Māmari Stephens Archives

In the waiting place

Posted by Māmari Stephens | Mar 27, 2022 | Reflections

“The smoke floats around her like a deadly nimbus; but the irony still pinches. That one thing that put her here is the one thing that gives her any remnant of her own life now.” — Māmari Stephens.

Reading the signs on a journey into Māori law

Posted by Māmari Stephens | Feb 13, 2021 | Reflections

“Up until my early 20s, Māori people and language had never really been normal at all to me. Māori concepts and ideas were not normal either, except in the most abstract and safe way.” — Māmari Stephens.

Rāhui, mana, and Peter Ellis

Posted by Māmari Stephens | Jul 26, 2020 | Comment & Analysis

Is it time to turn to Māori law for the answer to a legal issue that would affect all New Zealanders? — Māmari Stephens on the Peter Ellis case and the growing role and status of tikanga Māori in Aotearoa’s laws.

Why is God and sexuality so bloody difficult?

Posted by Māmari Stephens | Apr 29, 2018 | Reflections

“Christianity is a religion of failures and dropkicks, hypocrites and losers, because most of us are goodish, but not one of us is good enough. We all know this regardless of belief, right?”