Sioness, the Aotearoa born Ghanaian creator, vocalist and communicator writes for Awa Wahine

So I’m newly single and I’m often asked, are you ready to date? Here is my official response

Every month I am reminded - I am a Goddess, a crusader with a crimson cape

A love letter from a manuhiri to tangata whenua

Hineahuone by Hana Tapiata

Grappling with the space between two worlds - te ao Māori and te ao Pākehā

A love poem to the our bodies by Maisy

Kahu on the intersection of being Māori and Pākeha in Aotearoa

Trinity sending a message to every wahine. You. Are. Powerful

When accepting your own hair is an act of political resistance

A muse on the lost things in life by Bex

What is privilege and how does it allow us to denigrate others in the name of “free speech?”

125 years after women in New Zealand were given the right to vote - where are we now?

How can we follow our intuition and what does it have to do with the spirit guide or ancestor?

One gentle caress belies the thievery of motion,

That chaos could return at any time, a gross tsunami of destruction…

When so many of us suffer from it, why do we still find it hard to talk about depression?

Can I please have a mochaccino? Sure, what is your name? Ataria. Natalia? Atalia? No, A-ta-ri-a. Oh okay... uhh... how do you spell that?

“The thousands of strands of whakapapa that are bound together allow me to be here on this earth today”

Why are we more likely to call an intelligent, organised, confident and logical girl who puts her hand up bossy?

An introduction to Irihipeti, her writing and her first article for Awa Wahine.