The haka heard round the world (some context by Nadine Hura)
Kia ora koutou (hello all!),
Hi darlings. How are you? I’m still reeling from my current reading about preparing for tyranny. But, more on that next time.
Right now, I’m speaking to white women, to myself, to anyone who feels ripped out of the world by the roots, casting about for something more.
Please share with someone you love.
Let’s start by grieving what has been lost.
Let’s start by saying goodbye to an imagined chapter of peace and privilege.
Let’s say goodbye before we turn forward and get to work.
And when you are ready (only when you are rested and ready, please be gentle with yourself), let us learn from the wisdom of others, who have for much longer seen clearly the state of hate in the world.
May you be uplifted and inspired by the haka heard round the world.
Please go read this primer by Nadine Hura. Excerpt below:
“Haka. An outpouring of spontaneous energy, the purest fuel a living body can tap into, the most unselfconscious, uninhibited expression of absolute truth that eyes and lips and limbs can express. Nothing reaches into your guts and drags everything towards it like haka. You cannot look away. You better not look away. Best to kneel.”
From The haka you just watched was set in motion decades ago (some context for international audiences) A small piece of historical context for one great haka.
Pictures from the hīkoi yesterday. Humbling, heart filling, and elevating:
More to come next time on how we prepare for resistance.
For now, let’s bow down, for grief, then rest, then renewal.
Love, Kerry