Nadine Millar (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi) has a background in journalism, education policy and kaupapa Māori research. Her essays explore themes of identity, biculturalism, politics and parenting.
This is what grief taught me: that creating is the only true antidote to death.
There are many lessons climate scientists can learn from mātauranga Māori. Lesson one is: don't panic.
Nadine Anne Hura reflects on love, loss and regret on this first Christmas without her brother.
Like hundreds of thousands of others, Nadine Anne Hura’s brother couldn’t see the point in participating in a system that didn’t make space for him, much less represent him.
He was different, like Māui. Equal parts curious, reckless, determined and brave, he couldn’t leave things alone. He needed to know.
Piiata the lab was supposed to paper over the cracks of Nadine Anne Hura's broken family with beads of glittering gold. Instead, she began to dismantle the house one panel …
There are many lessons climate scientists can learn from mātauranga Māori. Lesson one is: don't panic.
At a recent Aotearoa Climate Emergency meeting in Wellington, the topic under discussion was a Citizens’ Assembly to work towards cross-party agreement on climate action. Nadine Hura went along to ask what a citizen looks like and who gets to decide.
We need to amplify indigenous voices around the climate emergency, but what does that mean in practice?
I’ve seen more sober sunrises now than I can count, and each one holds more meaning for me than any cocktail hour.
Nadine Anne Hura is one of six writers who have been selected for Te Papa Tupu 2018, a writing programme for Māori voices. We asked her what it means for her as a Māori writer.
Whether it's one glass while making dinner or a few at kids' birthday parties, it's often hard to separate motherhood from drinking. Mother of three Nadine Anne Hura writes about why she finally decided to quit for good.
Nadine Anne Hura shares the challenges of encouraging te reo Māori with teenagers and the joy of total immersion environments for all of the whānau.
Essayist Nadine Anne Hura discovers a town alive with the voices of the past.
Essayist Nadine Anne Hura goes looking for one ancestor's story, and asks what really lies underneath our monuments to war.
We should promote everyone having a go at learning te reo Māori – but please think twice before you ask a Māori person to do the heavy lifting for you, writes Nadine Anne Hura.
Nadine Millar writes a love letter to her beloved Porirua, and asks 'What's in a name?'
A high school debate tournament highlighted the unconscious Euro-centric bias at the heart of the New Zealand education system, writes Nadine Millar.
I only started studying te reo at Te Ataarangi this year, but I knew straight away that there was something different about it – and not just the fact that we use cuisenaire rods instead of pen and paper, writes Nadine Millar.
What happens when your baby is born and you don’t feel anything? Nadine Millar shares her story of waiting for the feelings to come.
Nadine Millar's son Cormac has loved books all his life – but for a long time he just couldn't (or wouldn't) read them. She explains why this wasn't as terrible as it first seemed, and tells the story of how Cormac finally learned to read.
