Slowing the Sun

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Author: Nadine Hura

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Overwhelmed and often unmoved by the scientific and political jargon ofclimate change, Nadine Hura sets out to find a language to connect moredeeply to the environmental crisis. But what begins as a journalistic questtakes an abrupt and introspective turn following the death of her brother.

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Hope is a shovel and will give you blistersOverwhelmed and often unmoved by the scientific and political jargon ofclimate change, Nadine Hura sets out to find a language to connect moredeeply to the environmental crisis. But what begins as a journalistic questtakes an abrupt and introspective turn following the death of her brother.In the midst of grief, Hura works through science, purakau, poetry and backagain. Seeking to understand climate change in relation to whenua andpeople, she asks: how should we respond to what has been lost? Her manysidedessays explore environmental degradation, social disconnection andIndigenous reclamation, insisting that any meaningful response must begrounded in Te Tiriti and anti-colonialism.Slowing the Sun is a karanga to those who have passed on, as well as to theliving, to hold on to ancestral knowledge for future generations.

About the Author

Nadine Hura (Ngati Hine, Ngapuhi, Pakeha) is a writer whose workconnects literature, social policy and environmental justice. Her workwith Maori communities on climate research for the Deep South NationalScience Challenge led to many of the essays in Slowing the Sun. She haswritten extensively for The Spinoff , E-Tangata and other platforms. Hura, aMama, poet and essayist, lives in Titahi Bay, Wellington, while pursuing herwriting and advocacy for the protection of Papatuanuku and revitalisationof Indigenous knowledge.