My sister has been on my mind, likely because next week it will be fifteen years since she passed away. A little context: I very rarely speak about her. It was my birthday a couple of weeks ago and my friends and I were at Duck Island on Cuba Street in Wellington after dinner and […]

A couple of weeks ago I attended the first birthday party for Huia Short Stories 15 at Unity Books in Wellington, where my friend and fellow Te Papa Tupu writer Steph Julian was reading. It’s quite cool that we’re both published in the same pukapuka alongside our other Te Papa Tupu friend Anthony Pita, who […]

It took me ten years to learn how to knit. I started when my sister’s oldest girl was born. For some reason, partly me being a nana and partly a belief in the magical powers of YouTube, I was convinced I’d be able to make her a cute little hat. But I was a terrible […]