Image credit: Grace
UNSTITCH
We likened her to kiwi bone.
We liken her to the eerie makeshift
of kōauau calls.
We liken her to the pining
outstretch of longing love.
We look for her when we leave the city.
and watch the steady stream
Filtering fact from fiction
Echoing, through the caverns
of highway tankers and tunnel bards.
Ariana Sutton (Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, Kai Tahu) has a passion for healing narratives and whakapapa (geneology). She is a practising Māori Healer, with a background in Indigenous Youth and Education both in Australia and Aotearoa. She lives in Tamaki Makaurau but hails from Murihiku where she grew up.
She predominantly works with wāhine Maori, kaumātua and rangatahi. With a background in Education (B.ed) and Project Management with Indigenous youth and communities, Ariana is passionate about reclaiming Indigenous Healing narratives.
She was excited to find the Awa Wahine magazine space.
“I felt like, ‘Ahh a space that’s actually accessible to me, my voice, writing development and experiences.’”
