Home Ground creates space for women in the justice system to pause, nurture hope, activate social change and create better lives for themselves and future generations. On a Home Ground project, artists (inside and outside of prison) make creative works using dance, performance, photography, writing, painting and music to address the issues women and whānau face in the justice system. Take the Space This audio journey has been crafted with love, by the Home Ground Collective. We created this podcast to control our own narrative, to tell our own stories, to be who we are on our own terms. Each episode you will hear more about the work we do and through our voices and collective learning, you can help to change the shape of the justice system – for the better. Episode 1: The House That Home Ground Built This first episode sets the tone for the stories we are going to share. It is about the house that Home Ground has built over the last five years, we introduce some of our core crew and what we set out to achieve with this audio journey. Most importantly we talk about how we have used creativity to rebuild our identities, and how we have survived and thrived as wahine, mama’s, aunties and artists. Episode 2: Finding My Why In this episode our amazing Plant Mama, Te Aue, talks about the journey of ‘Finding My Why’ when you are in prison – what do you hold onto to remind yourself what matters? What happens when you go home? How do you find your motivation to keep going with your good life? Te Aue has been working with us for four years, and as well as beautiful visual arts she is a motivational speaker! Listen up – she shares all her wisdom through the strength of lived experience. Mauri Ora! Episode 3: Nature As A Healer This episode we hear from Super Narni – our incredible collaborator and creator, Narni inspires us all with her healing powers and bravery. A talented weaver of harakeke and dream catchers, Narni has been working with us for four years. A gentle warning that this episode deals with grief. Dive into this episode as an audio listening experience, she has recorded sound in spaces that she loves, that nurture her and her whānau, while sharing her creative writing. Call to Action Our call to action this week is to go out and explore the sounds in nature all around you, find that magic space, the sea, the wind, the trees, and sit, collect the sound and breathe….. ✨✨✨find your space, find your magic ✨✨✨ Episode 4: Community, Collaboration and Kotahitanga In this episode we are talking about community, collaborations and the many different parts to the creative process. It takes a community to build a community. Everything Home Ground achieves is because of the many hands, minds and hearts that bring it all together. We believe that, in collaborating with each other, artists, participants, organisations and partners – Home Ground becomes what it needs to be. Sharing our stories, understanding our collective wisdom, building community, collaborating together, we reach the goal of kotahitanga. Website: homegroundnz.com Instagram: @home_ground_poneke Facebook: HomeGroundPoneke Spotify: Home Ground
