Seed Swap Builds Community
April 5, 2019
The Roimata Food Commons is an extraordinary local initiative being used to build connections and a sense of community by sharing plants and food grown at a local Park in Christchurch. For more on the Roimata food Commons see the following link: https://www.facebook.com/roimatafoodcommons.
For generations, the ancestral rock art of the Arowhenua people has been owned by others, with the land and limestone caves held in private ownership as part of a Gould family farm. Now after more than 170 years, Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua has purchased back the land and full access and ownership of their ancient taonga.
Sit across the table if you're able
from that person that you harmed
and disarmed listen
leave defences at the door
and do nothing more than listen.