Arihia Latham is of Ngāi Tahu Māori, English, Irish, Dutch and Norwegian descent and lives in Wellington. She has a Bachelor of Health Science and is a facilitator, writer, rongoā practitioner and mother with her writing featured in Huia short story collections, RNZ, Landfall, Oranui and Verb journals. She has presented at both Lit Crawl and the NZ Festival of the Arts.