Open AccessHe waka eke noa!
Author(s) -
Eliza Perkinson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
aotearoa new zealand social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2463-4131
pISSN - 1178-5527
DOI - 10.11157/anzswj-vol32iss2id745
Subject(s) - aotearoa , consciousness , project commissioning , sociology , media studies , political science , publishing , gender studies , law , epistemology , philosophy
Out of the response to Covid-19 emerged a message: he waka eke noa. This whakatauki, which directly translates to mean, “we are all in this together”, was used to unite Aotearoa New Zealand in our efforts against the virus. It refers to a waka of collective consciousness guiding us on the same journey. But were we united? Were we truly in this waka (canoe), of five million together?