Iona Winter

Tag: New Zealand

• 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
• ANZAC Aotearoa peace

  Pacifist

  My annual ANZAC Day toikupu ~ remembering the ancestors, since time began, who fought and died in wars. With Reuben gone, to a different kind of war, I have a sense of what mothers must’ve felt when their babies didn’t return.

  April 25, 2022
• Aotearoa

  Milestones

  2022 blessings to you and your whānau WordPress peeps. Wishing you peace, as we traverse this ever-changing landscape which has become our world. 2022 has seen me complete my latest manuscript, and it’s gone off for some expert eyes to take a fresh look. This collection, started after Reuben’s death,…

  January 3, 2022
• Katherine Mansfield House & Garden Māori Writers New Zealand Literature podcast poems Reuben Samuel Winter suicide bereavement Verb Wellington

  Two new toikupu (poems and audio)

  November 27, 2021
• Aotearoa consciousness environment injustice Mother Earth New Zealand social issues social media

  Inhabit

  This post may be seen as contentious, or a myriad of other labelling things. So if you’re someone who thinks that oppression, separatism and exclusion are okay, please feel free to unfollow me. What has become clear is that I can no longer remain quiet, in response to what I…

  November 22, 2021
• Aotearoa Corpus New Zealand surgical mesh vaginal mesh women women’s health

  #vaginalmesh

  This Monday was momentous, in several ways. After almost a decade managing the negative effects of vaginal mesh, I saw a specialist who confirmed that this was exactly what I had been dealing with. No question. And the relief was surreal. But could I actually believe what she said? Or…

  July 23, 2020
• Aotearoa Bath Flash Fiction Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Flash Frontier New Zealand New Zealand Literature then the wind came video reading weRculture

  weRculture

  Kia ora WordPress whānau, Being in lockdown (here in Aotearoa, New Zealand) has meant plenty of time to write. But this does feel like a mixed blessing, knowing that many people are seriously struggling with the isolation. On that note, reading my work seems like a positive way I can…

  April 15, 2020
• Aotearoa Dunedin City of Literature Māori Writers poetry spoken word then the wind came

  Video No.1 ~ Intuit

  After much deliberation, and following a plethora of feedback over the years, this full moon brings my first video reading. Intuit (then the wind came, Steele Roberts 2018). You can watch the video via: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IonaWinter11/videos/601341290420071/ Twitter https://twitter.com/waitahaiona1/status/1237138844895436801 Kā mihi nui, Iona x

  March 11, 2020
• 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 Christchurch Gail Ingram New Zealand New Zealand Literature poetry

  Part 3: other writers

  Gail Ingram lives and writes on the Port Hills of Ōtautahi Christchurch. Her first poetry collection Contents Under Pressure was published this year (Pūkeko Publications) ✨ Contents Under Pressure is a novella in poetry that tells a story of a mother-turned-graffiti artist in Christchurch. It blends poetry, narrative and collage,…

  August 12, 2019