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Thank you 2019! Here's our Highlights

December 30, 2019 0 Comments

The Day Michelle Obama Asked To Touch My Ovaries

December 22, 2019 0 Comments

Who would have thought I'd meet Michelle Obama in my old yoga pants - the ones I've sewn up at the crotch multiple times - the ones with some pink paint on the left knee. Who'd have thought that..

What is your relationship with your period?

November 26, 2019 0 Comments

What if there’s no judgement on how you experience your period? What if… you could just share? If you could begin to explore your own relationship with your body?

How to period

October 29, 2019 0 Comments

White pants. Secrets. Pain. Chocolate. Embarrassment. Mood swings. Why is this the vocabulary we learnt associated with periods?

Understanding each part of our flow is super empowering, Pritha recently had the opportunity to learn how her cycle can be related to seasons, and how this knowledge honours, deepens and explores the beauty of our bodies.

"We hear a lot about decolonising our bodies, and I think this understanding is a great start."

Flow on over to our website to see what she learnt

Olie Body's TED Talk

October 01, 2019 0 Comments

I was confronted with my own body in a society that teaches us to hide and disconnect. ...and there was some real power in this"

First time experiences using a menstrual cup: does it hurt and is it messy?

August 18, 2019 0 Comments

Danielle gets the low down on first time menstrual cup encounters - on surfing the crimson wave the new way. Importantly, she answers, how the f** do you get it in?!”

Dayna's Period Story

July 24, 2019 0 Comments

Am I the only one who thought their already-short life was about to end when they got their first period? It’s coming up to thirteen years ago when ten-year-old me woke up in what seemed like a pool of my own blood; and, it’s safe to say that navigating the crimson wave on the surfboard that is a menstrual pad hasn’t been easy since.

Katie's Period Story

July 16, 2019 0 Comments

Wā Collective's new writer, Katie, shares her personal story with Endometriosis, painful periods and perspective from a gender studies honour student. "I’m passionate about discussing topics that society tells us we shouldn’t be talking about, like menstruation, sex and women’s health issues. To be honest, if someone tells me I shouldn’t be talking about my ‘feminine woes’, it just makes me want to talk about it even more as a big fuck you to the patriarchy."

The day I realised period poverty needs to be addressed in NZ

June 20, 2019 0 Comments

Period poverty in New Zealand bleeds under the radar. The wildly harmful taboos surrounding periods prevent any opportunity for discussion.

Travelling with the Flow

June 13, 2019 0 Comments

That’s the other great thing about cups— adaptable is their middle name! I went back to my tent to hang out with my man crew with no waste, no awkward hiding (it shouldn’t be awkward, but sometimes it just is) of used/leaking/smelly tampons and the security of knowing I was sorted until the morning.