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AN ONLINE MAGAZINE SHARING THE STORIES, WISDOM AND CREATIVITY OF WOMEN.
How Much Māori Are You?
How Much Māori Are You?

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

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Taha Wairua... SpiritAtaria SharmanDecember 16, 2018māori, pākehā, two worlds, indigenous, colonisation, oppression, cultural identity, whakapapa, whānauComment
Hinekura
Hinekura

The first chapter of Hinekura by Michelle Mihi Keita Tibble.

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Taha Wairua... SpiritAtaria SharmanDecember 16, 2018atua wāhine, wāhine, hine, wāhine toa, manawahine, tūpuna, kuia korouaComment
Rua Tekau Mā Waru
Rua Tekau Mā Waru

A poem on the whare tangata and te awa atua - the monthly menstruation. By Nicole Titihuia Hawkins.

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Taha Tinana... BodyAtaria SharmanDecember 16, 2018menstruation, period, whare tangata, mate marama, te awa atua, te awa tapu, vagina, vulva, pcos, tamponsComment
The Culture of Retirement and Robin Hood Syndrome
The Culture of Retirement and Robin Hood Syndrome

Catherine Delahunty on turning 65, retirement as a capitalist concept and the invisibility of older women in Pākehā culture.

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Wahine Toa...womenAtaria SharmanNovember 25, 2018kuia, pākehā, colonisation, tangata whenua, ideology, patriachy, retirement, activism Comments
I Am Not My Anger
I Am Not My Anger

Rmt-Wi shares why the darkness, the judgement, the colonisation, the broken promises and the anger at it all does not change who she is. It never has.

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Taha Hinengaro... MindAtaria SharmanNovember 23, 2018love, anger, judgement, colonisation, taonga pūoro, whakapapa, māori girl, culture, painComment
Guttural Language
Guttural Language

Sophie and the sounding of te reo in her mouth. Taniwha, ātua wāhine, soldiers; a beautiful but haunted Aotearoa and its liberation.

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Taha Wairua... SpiritAtaria SharmanNovember 23, 2018te reo, Māori, colonisation, language loss, ancestors, tīpuna, pākehā, whakapapa, ātua wāhine, papatūānuku, hine-nui-te-pōComment
How Much Māori Are You?
How Much Māori Are You?

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

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Taha Wairua... SpiritAtaria SharmanNovember 23, 2018māori, pākehā, two worlds, indigenous, colonisation, oppression, cultural identity, whakapapa, whānauComment
I am this Land, I am my People
I am this Land, I am my People

A poem written by K.M Harris for Indigenous Australian singer Emma Donovan drawing on themes of colonisation, people, land and the stolen generations.

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Taha whanau...familyAtaria SharmanNovember 23, 2018indigenous, land, stolen generation, black women, Mother, ancestors, Remember Your Dreaming, walkabout, spiritComment
Māori Scorecard
Māori Scorecard

Ataria explores Māori identity, colonisation and whakapapa in three poems titled 'why can't i just be me,' 'Average Māori' and 'Whakapapa Judger.'

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Taha Wairua... SpiritAtaria SharmanNovember 11, 2018Māori, identity, two worlds, Pākehā, culture Comment
Tea with Metiria
Tea with Metiria

Catherine Delahunty has a quiet tea with Metiria. Is fairness in New Zealand mythological? Who will stand with the people with no one on their side?

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Wahine Toa...womenAtaria SharmanNovember 6, 2018green tea, mana wahine, wahine toa, tea, herbal tea, fairness, mythology, society, culture, welfare reforms, womenpower, women in power, welfare system, wāhine, māori, wāhine māori, politicsComment
The Anti-Domestic Goddess Manifesto
The Anti-Domestic Goddess Manifesto

Don’t want to be a housewife? Don’t like cleaning, ironing, shopping? Have your guilt revoked here by Catherine Delahuty.

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Taha Hinengaro... MindAtaria SharmanNovember 6, 2018feminism, homemaking, be true to yourself, housewife, domestic godlessComment
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

When I was 18, I wrote about what kind of relationship I wanted. I still re-visit that old blog post, and I find that I still want the same things (with some additions).

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Taha Wairua... SpiritAtaria SharmanNovember 6, 2018relationships, dating, love, sex, romance, affection, attraction, fuckboisComment
That Milk Is Everything
That Milk Is Everything

That Milk Is Everything by Kahu Kutia

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Taha Wairua... SpiritAtaria SharmanNovember 6, 2018indigenous, maori, māori, tipuna, Aotearoa, New Zealand, colonisation, oppressionComment
How Yoga Taught Me To Love Who I Am
How Yoga Taught Me To Love Who I Am

Through the practise of yoga, Hera became more aware of who she is at a deeper level.

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Taha Tinana... BodyAtaria SharmanOctober 24, 2018yoga, mindfulness, awareness, consciousness, breathing, crisis, stress, anxiety, negative thoughts, negative thinking, insecurity, unconsciousnessComment
Date Screening Superpower
Date Screening Superpower

Ataria reflects on lessons learnt from past relationships.

