Hine - Patricia Ngaheu

Hine is a lyrical collection of stories centred on the women of Māori mythology. Not as distant figures of legend, but as living, breathing voices shaped by love, loss, power, and transformation.

Drawing inspiration from pūrākau while weaving an original narrative thread, this collection reimagines wāhine through an intimate lens, exploring identity, whakapapa, and the enduring strength carried through generations. At its heart, Hine is a reclamation. A space where the voices of women are not only remembered, but heard.

Content note: This collection contains themes of incest, domestic abuse, coercive control, violence, grief, death, bodily transformation, and child peril.