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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
If you see this (and wish to) post four female characters you love
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I spent a good chunk of the day writing about popping eyeballs between one’s teeth. This afternoon I had a strong craving for bubble tea.
(Also, matchy match)
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I had to go out on a rage walk (lack of pain au chocolat was a contributing factor) and I bought this hand painted decorative plate, because the cat’s expression is MOOD.
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM
OK — should I wait for you then?
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I told Ralph that he is like an emdash and they are my favourite.
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Just back from the gala dinner at Kupu festival — it was a fantastic night and a wonderful festival! Here’s me all glam before the dinner.
October 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I’m in Rotorua for the Kupu festival gala dinner and the Pikihuia awards and I *may* have spent a little too much time in the hot pool. But I no longer have an eye twitch.
October 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I’m going through the catalogue of the “Rembrandt to Renoir” exhibition because I’m going to write it into my novel and this Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel painting “Portrait of Paul Mounet” still stops me. Teenaged me may have “appreciated” it longer than any other painting in the exhibition 😅😍
October 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The wild sweet peas are blooming!
Also: I need to get a new manicure and I (unintentionally) dressed to matchy match the sweet peas.
October 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Know that when I wear these glasses, I have “A Message to you Rudy” in my head.

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October 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I finished my mini kākahu! I quite like it as a top — but it would take a tremendous amount of Hollywood tape to make it G rated. All bets are off if I lift my arms!
October 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Getting close to finishing my mini kākahu — I love mawhitiwhiti!
October 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I’m reading Blake’s Progress at the moment!
October 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Went to the beach, found a sea glass marble.
October 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I had 20 mins to spare before Yum Cha so I popped into Arty Bees “just for a look” but I am a mere mortal who cannot resist monster disembodied eyes that turn people into zombies and a time travelling William Blake.
September 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Got lost in time sorting and making feather bundles this afternoon — in the hopes of sorting out my thoughts about the novel.
September 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Went for a walk on the beach in a puffer jacket while à hardy soul was swimming in the frigid water. Thought about time and how much of life is made up of accidents (happy or not). Thought of this comic by SMBC comics. Ate a delicious pie which hasn’t disguised the taste of existential dread.
September 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Look, to be fair, I am experimenting with the hydration level of the rēwena I baked this morning — so me eating a fair chunk of it already is just about rigorous testing, OK?
September 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My tattoo artist (Rosa at Buttercat, Wellington) sent through a photo of my new ink! It curves around my inner arm so a bit hard to photograph myself.
September 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Waiting to be picked up for a wānanga and my bodyguard Ralph has concerns.
August 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Golden hour — twice in one day!
August 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I went shopping in Palmy while I waited for check in and I bought: 4 bras, 3 crystals, 2 cupcakes, 1 fluffy cardi (also a t-shirt but that ruins the rhythm 😅)
My hotel room has a BATH so I will be having a bath after the event tonight.
August 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I was up in time for golden hour this morning (so I could catch the bus to Palmy)
August 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This weekend I finally finished customising my crow lamps (I made them more into sconces and gilded them) and I love them (and the flattering pink light)
August 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM