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Whiti Hereaka
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Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Whakaue, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tumatawera, Tainui, Pākehā. Kaituhi Māori. Author of “Kurangaituku”.
Writer of things. Popular emotional cheese dish.
She/her/ia.
www.whitihereaka.co.nz
Profile photo by Tabitha Arthur
Ohh that’s cool. I’m amazed that they were all just peacefully eating together— usually there’s a bit of aggro as one tries to claim the entire tree.
September 18, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Here’s what I’m doing at MARKK, Hamburg:

markk-hamburg.de/en/date/he-w...
He Whare Tapere: A House of Storytelling | 18.10.2026, 16:00 Uhr | MARKK
markk-hamburg.de
September 17, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Unfortunately still a bit woozy 😵‍💫 hopefully better tomorrow. I have a novel to finish before I can get stuck into the new thing but usually the insistent voices stick around.
September 17, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Reposted by Whiti Hereaka
“And I think it's even worse for the Phillips kids' mother because she's Māori... a Māori woman trying to get the police and Oranga Tamariki to take her Pākehā ex-husband's threat to their children seriously.” #misogny #racism #nzpol
Pieces still missing from Tom Phillips inquiry - academic
An expert on family violence says it is indefensible Family Court proceedings were excluded from the government's inquiry into the Tom Phillips case.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 15, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I called animal control (which I feel a bit guilty about, but also I don’t want to be mauled) but they said they probably won’t come out to check so fingers crossed the dog doesn’t hurt someone or get hurt on our fairly busy street.
September 15, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Once again my “this might come in handy” squirrelling has been correct which is a bit of a shame because that means I’ll probably never declutter successfully. (Gif = me with my useful stuff 😅)
Labyrinth Junk Lady
Alt: Labyrinth Junk Lady
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September 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM