Photo: Getty ImagesConversations about war, conflict, and global instability are no longer distant. For many whānau, the impacts are not abstract, they are real pressures and difficult decisions being made every day. Decisions made far beyond our control, in rooms we will never sit in, by people we will never meet, could bring all of our long-awaited plans to an end. When decisions are driven by power, control, or influence, rather than care for those most affected, it becomes harder to ignore what is really driving those decisions. The idea of others stepping into spaces that are not theirs, making decisions that reshape lives that are not theirs, is something we know all too well here in Aotearoa.
