois used to argue with John in actual cafes. They would meet and he would have a long black and her and oat milk flattie. Sometimes they ate (him lasagne with side salad, her a scone which she'd barely touch).

What would happen if you were truly free?

"To get to a place where you could love anything you chose — not to need permission for desire — well now, that was freedom." - Toni Morrison

The work of the witness: Reflections on a brilliant essay by Sarah Aziza

I think we all instinctively know that the ethics of witnessing on social media is barbed, but I suspect a lot of us don't talk about it because there isn't an easy language for it.