Tena koe and welcome to Issue 28 of Black Magazine.
2017 has been a year of change. The Inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States has thrust the partisan nature of democracy in America to centre stage. The rest of the world now watches the ensuing events in real time via every accessible social media channel. Here in New Zealand our own people placed their faith in a centre-left coalition government lead by Jacinda Ardern, a truly modern, young female Prime Minister who aims to lead our country with core principles of social responsibility and transparent democratic processes, not just by the capitalist imperative . Good and bad the people have spoken.
Here at Black our change has been less dramatic but still change indeed.
Nga mihi, Rachael, Grant, Ethan, and the Black Whanau.
