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Rongoā Māori is the traditional healing system of the Māori people, blending spiritual, physical, and mental well-being.
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Welcome to the Salient blog! Here you'll find every piece of writing we've published this year. Browse by category, or just go for a scroll.
Fox Keane
- 5 days ago
- 5 min
The Access Trap
Our ability to watch, read and listen is mediated almost entirely by corporations who follow the lone star of profit alone.
Guest Writer
- 5 days ago
- 1 min
Finding my Hands
I have always known I had a voice / The vibrations shaking my throat
Ash Buick
- Sep 23
- 2 min
Don’t Get Played by the Algorithm
These platforms hold so much power over us; it’s about time to take some of that power back.
Cassia Percival-Day
- Sep 23
- 3 min
A Weekend With the Nokia 1100
You can’t hide behind a brick phone. Pure socialising, no distractions—the way God intended.
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Review: Ngā Rorirori
Words by: Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds (she/they) After debuting in 2022 with great success, Ngā Rorirori is back and better than ever....
Rosa Hibbert-Schooner
- Sep 16
- 1 min
A Response To This Paru Government And Their Colonial Way
That fire burns deeply in my core. It enrages me with the environments we settle in and normalize. We aren’t all free until we are all free.
Guest Writer
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Tēnā, tūkuna te hungataiohi kia tohe, kia haka, kia puawai
I tū mai ngā whakataetae ā-motu Kapa Haka mō ngā Kura Tuarua, me te nui kē o ngā tohe tōrangapū i hakahaka, i pātere atu e wērā rangatahi.
William Koko
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Motukia Ngā Here:Ko te whakawehenga teka o te “Māori” me te “Pasifika”
I te tau 1769, i Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, i tāmarutia ngā hautaonga tauhoko a te Pākehā nō te Endeavour e ngā tapa nui i hokona i Tahiti.
Keiha Nicol
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Arotake Kiriata: Ka Whawhai Tonu
I rangona whānuitia ēnei kupu e te whenua mōhū i te akitu o te pakanga rongonui o Ōrākau, te hiku o Ngā Riri ki Waikato
Rosa Hibbert-Schooner
- Sep 16
- 1 min
He whakahoki kitēnei kāwanatangaparu, me ānamahi koroniara.
Anā te ahi pūkākā kei roto i ahau.
Guest Writer
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Tēnā, tūkuna te hunga taiohi kia tohe, kia haka, kia puawai
Ko tōna, me waihō te ao tōrangapū ki te hunga pakeke, nā, me waiho ngā tamariki kia haka hei tamariki.
William Koko
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Breaking Down the Boundaries:The False Separation of “Māori” and “Pasifika”
By challenging these imposed boundaries and embracing our shared Pacific identity, we can honour the true nature of our interconnectedness.
Hemi Pinford-Whanga
- Sep 16
- 1 min
Maramataka
Kia ora, nau mai ki tō mātou pānui mō te maramataka, hei te 16 o Mahuru 2024 i timata.
Keiha Nicol
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Film Review: Ka Whawhai Tonu
These words rang out across the quiet battlefield at the apex of the famous battle of Ōrākau, the last stand of the Waikato Wars…
Madison Brokenshire
- Sep 9
- 6 min
Fact or Fiction: On Finally Falling In Love With Aotearoa’s History
I was learning—really learning—huge things about Aotearoa that my school had never mentioned to me; I was discovering who I was.
Salient Mag
- Sep 9
- 5 min
Feminism, Fiction, and Fucking Hacks
Words by: Onjei Bond With the arrival of a new Beetlejuice, a new Quiet Place, and another Godzilla, sometimes it can feel like the...
Phoebe Robertson
- Sep 9
- 3 min
Crosswords? Blake knows her.
Blake’s journey into crossword-making kicked off in March last year after reading a particularly scathing anonymous letter to the editor.
Salient Mag
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Tattoo Artist Profiles
Artist Profile: @rosehutattoo Words by Phoebe Robertson (she/her) Rose Hu’s journey as an artist began in the most unlikely of places: an...
Xavier Farrow-Francis
- Aug 30
- 5 min
Songs of Liberation: A History of Musical Resistance
Words by Xavier Farrow-Francis , Charlie Doble At a certain stage in one’s life, there comes a time where you get a jolt. A realisation...
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