A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha our present

our present

James Brown

Life in Aotearoa New Zealand in the early twenty-first century presents us with many controversial ethical issues: abortion

’ — Emma-Jean Kelly

‘Superbly researched and compellingly readable

A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha our presentEminent writers think about a better world Sixty eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a table, the tpu krero, from which the rangatira speak; they converse with honoured guests, and their rangatira krero embody the thuhu, the over arching horizontal ridge pole, of the shelter. In a series of rich conversations, those present discuss our world in the second decade of this