Movies
Going to movies by yourself is awesome, actually
Wherein Moata makes the case that a trip to the movie theatre as a solo activity might be the optimum way of doing it.
Don't let the bastards grind you down
Happy flippin' new year
Moata gets weirdly inspired by cutesy chalk art and remembers that she has an email newsletter!
Poetry
It's poetry if I say it is
On National Poetry Day Moata mines some poetry-adjacent scribblings from her small herd of notebooks.
Self-actualising like a mofo
A tale of two high-fives
If someone doesn't want to high-five you maybe just be cool about it?
Wholesome shit
Little treats: Highlights from my camera roll and other not terrible things
Just a post of fun stuff (and too many footnotes)!
Wholesome shit
If you steal my sunshine
Today has been a weird one, what with one thing and another so if you're feeling bewildered, anxious, angry or any combination thereof nobody could blame you and certainly I won't. That said, I am more and more of the opinion that finding, appreciating, and celebrating
High swearage levels
The 12 things of Christmas
Moata expunges her Christmas to-do list in the form of a sweary twelve days of Christmas parody. It's just that kind of week.
Māoritanga
Tēnei te tangata
It's the haka heard around the world but why does it resonate so much with people outside of Aotearoa New Zealand?
Movies
A Woman of Substance
Things get messy in more ways than one in Coralie Fargeat's feminist body horror.
Māoritanga
Who's a plastic Māori?
How Māori is Māori enough? The answer is... this question is a bad one.
Birbs
Fuck yeah, it's bird rating time
Down with cynicism, up with the native bird of my choosing! It's our wholesome moment in the sun, Aotearoans. IT'S BIRD OF THE YEAR, BABY.
Ōtautahi/Christchurch
That terrible day
Moata recounts the events of 15 March 2019 as she experienced them (i.e. from the outside).