Nadine Hura: finding the words to talk about climate change

From Saturday Morning, 10:40 am on 28 June 2025

Photo: Bridget Williams Books

Wellington essayist Nadine Hura's new collection Slowing the Sun is a karanga to those who have left us and those still with us, with a message to hold fast to ancestral knowledge for future generations.

Overwhelmed by the complexity of climate change, Hura set out to find a language that connects more-deeply with the environmental crisis. 

Through science, pūrākau and poetry, Nadine attempts to understand climate change in relation to whenua and people.

Photo: Ebony Lamb Photography