tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268786658572415352.post4964069092718507075..comments2022-09-09T22:12:21.147+12:00Comments on NEW ZEALAND EDGE: Nga Kupu Aroha #16: Denis O'ReillyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268786658572415352.post-91807777590238158142007-05-23T15:24:00.000+12:002007-05-23T15:24:00.000+12:00Kia ora, brother, and so much gratitude for sharin...Kia ora, brother, and so much gratitude for sharing this with me.<BR/><BR/>I think it’s fucking wonderful.<BR/><BR/>It’s a best mix of poetry and science, Maori and Pakeha, feeling and thinking. And it’s a uniquely New Zealand document. <BR/><BR/>Once, long ago, late at night, at a hui on the Otaku marae, I stood and asked, “What's the difference between a hui and a meeting of the New Zealand Psychological Society?”<BR/><BR/>I answered my own question, something like this: “At a hui, there’s feeling as well as learning. You laugh, you cry, you argue, you attack and defend and do the dishes. At the meetings of learned societies, there's learning. Full stop.”<BR/><BR/>In this — what is it? Essay? Memoir? Cry? Awakening call? — you've captured the fullness of the hui, even unto doing the dishes.<BR/><BR/>I hope it’s widely read and widely considered. If there is any way I can be of help during my month in Aotearoa, please let me know.<BR/><BR/>Arohanui, Denis.<BR/><BR/>JulesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com