Imagine reading for your entire life and never feeling seen in the words – the reality for many Indigenous, Black and minority readers. Ruby Solly on only reading Māori authors for a year.

Malo uso, Lana! You know what? To be honest, I am quite frankly intimidated to write anything in relation to your work, Bloody Woman. “Why?” you ask with incredulity.

Sāmoan tatau began with women. Two women. Taema and Tilafaiga, the goddess-twins who swam to Fiji to learn the art of tatau. When they returned to Sāmoa as the first tufuga ta tatau (master tattooists ...

Whiro has an identity crisis. Michelle Rahurahu and essa may ranapiri koorero on their own understandings of this dark Maaori god; evil, chaos, the void, black holes, and ngaarara included.

“Labour recognises that participating, creating, growing, and achieving in arts and culture are basic parts of human expression and identity,” says the introduction to New Zealand Labour’s Arts, ...

Sinead Overbye: We’re here to talk about your film He Takatāpui Ahau.Tell us what the film is about. Alesha Ahdar: The film is about a takatāpui non-binary person who has decided to go home to their ...

1 Robyn Wiegman, “The Desire for Gender,” in A Companion to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, ed. George E. Haggerty and Molly McGarry (Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015), 18.. 2 ‘Passing’ ...

The World Weather Network is a response to the global climate emergency, in which 28 organisations around the globe, including Te Tuhi in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, have set up local weather stations, ...

Life is a mirage of moments – which the Queer cxnty cast and crew of Cxnt Vol. 1 understand and execute with absolute precision. I use the word mirage because the otherworldly elusivity of Queerness ...

There Is No Other Home But This is an exhibition primarily of textiles, rich and vibrant and full of tender love, and of artworks that draw from a textile history, concerned with a common origin born ...

Artist in Residence: Coco Solid. If You're Looking For A Sign, This Could Be It. Coco has created If You're Looking For A Sign, This Could Be It, an audio performance from lockdown, to listen to when ...

Kate Prior: The fact that you’re now nearing the end of the second season of this incredibly financially successful project, I’m interested in the things you learnt from the first season which you ...