Category: Publishing
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Celebration and Explanation
22 March, Pipitea Marae. A Saturday, a little windy, a little cloudy, a little quiet at the Parliament end of the city. People started wandering towards the marae atea, expecting to stand and wait to be told their next move, expecting someone would call them forward toward the wharenui in the form of a karanga…
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Here comes a proof
‘Look’ I tell my daughter ‘Here is the press proof of book two’ and pull out a loose copy of the precious document. ‘Oh I want to see it!’ she looks up eagerly and then looks at the proof confused ‘But Mama the pages are not stuck together’ I smile. It’s a phenomenon I was…
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Celebrating our community
Yesterday was a big day for the community of Waiwhetū and for me. It was a shared time of celebration for the many years of work has quietly been happening in the background for the people here, keeping mau rākau and mau taiaha knowledge alive by my teacher. People have been part of the TUMA…
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Creation is a wonderful thing
I can’t quite describe the joy and suspense as I stepped into my car on a cold drizzly Friday, and I wondered what would be waiting for me at my destination. I had just heard word from the printers that our first print run of 250 copies of the guidebook were ready. THEY WERE FINALLY…
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What’s in a symbol?
Not matter what work I do, I tend to ask the hard questions; to get to the essence, to get to the truth. We live in a world with so many claims and so much marketing jargon, where people are often willing to say anything to get a sale. In sustainability, this has long been…
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Publishing a real book
Some consider that physical books are not the future, where we spend so much time in the digital world; why would someone opt for print? It’s funny that with the expansion of AI and digital media, somehow, the printed book feels even more beautiful because it is real. It has a size, a shape, a…
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Architectural Sustainability Strategy
Back in 2021, the landscape for environmental considerations was shifting and finally the government in New Zealand was starting to take notice. Many regulations were finally being updated and the reality of the effects of our industry was being more widely understood. As many of former my colleagues can attest, I have been quietly promoting,…
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Kamaka comes to life
Here in Te Awa Kairangi, Matiu has been writing news articles in te reo Māori for Atiawa Toa FM over several years. Today I was excited to help him bring his writing to a wider audience through creation of a new blog site. For those of you interested in short digestible news articles in reo…
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nztoworld – sharing overseas experiences
nztoworld is a blog that was started back in 2012 when buying a van and travelling Europe for nine months seemed like the perfect idea – and so it was! So many cultures and stunning places were experienced, shared and enjoyed. Now, over ten years later, the blog was resurrected, looking to share with you…