Tai Walker's unveiling was held on Sunday 25 Oct 2015, at Mihimarino urupa, Tuparoa, which is based at Te Heapera Marae, just outside Ruatoria.
The day started grey, but brightened up just before the unveiling started. We sung a hymn Mum wanted at her tangi, the minister taught us...
Why me? Why was I born into a poor family? Why did my friends get many more presents from Santa Claus than I did? Why did all the other boys in High School have girlfriends but not me? Why did other families have newer cars, bigger houses?
Why me? Later when I was at University why did...
It is mid-winter, the days are short and I hear rain on the window. A time to close down and wait for the spring – not for our group it would seem. (note this was written a few months ago) Three significant projects are underway which are bringing with them an exciting new...
Karen planned her funeral beautifully and with a lot of love and care. She arranged for both an Anglican and a Catholic Priest to preside and they were both generous with their willingness to celebrate her life with readings she had chosen from H H Shantanand Saraswati and Rumi. The...
"Aravinda was given two names by people who loved her" were the words that opened the August 2014 memorial service for Aravinda, also known as Louise Bertrand.
As Louise, she became known to the members of the Wellington Study Group around twenty years ago. Formerly a member of the...
Reading taken from Sw. Visnudevananda’s Upadeshas; his thoughts on Karma and Reincarnation . Sw. Vishnu was a disciple of Sw. Sivananda of the Saraswati Lineage.
There is one thing that is certain in life and that is death. Our life span is 100 years, give...