Season Three — Pūrākau Principles, Monthly Q&A, May

Pātai submitted by Pūrākau Principles members:
1. what’s your favourite whakataukī
2. can you talk more about atua wāhine, the inspiration...

Season Three — #WhakatauākiSeries Review I

A reading and review of my first three whakatauāki in the series; He aka matua, he aka tāepa rānei? Whaitiri whakaoroororangi, Whaitiri whakahoronuku....

Season Three — Pūrākau Principles, Monthly Q&A, April

Season Three — Reintroduction

Cultivating home, as a state of being

A reframing of the idea that we “come back home to ourselves” when we embark on doing the work, on unbecoming what we’re not and releasing beliefs (ou...

Pūrākau Principles Monthly Q&A - Jul'22

Pūrākau Principles Monthly Q&A - Jun'22

I didn’t even realise I missed last month! Aku whakapāha e te iwi. We’re sticking with the one-take format and answering these pātai - what being a pa...

Pūrākau Principles Monthly Q&A - Apr'22

Look at us, publishing on time and when we said we would! Ha. This month’s Q&A is another ‘one take wonder’ with just a couple of comfortable silences...

Pūrākau Principles Monthly Q&A - Mar'22

Kua roa te wā! It’s been a minute but here’s to the latest round of pātai for this month;
everything hapūtanga, birth and new-parenting related....

Pūrākau Principles Monthly Q&A - Dec'21

Each month, members from Pūrākau Principles or one of the other private groups I facilitate send through questions to be answered in a Q&A forum. Thes...

Pūrākau Principles Monthly Q&A - Nov'21

Each month, members from Pūrākau Principles or one of the other private groups I facilitate send through questions to be answered in a Q&A forum. Thes...

Pūrākau Principles Monthly Q&A - Oct'21

Each month, members from Pūrākau Principles or one of the other private groups I facilitate send through questions to be answered in a Q&A forum. Thes...

E03 Part Two / Bringing te reo Māori back to his whānau, religion and te ao Māori and why humility is everything, with Josh Te Kani

Part two of the kōrero with my bro, Josh Te Kani.
Not a stranger to the stage, or ANY stage for that matter, Josh shares the common thread that...

E03 Part One / Mentors, support networks and the different atāmira of life, with Josh Te Kani

Part one of the kōrero with my bro, Josh Te Kani.
Not a stranger to the stage, or ANY stage for that matter, Josh shares story about seizing op...

E02 / Owning your decisions, whānau legacies and the rest, with Leonie Cairns

A kōrero about ALL the things with my very good friend, sounding board, worldly and wise, meme-sender, wholesome human, Leonie Cairns.
I’ve shar...

blog post / you've made the decision, now actually TAKE the leap

E01 / Setting Foundations

The very first episode of our very first season! It’s been a looong time coming, a lot of daydreaming and planning that’s been slow building and manif...

blog post / are you born with courage? is it nurtured into you? is it both?

Well, when you think about it in terms of whakapapa - it’s both. Nature AND nurture, not one or the other.
‘He kai kei aku ringa’ - there’s abun...

blog post / you can't evolve if there's no room for it

You can't evolve if there's no room for it - plain and simple. How can love, light and the good stuff flow if you're already at capacity with redundan...

blog post / exposure leads to expansion

A summary of the blog post written by Hana. "Exposure leads to expansion", covering the pūrākau about the separation of Ranginui and Papatuanuku and U...

blog post / it’s probably not in your best interests to be a catalyst for change

blog post / are you afraid of the dark?

blog post / you have the solution, you know what to do; but what's the point if you don't take action?

blog post / creation is a long process

blog post / pounamu is still pounamu, regardless of the form it takes

blog post / contribution isn't always a big event or moment, ahakoa he iti he pounamu.

blog post / setting expectations by setting the standard

blog post / when you look at results, what do you interrogate first?

blog post / you don't always see the whole path, sometimes just the next step

blog post / don't leave things unchecked: if there's a problem, address it

blog post / knowing when enough is enough

blog post / rebuilding trust after things didn't work out how you wanted

blog post / a time to stop and reassess, how to know if you're on or off track

blog post / say you're built for purpose, how do you know what that is?

blog post / what is mauri (really) and what does the breath have to do with it?

blog post / change is usually quite simple, but not easy

blog post / something the world never knew it needed; you

blog post / what you understand determines what you see

blog post / if you knew then what you know now, what would you do?

blog post / what comes to light may be unpleasant, but was already there beyond our awareness