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Welcome to the Salient blog! Here you'll find every piece of writing we've published this year. Browse by category, or just go for a scroll.
rx: your love.
Words by Rex (he) there’s a beautiful myth wherein werewolves are simply men in love, and if those whom they love call their names, they...
Guest Writer
May 27, 20242 min read
I a te rā, i a te rā
On the daily, I’m constantly having to justify the value and investment in our culture. I’m asked to fit a template not suited to us, not...
Guest Writer
May 20, 20243 min read
Ko Wai Ahau
Te Hohaieti o te reo Maori ki Wikitoria Ko wai ahau? Nō tua whakarere ahau Nō ngā rā o te moa I tupu mai ahau nō roto i ngā whenua...
Guest Writer
May 20, 20241 min read
He Reta ki te Tirti nā Te Ara Whānui
Nā Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ara Whānui Tēnā koe, te Tiriti o Waitangi A treaty born of compromise and pain Signed by our tīpuna, with...
Guest Writer
May 20, 20241 min read
Ie Lavalava
Poem by Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson My ie lavalava knows when to part like the seas So the hot space between my taro thighs can...
Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson
May 6, 20241 min read
Defrosting colonisation in summer
by Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) Heat cages flesh, I am a thawing carcass stumbling along the city’s sweaty tarmac skin. Roads end...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Mar 10, 20241 min read
Radio Poem
Cadence Chung All I can give you is the space in a room, my heart already some distant packing-crate away, my lips unanswered for. In the...
Cadence Chung
Feb 25, 20241 min read
senses of you
Words by Angie Johnson (she/her) I savour your name on my tongue still My mouth salivates as I reminisce on the flavour of how it used to...
Angie Johnson
Oct 8, 20232 min read
WE LEAVE OUR ISLANDS
Words by Porita Fruean (she/her) This piece is dedicated to a piece of my heart that I had to leave home; my community, my village, and...
Porita Fruean
Sep 24, 20231 min read
Kuia/Moko
(Words by Tessa Keena - She/her - Te Ātiawa) Kuia Sometimes, I spend so much time looking in the mirror trying to see you. I make too...
Tessa Keena
Sep 11, 20233 min read
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Words by: Ruaputahanga Takiari (She/her - Waikato/Tainui, Ngaati Maniapoto, Ngaati Raarua) 7AM — 7 degrees and a southerly. Hauling...
Ruaputahanga Takiari
Sep 11, 20232 min read
Regrets
Words by Cadence Chung (she/they) I should have looked at the Turners for hours instead of a polite few minutes, eaten alive byall that...
Cadence Chung
Sep 4, 20231 min read
Glow Worm Caves and Noctilucent Clouds
Words by Niamh Vaughan (she/her) Not many know there’s crystals in the clouds That grace the sky at midsummer’s last light; To show...
Nimah Vaughan
Aug 14, 20231 min read
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