A short story inspired by the atua Māori.

A handwritten poem by Tylee Hudson on Covid-19 and why we should be listening to Papatūānuku.

Arahia Andrews reminds us that we are enough.

Kahukura accepts the name given to her by her tūpuna.

Zoe Moana Murray on living in L.A, and longing for her own whenua.

Karamina’s longing for her anguished cry to be heard.

Putaanga on a powerful yearning for moko kauae.

Grace explores the existence of fairies until adulthood brings the death of magic.

Ariana links the natural world to inner listening.

A collection of poetry by Arihia Latham: The crash of living things, Name her after me, Little Potato, New colonies and Cellular division.

Ngā hākarā or the chakra system in mātauranga Māori as shared by Josephine Raukawa.

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

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

Aramoana and connecting to the stories of her ancestors through the whenua.

Ancestors and the ātua intertwine in this poem by P Edmonds-Topia.

and our grandmothers couldn’t teach us consent… because they never gave it…

A story about shedding layers and finding YOU!

Heartfelt return home for a young wāhine living in Ahitireiria.

As she waits for the school bus, a young wahine is joined by her racist Pākehā school mate. A true short story.

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