Iona Winter

Category: aroha

• Aotearoa aroha Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Elixir & Star Press grief love Reuben Samuel Winter surgical mesh women women’s health

  May; the coexistence of grief and love

  It’s been a busy time: a massive move from one end of the South Island to the other, finishing my manuscript for A Counter of Moons, and opening for submissions with Elixir & Star Press (ESP*). If you’re a creative, located in Aotearoa New Zealand, we’re open for submissions until…

  May 13, 2023
• Aotearoa aroha consciousness grief love New Zealand Reuben Samuel Winter social issues suicide bereavement

  Birthing and grieving

  28 years ago I’d already been in labour for a day, then another before my tama ātaahua arrived. In the old days, we both would’ve died in the process. It was arduous to say the least. Yet this miraculous pēpē I was told I couldn’t have (because of cancer) still…

  May 19, 2022