Notes

145 pages.
On cover: Time, as always, will tell her own story.Contents include: Introduction -- The only Māori in the room -- Casual racism and the phone message of doom -- I never saw any narrative of Māori life until I was an adult -- Reading the signs on a journey into Māori law -- The Crown isn't just Pākehā -- it is also Māori -- What some bloody awful cartoons can tell us about ourselves -- What about a welfare system that doesn't judge need? -- Bad laws sometimes deserve to be broken -- Te Puea Marae, Tūhoe and the state of (Māori) welfare -- The long shadow over our marae -- Why is God and sexuality so bloody difficult? -- In the waiting place -- A good death -- The empathy gap and me -- Teaching and learning -- Mana wahine, the legal system and the search for better stories.
Summary: This collection of writing from Māmari Stephens (Te Rarawa) travels through introspection, loss and doubt, to present striking moments of insight into the world around us. From one of New Zealand's most perceptive legal scholars, these are words that question neat categorisations and easy assumptions. Kārearea returns, always, to the ground, the people, the experiences that make up a life of learning, and to the stories that we tell ourselves. (Publisher)

BWB texts.