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Taha Hinengaro... MindAtaria SharmanOctober 24, 2018relationships, spirituality, awakening, toxic relationships, dating, negative energy, clearing, cleansing, emotion, neediness, attraction, energyComment
Tax is Love
Tax is Love

What is tax? Tax is love.

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Tuhinga auaha...creativeAtaria SharmanOctober 24, 2018love, aroha, tax, green party nz, caring, support, encouragement, children, community, welfare system, collective, socialism, greater good, service to othersComment
Always, the Sound of the Sea
Always, the Sound of the Sea

One gentle caress belies the thievery of motion, 

That chaos could return at any time, a gross tsunami of destruction…

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PapatuanukuAtaria SharmanOctober 24, 2018poetry, poem, sea, soundsComment
Lost Things
Lost Things

A poem by Bex

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Tuhinga auaha...creativeAtaria SharmanOctober 24, 2018lost, musing, mindfulness, clutter, mess, konmari, joy, beauty, usefulness, muse, meditation, thingsComment
Kāore au i te mōhio
Kāore au i te mōhio

A fictional short story inspired by true events that happened to the authors nanny and many others of her generation in the Native Schools.

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Tuhinga auaha...creativeAtaria SharmanOctober 24, 2018te reo, colonisation, language revitalisation, language learning, oppression, decolonisation, native schools, Native Schools Act, kōtiro, education, education systemComment
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day

Moni Barry opens up about the struggles of being a new mother and what it has taught her about herself. 

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Taha whanau...familyAtaria SharmanOctober 24, 2018newborn, baby, first baby, motherhood, mother, grandmother, pregnancy, emotions, māmā, pēpiComment
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Meet our Workshop Facilitators: WHITI HEREAKA (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa) is a playwright and novelist. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing (Scriptwriting) from the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University and is a trustee of the Māori Literature Trust. In 2007, she wrote her first novel, The Graphologist’s Apprentice, which was shortlisted for Best First Book in the Commonwealth Writers Prize South East Asia and Pacific 2011. Her second novel, Bugs, won the Honour Award, Young Adult Fiction, New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, 2014, and the Storylines Notable Book Award, Senior Fiction, 2014.⠀
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In an interview with e-tangata Whiti says "I learned that you can move the reader only if you’ve put some real emotional work into it. It’s the spark of humanity in your writing that readers respond to. It’s not the pretty words or the way your sentences are constructed. All of that helps. But it’s the humanity that people respond to. It’s hard, though, to be vulnerable in such a public way. But it’s also rewarding. I think of my second novel, Bugs, which a lot of young people have responded to. They come up to me and say: 'I finally saw myself in a novel that I can relate to. I can relate to her struggles and her journey.' ⠀
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Head to our website to secure your tickets to our Wahine Maori Writers Workshop. Link in bio⠀
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Meet our Workshop Facilitators: NADINE ANNE HURA (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi) is a prolific writer, with essays published on E-Tangata, The SpinOff and Pantograph Punch. Her manuscript was chosen for this years Te Papa Tupu programme by the Māori Literature Trust. She has a background in journalism, education policy and kaupapa Māori research and her essays explore themes of identity, biculturalism, politics and parenting.⠀
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"I'm excited about decolonising our writing. Anything we do together as Māori writers to support each other and to challenge the structures that continually try to 'other' us, feels decolonising. It's an exciting time to be a Māori writer!" ⠀
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Ae Nadine. It is a VERY exciting time.⠀
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Head to our website to secure your tickets to our Wahine Maori Writers Workshop. Link in Bio.⠀
#AWWW2019 #wahine #maoriwriter #manawahine #maori #wellington #wellingtonnz
rupi kaur @rupikaur_ is a #1 new york times bestselling author and illustrator of two collections of poetry. she started drawing at the age of five when her mother handed her a paintbrush and said—draw your heart out. rupi views her life as an exploration of that artistic journey. after completing her degree in rhetoric studies she published her first collection of poems milk and honey in 2014. ⠀
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the internationally acclaimed collection sold well over a million copies gracing the new york times bestsellers list every week for over a year. her long-awaited second collection ‘the sun and her flowers’ was published in 2017. through this collection she continues to explore a variety of themes ranging from love. loss. trauma. healing. femininity. migration. ‘revolution.⠀
#rupikaur #poetsofinstagram #womenwhowrite
Tickets to our Wellington Writers Workshop on the 23rd March are now LIVE whanau! ⠀
Wahine Maori if you are in Wellington or plan to be, do yourself a massive favour and get yourself a ticket NOW!! There are only 20 tickets to this one-off, intimate and truely inspiring event featuring @whereaka @nadineannehura @hanatapiata @irihipetiwaretini ⠀
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A special thanks to @creativenz⠀
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