You have a stunning program that will help change minds, attitudes and the direction of this country. Thank you so much for the commitment and dedication to this important mahi.
Connecting to ancestors who have done some pretty crook things and finding the humanity in them has been super powerful. Future generations will do Gathering at the Gate and be like “hell yeah, it was my ancestors who did those cool things!”
I will be forever grateful to you all for the journey you graciously led us all on. It has been deeply provoking for me and I am enjoying the chance now to sit deeper in myself, feeling a greater sense of context and understanding of who I am. I was not expecting to gain that from this time, but golly what a pleasant surprise and life-altering gift.
Thank you so much GatG for being such a pou during the aftermath of mum's death and helping me pivot towards connection and meaning. I feel like I am on an ever-unfolding road walking towards knowing who I am in Aotearoa culture and where I fit. I don't know of another experience that facilitates this in quite the same way.