This blog continues the reflections sparked by reader feedback to my earlier piece: Leadership in Crisis. In that blog, I questioned how leadership across various sectors often fails those it claims to represent. Since then, conversations have expanded, particularly around the visible but often hollow performances of ethnic leadership in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is … Continue reading Beyond Appearances: Rethinking Ethnic Leadership
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The Danger of Trivialising Democracy
Lately, in that strange murmur that passes for political news in Aotearoa New Zealand, there’s been talk—suggestions, really—that submissions to Parliament’s Select Committees are being churned out by bots. Not all of them, of course. Just enough to make headlines, raise eyebrows, and trigger the familiar nods of knowing cynicism. You know the tone: democracy … Continue reading The Danger of Trivialising Democracy
Born Here, Yet Distant
Born in this land, raised under its skies, shaped by its seasons, yet feeling the quiet ache of not quite belonging. What is it, truly, to call a place home? Is it where your first words formed, where your name was written on school rolls, where you laughed through muddy games and sang the national … Continue reading Born Here, Yet Distant
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