Neke noa atu te ikura tuatahi i te puāwaitanga o te tinana - he wā ako, he wā tūhono, he wā whakanui hoki. Ko tō tā te pakiwaitara rerehua nei, ko ngā wheako o tētahi kōhine i a ia e whai ana i tana ikura tuatahi, tae atu ki te aroha me te tautoko ā te whānau i a ia.

E takea ana i te tirohanga Māori, ka tūhura tēnei pukapuka i te tapu o tēnei puāwaitanga, i ngā wāhi nui ki ngā whānau me ngā hapori, tae atu rā ki ngā tikanga e hāpai ana, e whakamana ana i ō tātou taitamāhine.

He puka ngawari, whakamānawa hoki a Taku Ikura Tuatahi i te puāwaitanga o ngā kōhine me ō rātou whānau - hei whakanui i te ara ki te wahinetanga, ko te kararete, te mātauranga me te aroha hoki hei hoa haere.

A taonga for our uri whakaheke.

This is the first children’s story in Aotearoa written about a first menstruation through a Māori cultural framework. In this narrative we honour the works and teachings of Dr Ngahuia Murphy, acknowledging her revival of the rich mātauranga around ikura that we are so fortunate to have access to today.

This pukapuka emphasises ceremony, family support and ancestral
wisdom – it also includes a specially written karakia by Stacey Morrison for whānau to learn and share in together.