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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Arpége Taratoa 06/07/2022 Arpége Taratoa 06/07/2022

Power of a Name

Arpége Taratoa on her mixed identity.

Marnie Reinfelds 06/11/2021 Marnie Reinfelds 06/11/2021

Oh Lorde have mercy on our souls

Marnie Reinfeld on celebrity worshipping, colonisation and capitalism.

Aryan McKay 02/11/2021 Aryan McKay 02/11/2021

Whitestream

Aryan McKay explores her upbringing.

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

I Grew Up Speaking

A poem by Abby Hauraki on speaking a language that is not the language of her tūpuna.

Miriama Gemmell 15/06/2020 Miriama Gemmell 15/06/2020

The Onus

Miriama and a powerful poem of rage on colonisation, language loss and revitalisation.

Rangimarie Sophie Jolley 14/06/2020 Rangimarie Sophie Jolley 14/06/2020

Guttural Language

Ranigmarie and the sound of te reo in her mouth

Abby Hauraki 13/06/2020 Abby Hauraki 13/06/2020

The Long Hīkoi Home

Abby reflects on learning te reo Māori as her own ocean-navigating journey on a starless night.