Arihia Latham (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) Is a writer, creative, and rongoā practitioner. Her poetry collection Birdspeak is published by Anahera Press and her short stories, essays and poetry have been published and anthologised widely. This year her work has been published in Te Awa o Kupu (Penguin Random House), Rapture (AUP) and Flora (Te Papa Press). She has been the arts columnist for The Post and she often collaborates, creates and writes on collective art projects, rongoā, social justice and living sustainably. She lives with her whānau in Te Whanganui a Tara.