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Dalas Kruger When The Tūi Call The tūī call at dawn each morning, weaving honeyed hymns through the pale light. Their song spills over our sleepless joy, over hours spent stitching dreams to words— the sun always seemed to rise too soon. By dusk, your bags lined the door. You said goodbye like a stranger would— a soft, obligatory kindness. That night, I lay awake counting heartbeats, each one thudding where your voice had been. The tūī still call at dawn, relentless

Kaleb Evans-Lao Editors Note: While this article reflects the author’s views, it does not adequately represent the Law School’s work in teaching and developing tikanga Māori. For a more accurate and in-depth look at this work, please see the news page. The Socratic method is a form of teaching that fascinated me long before I ever went to university. I pictured a lecture theatre full of lively debate over ethics, with each mind pouring its intellectual capacity and opinions