I Never Thought I’d See This in Aotearoa New Zealand

The Culture Shock I Never Expected—Nor Wanted

The Long White Cloud is there somewhere…

I’m in Aotearoa¹. Land of the Long White Cloud. Country of my birth. Kiwi to my Yamabushi.

And yet, I still get culture shock. Or, maybe it’s reverse culture shock. Or maybe, it’s Aotearoa’s entirely unwarranted infatuation with the US.

Whatever it was,

for the love of Kami,

please,

I beg of you,

in the kindest way possi…