Iona Winter

Category: indigenous

• Dunedin City of Literature indigenous poetry Seattle City of Literature

  In conversation

  A couple of weeks ago Sasha LaPointe, Rena Priest and I premiered on YouTube, in conversation, and via the Seattle and Dunedin Cities of Literature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbdD4ImRC_s As Indigenous writers we had a beautiful kōrero that wove around similar experiences and themes, and also shared some of our work. Massive thanks…

  December 13, 2021
• Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature indigenous poetry Seattle City of Literature

  Indigenous Poetry & Perspectives

  It was an honour to be part of this discussion with wonderful poets Rena Priest and Sasha LaPointe, and our Cities of Literature Seattle and Ōtepoti Dunedin recently. The event has been pre-recorded and captioned by the Seattle City of Literature, and celebrates Dunedin City of Literature’s 7th anniversary. Indigenous…

  November 26, 2021
• Aotearoa creative writing Dunedin City of Literature events flash fiction indigenous Kamau Taurua/Quarantine Island Landfall multimedia Māori New Zealand New Zealand Literature poetry Queenstown Writers Festival reviews social issues Te Hau Kāika The Best Small Fictions then the wind came

  November…the month of surprises

  October was exceptionally difficult, with the ending of a relationship I had given myself fully to, health issues that resurfaced requiring serious management, and on top of that a tonne of preparation for the Te Hau Kāika exhibition. ‘Bring on freaking November,’ I said (in a surreptitious manner under my…

  November 28, 2019
• Aotearoa events film indigenous multimedia music Māori poetry Te Hau Kāika

  Te Hau Kāika

  Nau mai haere mai. A warm welcome to everyone who can make this exciting exhibition I am part of next month. Te Hau Kāika – where is home? 16 – 23 November 2019.   Gallery on Blueskin, Waitati, Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand. Iona, Reuben and Grace invite you to join…

  October 15, 2019
• Aotearoa creative writing culture indigenous Māori New Zealand Pacific Monsters

  Monsters Conversation

  Kia ora WordPress whānau, Sharing a kōrero (conversation) I contributed to, along with other Indigenous writers from the Pacific Monsters Anthology. https://ics.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2018/02/24/pacific-monsters/ Kia ora to the Institute of Classical Studies in London, for the opportunity to contribute to this wonderful and enriching kōrero. Iona x

  February 26, 2018
• Aotearoa indigenous interview New Zealand Pacific Monsters PhD

  The Future Fire

  This week it was awesome to be interviewed by The Future Fire, where we discussed the stunning Pacific Monsters book, my childhood fear of the dark, and a new doorway into the world of PhD’s in Creative Writing. http://press.futurefire.net/2018/02/interview-with-iona-winter.html

  February 10, 2018
• Aotearoa essay fibromyalgia health holistic indigenous Māori

  Thinking outside the box

  Kia ora WordPress whānau, Sharing today an essay I’ve written for Corpus—a wonderful digital forum where ‘conversations about medicine and life’ take place. It speaks to a shared journey with fibromyalgia, cancer, chronic pain and managing conditions holistically, to include our indigenous perspectives and practices. http://corpus.nz/thinking-outside-box/#more-3610 Please share, if you feel it might…

  June 5, 2017
• Aotearoa consciousness indigenous poetry social issues

  old ways

  i wish for the old ways of recompense rather than the blame that pervades modernity   transgression affects a whole whānau oscillates the extremities leaving none untouched   i wish for the old ways where the offence was laid down with intention at the feet of the other

  September 26, 2016
• Aotearoa creative writing indigenous Māori poetry

  te reo māori

  i’m grateful i was taught te reo māori as a kid and had my bum kicked figuratively if i got pronunciation wrong we take our shoes off so we don’t trek any tiko inside ngā whare metaphorically i cringe when people say ‘leave them on’ or utter words badly because that’s how they’ve ‘always’ said them i know the reactions when i do the…

  July 4, 2016
• Aotearoa consciousness indigenous privilege social issues

  Privilege

  It’s been an extraordinary week. I could break that down into an extra, ordinary week, but I won’t. I’ll go with the former. It fits better. Soon, very soon, I’ll have an exciting announcement—but for now, the theme of privilege is what’s foremost in my mind. A priority this month was to…

  March 17, 2015