Archive

Every issue of Awa Wahine is created to be held, revisited, and shared.

With each new edition, we open one piece from the previous issue to everyone. This archive also holds years of essays, reflections, interviews, and stories from the pages of Awa Wahine.

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Ruby Solly 06/07/2022 Ruby Solly 06/07/2022

Returning Home

Ruby Solly returns home to her marae in Te Wai Pounamu.

Tia Barrett 14/03/2022 Tia Barrett 14/03/2022

High School and Māori Identity

Tia Barrett on the impact of her schooling on being Māori.

Laura Toailoa 10/03/2022 Laura Toailoa 10/03/2022

Love Notes in the Group Chat

Love looks like a million dollars and a shared Afterpay password, reckons Laura Toailoa.

Abby Hauraki 15/06/2020 Abby Hauraki 15/06/2020

Tai Pari

Poem by Abby Hauraki for her friend Jax, and the pain of love and loss.

Emma Te Rina Smith 15/06/2020 Emma Te Rina Smith 15/06/2020

Nightmare on The Mind

Emma writes about her dreamtime and tūpuna as the pillars that protect wairua.

Hinewai Waitoa 15/06/2020 Hinewai Waitoa 15/06/2020

Healing Journey Of Moko Kauae – Feeling Worthy

Hinewai and the healing journey of her moko kauae

Ataria Sharman 15/06/2020 Ataria Sharman 15/06/2020

SEXUAL AF

Hinenui embraces her sexuality and asks, What turns me on and What feels good?

Catherine Delahunty 11/06/2020 Catherine Delahunty 11/06/2020

Tax is Love

What is tax? Tax is love.