Book of the Week: Nadine vs impatient Pākehā climate change activists

Book of the Week: Nadine vs impatient Pākehā climate change activists

I find myself instinctively reaching for the new essay collection Slowing the Sun by Nadine Hura on two significant occasions. The first was under the blanket of Mount Manaia, the mountain on my Ngāpuhi side, the night before  mum received her moko kauae. Mum is the first in six generations to bring the moko kauae back into our whakapapa. The second was on the dawn of Matariki, before welcoming in the new year with whānau from Ngāti Te Ata, on o…