Lara Taylor (Te Arawa, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku) has worked in the fields of Māori planning and research. She has a master’s degree in science and environmental management, and her work is focused on systems change that puts Papatūānuku first.
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.