Lara Taylor, Kathryn Gale, Alison Greenaway and Desna Whaanga-Schollum reflect on how they created safe space on a recent noho marae wānanga by operating in aroha.
Aroha Novak on Te Reo Māori picture books, and the Aroha and Awhi you find there.
Interdisciplinary artist Selina Ershadi has made a curated playlist for Issue 07: Aroha. Fall in love.
Guest Editor Natasha Matila-Smith introduces Pantograph's latest issue with an editorial on the value which underpins it all: Aroha.
Miriama Aoake reflects on the complexity and hilarity of Aroha Bridge, and how no other series has captured such uncanny representations of her whānau.
Haupapa: The Chilled Breath of Rakamaomao combines pūtaiao, art and storytelling to draw urgent attention to the global climate emergency and our duty of care for Te Taiao.
Winner of the prestigious Adam New Zealand Play Award, Mitch Tawhi Thomas’s poignant tragedy about a hard-working, hilarious whānau, premieres at this year’s Kia Mau Festival. Josephine Parsnip reviews.
Me aroha ki te hā o Hine-ahu-one: Pay heed to the mana of women.
Sinead Overbye weaves her whānau stories and poetry together in response to video work He Waiata Aroha.
In a play that navigates tensions between an Indigenous Australian and Māori families, Tia Reihana finds pain and aroha beneath the surface.
For Tamara Tulitua, soft is the new strong. Through 7 new poems, she asks our Moana sisters, how are you going? like, really?
Romantic love can be a difficult subject to broach. Three new poems by Cadence Chung explore the most common yet ever-elusive subject of poetry, representing "an amalgamation of crushes, an invisible girl to address my desire to."
Janaye Kirtikar reflects on the heteropatriarchal blue prints of love handed down to her, and asks, is this enough for me?
Simone Kaho's second poetry book, HEAL!, is raw, unrelenting and visceral - in navigating trauma, the patriarchy and toxic masculinity as a Tongan-Pākehā survivor. Kahu Tumai responds.
Rachel Barker reviews X, a squeal-inducing slasher filmed in Aotearoa, and what it has to say about our fears of elderly bodies.
Frances Revita enthusiastically reviews the debut collection of short stories by Monica Macansantos.
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson unpacks what it means to decolonise her emotions and love deeply - just like Ranginui and Papatūānuku.
Julia Craig suggests ways to engage in the politics of love despite the high-octane world of social media and it's damning irl consequences.
Through the act of temporary voluntary celibacy, Jo Bragg gains some personal clarity on the meaning of love.