The first humans moved to New Zealand (Aotearoa in Te Reo Māori) just under 800 years ago, traveling from Polynesia in canoes to settle here. Compared to the lengths of time humans have been living on other continents, Aotearoa is very newly colonized. This combined with the relatively small population and strict conservation laws has […]
Category: Maya
Spring 2025
Water and what it means here
#2: 3/6/25 Sit spot: Backyard garden behind my flat 3:30pm New Zealand’s indigenous peoples, or Māori people, consider water to be the foundation of all life. At a museum I was at a few weeks ago, there was an exhibit about those who fought in the New Zealand wars. At the end of the exhibit, […]
On Traveling Alone
#1: 1/31/25Sit spot: Blue Lagoon cliff, Nusa Lembogan, Bali, Indonesia11:05am Today I challenged myself to do something scary alone. I took my rental scooter, the preferred method of travel on this small Indonesian island, and drove to where I’m sitting now: the Blue Lagoon. The cliff I’m on seems to be made of volcanic rock […]