Jessica Thompson Carr
Jessica Thompson Carr is an artist born and bred in Ōtepoti, New Zealand.
I Grew Up Speaking
A poem by Abby Hauraki on speaking a language that is not the language of her tūpuna.
Whenua Narratives
Aramoana and connecting to the stories of her ancestors through the whenua.
Essence Of My Ancestors
Ancestors and the ātua intertwine in this poem by P Edmonds-Topia.
The Serendipity of X, Y, and Z
Short story set in a dystopian society where pregnancy and women’s health clinics are illegal.
Daughters of Displacement
and our grandmothers couldn’t teach us consent… because they never gave it…
A Bathful of Kawakawa and Hot Water
Heartfelt return home for a young wāhine living in Ahitireiria.
To The Boy I Loved And Cannot Forgive (Yet)
Grace writes to the boy who passed her story around, a story that was not his to tell.
A Story Of Seven
As she waits for the school bus, a young wahine is joined by her racist Pākehā school mate. A true short story.
Nightmare on The Mind
Emma writes about her dreamtime and tūpuna as the pillars that protect wairua.
Julia Cassidy
Juliana and her great-grandmother who witnessed a chain of Irish and Māori resistance after the British invasion of Parihaka.
Postnatal Depression
Melanie shares her heart wrenching story of post-natal depression after the birth of her fourth child - her baby boy.
Insecure AF
Number one question/comment/statement I get from people who know me but don't KNOW ME. "How'd you get so confident/I love your confidence?”
When I Was Thirteen
Suzanne revisits thirteen and the realisation that who she is, might not be the who society wants her to be.
The Meadow Report
Melanie shares her insight into the kōrero of wāhine she terms the meadow report.