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A place for creating stories together. Books and Events. Finding Grace published 2023. Seeking Will creating in 2025.

18/06/2026

As I begin to write out ideas for the next book, I feel how this series of poem picture books is writing me!

Ideas come flying and I grab scraps of envelopes, pieces of paper and jot them down. To transport them into my journal. Then, like with the other books, I'll print them out large and talk through them with our workshops. We see what else emerges to shape them and let them linger with the place they come from.

This series feels like it is writing my journey of connection and becoming, being of this place, Aotearoa NZ. Only recently I'm felt able to say "I am Māori". For so long I felt I wasn't enough, only a part, not connected, not anchored, not speaking reo.

The legacy of this story is a river running through my body. How generations have been affected through language loss. But all rivers flow to the sea and can be returned.

The story is mine. As well as everyone's. All at the same time.

17/06/2026

Gatherings.
I'm loving seeing how our stories are showing up in the world.

From the beautiful reading Glen Eden Library - Te Pātaka Kōrero o Ōkaurirahi where we rewrote "Seeking Will" together, to a class that wrote their own stories inspired by "Finding Grace" about adventures in their backyards.

From the Seeking Our Way workshops at the Booktown festival to the beautiful bookmaking that's been happening since then. From the Seeking Our Way activations at Arataki to all the ripples we're creating together.

We're doing more of this in July. Come explore with us.

**If you're an educator:** we'd love to connect. There are lots of resources on our website, and teachers get the books cheaper because we love you.

Happy to chat about bringing workshops or readings to your school or community.

www.thelightlibrary.com

05/05/2026

We are so honoured and stoked to have Finding Grace | Kimihia a Grace as a Story Walk in the legendary Joy Cowley Park in Featherston! All the pages of the book will be up in the park so you can read, play and explore all at once—during Booktown Festival and beyond.

Thanks, Featherston Booktown Chicken and Frog bookstore
And for getting it up!!!

Story Walk & Author Chat !!!!
Join me for a gentle walk through the Story Walk this Sunday:
Sunday 10th May, 12:30pm
Meet at: Chicken and Frog Bookstore, Featherston

We'll walk the story together, find treasures and words hidden along the way, then return to the bookstore for book signing and a chat about The Light Library and what we're creating together.

All ages welcome - perfect for tamariki and whānau
Free event - books available to purchase and sign afterwards

Duration: 30 minutes

Ngā mihi to Featherston Booktown and Chicken and Frog Bookstore for this beautiful collaboration.

10/04/2026

Seeking Our Way together at Arataki Visitor Centre

The Seeking Our Way activities are happening at Arataki Visitor Centre right now....storm mapping, companions and creative explorations for all ages. All emerging for the Making of our pukapuka Seeking Will, Rapua a Will!!!

And there's more to come!

Thanks to support from our local Waitākere Ranges Local Board, we'll be running more fun creative workshops with Seeking Our Way in June and July. More details to come!

If you haven't explored the activities yet, they're available through the school holidays at Arataki. Pop in, play with the storm circles and see what emerges.

📍 Arataki Visitor Centre, Titirangi
🌿 Part of EcoFest EcoFest

09/04/2026

Last chance! Final WRAP workshop this season 🌿

This is our final WRAP workshop for autumn—and there are still a few spaces left!
Join Yoko and me at Monarch Park, Hillcrest on Tuesday 14 April, 10:30am-12pm for mindful stone wrapping. We'll make something beautiful from "ordinary" stones, weaving calm and creativity into our time together in the park.
Auckland Parks EcoFest

Everyone who's been to our WRAP gatherings has loved it—the simplicity, the presence, the magic of making together.

Part of our Creative Nature series, supported by Auckland Parks and EcoFest. It's been so popular, I'm sure we'll do another style of creative offering soon!

Still some spaces available—book now:
https://events.humanitix.com/summer-creative-nature-workshop-wrap-mindful-stones-at-monarch-park

See you in the park! 💚

02/04/2026

Creative Nature Workshops - Autumn School Holidays
Join us for two beautiful outdoor playshops as part of our Creative Nature series, supported by Auckland Parks and EcoFest

STORY | KŌRERO
📍 Tōtara Park - Thursday 9 April, 10:30am-12pm with Emma
&
WRAP | Mindful Stones
📍 Monarch Park - Tuesday 14 April, 10:30am-12pm
With Emma and Yoko

Creativity and nature woven together. Perfect for tamariki, adults, and whānau. All materials provided, kai shared.

Limited spaces—book now!

STORY | KŌRERO
BOOK: 🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/story-creative-nature-workshops-in-auckland-parks-t-tara-park

WRAP | Mindful Stones
BOOK: 🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/summer-creative-nature-workshop-wrap-mindful-stones-at-monarch-park

01/04/2026

Walk. Wonder. Write. Draw. 🚶🏻‍➡️🌿✍🏻

Do you have tamariki who are curious about nature and creativity?

Join Emma for a playful and reflective workshop where you’ll create your handmade book, inspired by a journey through the park 🌳

You’ll learn how to fold and bind a book to fill with the day’s reflections, then take it home 📖

Don't miss out on this FREE workshop, limited spaces so be sure to register!
👉🏻 www.ecofest.org.nz/event/story-korero-totara-park/

Plus, check out heaps more events during the April school holidays for EcoFest: https://bit.ly/ecofestschoolholidayevents

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