Welcome to our first issue, we delve into kōrero with Artist Huriana Kōpeke-Te Aho about their vision for takatāpui and the importance of katitakitanga . Raumati a.k.a Summer shares with us their experience growing up gender diverse. Te Kīra a.k.a Kezia talks about the natural disasters we are continuing to face with climate crisis and how important it is to break intergenerational cycles of trauma to be in community.