Te Ika-a-Māui: The Giant Fish of New Zealand’s North Island
Before the land had fixed borders, before hills carried names and coastlines held their present shapes, something vast moved beneath the sur...
Before the land had fixed borders, before hills carried names and coastlines held their present shapes, something vast moved beneath the sur...
There are forces that move quietly through the world, shaping it without sound or form, felt rather than seen. In Māori tradition, one such ...
A presence moves before it is recognized. It slips across the land without leaving marks, presses against the body without form, and alters ...
Absence does not always arrive suddenly. Sometimes it settles in layers, leaving spaces behind that no longer respond to human presence. In ...
There are objects in Māori tradition that do not sit quietly in the world. They are not passive, not symbolic in the shallow sense, and not ...
There are forces in Māori tradition that announce themselves through lineage, place, and ritual, and there are others that remain deliberate...
Some presences do not belong to a single place. They move quietly across coastlines, slip through forests at the edge of visibility, and pas...
Some beings do not arrive with thunder or spectacle. They pass quietly through the upper air, leaving no mark on the ground and no sound beh...
There are connections that cannot be seen, yet they pull with greater force than stone or iron. Paths that do not belong to land or sky, but...
There is a moment that does not belong to darkness, yet is not fully claimed by light. It is not silence, though sound has not returned. It ...
Some protections are loud. They announce themselves through signs, warnings, or visible force. Others remain silent, woven so deeply into da...
Not all forces announce themselves through form or story. Some exist only in the quiet alignment between what is seen and what remains beyon...
Between what hangs above and what remains grounded below, there is a zone that belongs to neither. It is not empty, not silent, and not pass...
Not every passage announces itself as a beginning or an end. Some transitions occur in silence, where movement pauses and the world seems to...