Darryl Ward's website
The Possum Track, Hemi Matenga
Kiaora
koutou.
Ko Ngāti Pākehā tōku iwi.
Ko Taranaki
tōku maunga. Ko Waiwhakaiho
tōku awa.
He maha ngā waka no tāwāhi.
Ko
te wharenui me te whare tapu o Hato Mere tōku marae.
Ko Darryl Ward tōku ingoa.
Koia nei ko wai ahau.
Greetings,
everyone.
My people are Ngāti Pākehā.
My mountain is Taranaki.
My body was formed from minerals that washed down from his slopes. I am part
of the mountain, and the mountain is part of me.
My river is Waiwhakaiho.
Whenever I cross its waters, I know I am home.
I am of many canoes from overseas. My ancestors came from many lands.
The
Taranaki Cathedral of St. Mary is my marae.
This is where I was baptised and became a member of the Church.
This is my spiritual home.
My name is Darryl Ward.
This is who I am.
All content
on this site is copyright (c) Darryl Ward 2009 - 2023.
This site was last updated on Monday 21 August 2023
Featured content
Gone to the dogs
A sermon about caring for people on the margins
20 August 2023
Colonisation and conquest
A sermon about the doctrine of discovery
23 July 2023
Resurrection, atonement, and Mary Magdalene
A sermon for Easter Day
9 April 2023
No better witness
A sermon for the fourth anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shootings
12 March 2023
Living
in faith without fear
A sermon about faith, fear, and surviving toxic fundamentalism
20 November 2022
Uranus: the odd planet
Ebook published 7 November 2022
Can science and faith coexist?
Podcast published 15 October 2022
Satellites and sky pollution
Story map published 15
June 2022
Like
the Virgin?
A sermon about Mary's pregnancy and purity culture.
20 December 2020
When we stumble
A sermon about when we mess up, and why I don't believe in hell
26 September 2021
A happy camper
A story about
choosing the right tent.
Published in the July 2020 issue of Wilderness
Magazine