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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Te Wairua ki Roto
After eight years of ups and downs, Bonnie Baty finally completed her first set of Kaupapa Māori Intuitive Cards, a process that was both emotionally challenging and rewarding.
Mate Wahine
Sonya’s first period intertwines with a tangi, marking a moment of personal change and tradition.
On this Mother’s Day
Content warning: Miscarriage.
Teah Carlson shares a poem on her personal experience of miscarrying her baby.
Too White, and Too Brown
After moving from Te Taitokerau to Te Waipounamu, Tehya Henare-Toka went from not Māori enough, to the brownest in the room.
No Fat Chicks Allowed
Cameron MacCausland-Taylor on the media representation of fat women.
Te Rere o te Kererū
Sarah Knipping reflects on her whakapapa and writes her first karakia.
Kapu Tī with a Māmā: Emma Te Rina Smith
Emma Te Rina Smith, mum to Son, shares her haerenga through hapūtanga.
Generations of Te Ataarangi ki roto o Tainui
I noho a Emma Te Rina Smith ki te whakawhiti kōrero ki tētehi o ngā rūruhi me tētehi o ngā mokopuna o Te Ataarangi e pā ana ki tēnei kaupapa, te whakarauora i te reo Māori.
Tea with Metiria
Catherine Delahunty has tea with Metiria Turei. Is fairness in New Zealand mythological? Who will stand with the people with no one on their side?