Emma Te Rina Smith with Josephine Raukawa on the work involved i ngā mahi o te Matakite.

Activist and ringatoi Tayla Hartemink.

Cat Ruka and Bella Waru of Tempo Dance Festival on movement and atuatanga as protective forces in the arts sector.

Moewai Marsh is a ringatoi who uses Māori symbolism to give mana back to our tāonga.

MY BODY - MY SKIN. A poem by Samantha Te Wake Padden (Soul Auaha).

Shirley Simmonds calls out marginalisation in our boardrooms.

Poetry inspired by the moon phases of the maramataka by Hana Pera Aoake.

Anuja Mitra writes on the princess archetype.

By Tina Tangiweto – written in the early hours of Tamatea-a-Ngana, 1/03/20.

Anuja Mitra reimagines the tale of Baba Yaga.

Anuja Mitra on seeing her friend through hard times.

A reflection on colonisation through rēwena bread.

A reflective poem by Anuja Mitra.

Content Warning: Rape, addiction, gore, fascism, white supremacy, mass murder, anti-semitic desecration of Jewish graves, Black Lives Matters Movement, removal of racist/colonial names, monuments, Pākehā, destruction of whiteness and imperialism.

Tiaarangi navigates through the rough seas of life by reflecting on the year thus far.

Rosheen Fitzgerald on the challenges of migrating to Aotearoa.

Matariki is the re-indigenisation of time as told by Aryan McKay through poetry.

Brooke Laird on Aotearoa’s colonial education legacy.

TaikaHine escapes narcissism through mana.

Kataraina on vanity, narcissism and judgement in this poetry collection.