For Beth Awatere, their identity is a tapestry of guesswork and misunderstood social cues.

From the back row of her school's kapa haka, Shannon recounts a journey of finding her voice and re-embracing her Māori identity.

I noho a Emma Te Rina Smith ki te whakawhiti kōrero ki tētehi o ngā rūruhi me tētehi o ngā mokopuna o Te Ataarangi e pā ana ki tēnei kaupapa, te whakarauora i te reo Māori.

Jessica Maclean recounts pūrākau, kōrero tuku iho and reflects on tūpuna wahine.

A journey through whakapapa to pepeha by Aryan.

The karanga to Nuhaka was too strong for Josephine Raukawa to ignore.

Karine Te Kanawa on her Māori and Pasifika heritage and connection with Tangaroa.

Kahukura accepts the name given to her by her tūpuna.

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

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

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

Juliana and her great-grandmother who witnessed a chain of Irish and Māori resistance after the British invasion of Parihaka.

Melanie shares what it feels like to be asked “How Much Māori Are You?”

Hineahuone by Hana Tapiata

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

A short story about a young girl’s love for her Nan and the whenua.