Te Reo Māori version only
A celebration of whakapapa, wāhinetanga and whenua. A tender, empowering story of a kōhine’s first ikura — her period — and the love, knowledge and ceremony shared by her whānau. From the rākau planted when she was born, to the karakia shared when she gifts her first blood back to the whenua, she learns that her body, her whakapapa and her wāhinetanga are sacred.
Written by Qiane Matata-Sipu @qianematatasipu
Illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White @izzyjoyart
Translated by Stacey Morrison @stacedotcom
Designed by Chloē Reweti @chloereweti.mahi
Te Reo Māori version only
A celebration of whakapapa, wāhinetanga and whenua. A tender, empowering story of a kōhine’s first ikura — her period — and the love, knowledge and ceremony shared by her whānau. From the rākau planted when she was born, to the karakia shared when she gifts her first blood back to the whenua, she learns that her body, her whakapapa and her wāhinetanga are sacred.
Written by Qiane Matata-Sipu @qianematatasipu
Illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White @izzyjoyart
Translated by Stacey Morrison @stacedotcom
Designed by Chloē Reweti @chloereweti.mahi
