Welcome to Whakataukī Among the Stars
Welcome to Whakataukī Among the Stars
I’ve always loved science fiction that reaches for wonder but keeps its boots on the ground. The kind of story that gives you starships, strange worlds, and impossible choices, but never forgets that people are at the centre of it all — people with families, responsibilities, histories, griefs, loyalties, and hopes.
That’s the heart of Whakataukī Among the Stars.
These stories grow from whakapapa — from connection, genealogy, belonging — and from tikanga, the customs and values that shape how we live with one another and with the world around us. They are guided by kaitiakitanga, the responsibility to care for and protect, and by manaakitanga, the deep importance of generosity, hospitality, and looking after others well. Woven through them too is the spirit of Te Whare Tapa Whā, the understanding that wellbeing is not one simple thing, but a balance of whānau, physical health, mental and emotional health, and spiritual strength.
At the centre of each story is a whakataukī — a proverb, a truth carried forward — whose meaning helps shape the choices the characters must make. Because even in the far future, among stars and stations and broken moons, people are still people. They still wrestle with duty, with love, with fear, with humour, with loss, and with the question of what they owe each other.
So in these pages, you’ll find starships and orbital stations, dust-choked marae turning slowly in the dark, salvage crews listening for a tremor in the hull, and worlds where survival means more than endurance. It means accountability. It means care. It means remembering who you are, and who you belong to.
This series is for readers who love wonder with weight behind it. For readers who like their science fiction full of heart, moral complexity, and the quiet awe of the unknown. And perhaps also for readers who understand that a proper cup of tea improves nearly everything except vacuum exposure.
So pull up a chair and stay a while.
Connection comes first. Courage comes next. And hope — stubborn, practical hope — doesn’t go down without a fight.
— Rebecca
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