Desna Whaanga-Schollum M.SciComm, B.Design. Rongomaiwahine, Kahungunu, Pāhauwera, Ngāi Tahu Matawhaiti. Resident in her iwi territories on the East Coast of Aotearoa, New Zealand, she is actively involved in Indigenous discourse, re-inscribing ancestral narratives in cultural landscapes, advocating respect and reciprocal relationships with Place.
Lara Taylor, Kathryn Gale, Alison Greenaway and Desna Whaanga-Schollum reflect on how they created safe space on a recent noho marae wānanga by operating in aroha.