Miriama Gemmell on the absurdity of ‘I can’t roll my r’s’ and ‘I’ve always said it like this.’

Trigger Warning: Content in this piece contains references to rape and incest.

A poem about a childhood stolen through sexual violence.

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.

On the importance of valuing and returning to our selves as women.

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

Catherine Delahunty on the role of the ally at Ihumātao as she stands in solidarity with the ancient voice of mana wahine.

Jessica Thompson Carr is an artist born and bred in Ōtepoti, New Zealand.

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.

Short story set in a dystopian society where pregnancy and women’s health clinics are illegal.

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.

Grace writes to the boy who passed her story around, a story that was not his to tell.

Through her artwork The First Woman, Jasmine explores menstruation.

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