Author: Roger McDonald

‘The girl came aboard the Spirit of New Zealand reluctantly, a few months after she came home from a special school. She had been sent to the school to overcome problems. The difficulties were serious. They were absolutely not her fault but they’d affected her attitude and behaviour…’

Read an extract from A Spirit Companion: Celebrating the first 50 years of the Spirit of Adventure Trust.

November 2023 release

Author: Anton Blank. Editor: Witi Ihimaera

‘Humans are entitled to live a life they value. I think this is the starting and end point when we consider racism towards Indigenous peoples and migrant cultures. It is the aspirational goal. I have mana, you have mana…’

Read Anton Blank’s essay ‘Indigenous migrations’ extracted from Ngā Kupu Wero.

Released August 2023