Planning for a Year of Spoken Word Poetry
Talofa Lava 2012 marks a milestone in my life, my career and hopefully in at least one young person’s life this year. Thanks to Vodafone Foundation 2012 is a year of turning dreams into realities. This...
View ArticleSpinning Spoken Word in Schools
Talofa Lava All February has been an exciting month of shaping the vision, rolling out promotional material for the 15 FREE spoken word poetry workshops I will be facilitating in secondary schools this...
View ArticleHearing Stories. . .
Wow this last month just flew by. March included, welcoming back my manager from his 7 week stint as leader of the NZ delegation for the Ship for World Youth around Japan/India/Sri Lanka, connecting...
View ArticlePersonal Growth & Development
Talofa Lava & Bula Vinaka April kickstarted with sharing, learning, eating, challenging, laughing, eating some more and connecting at the Vodafone Foundation Hui at the beautiful location of Long...
View ArticleMonth of May Poetic Pathways and Loving It !!
Talofa Lava & Bula Vinaka Everyone I hope everyone is well. May has been full of performances and workshops. I facilitated introduction to spoken word poetry workshops with 3 Year 13 level 3...
View ArticleVoicing Stories
Talofa Lava & Bula Vinaka Everyone…. I hope you are all well -- so this month I am dedicating my entire blog to the wonderful 9 young people of the Voicing Stories spoken word poetry programme....
View ArticleThe Speechless Poet
Talofa Lava & Bula Vinaka JULY ! -- I waited for you for 12 months and you surely delivered. To be honest it is hard to know where to start explaining this malaga and experience. So I will break...
View ArticleBringing it Back to my People
Talofa Lava Everyone My last blog was very meaty and I wanted to say a huge shout out to everyone that made that journey possible, especially to my mother and my partners mother -- without you to look...
View ArticleSpecial Guest September
Talofa Lava All It is so hard to believe that this WOD year is fast approaching it’s end. September was a huge month in three ways, professionally, artistically and personally. My partner in life,...
View ArticleNavigating Spaces
Talofa Lava I hope everyone is well with the year running up to meet us.October has been actioned packed with the seeing and hearing the fruits of the young poets of Navigating Spaces. I blogged...
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