Miriama Gemmell is a writer from Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Pāhauwera with delusions of decolonisation. Her poetry has recently been published in Te Whē, Tarot, Awa Wahine and Kapohau. She lives in Ahuriri with her hoa rangatira, Richard, and two tamariki, James Rewi (10) and Hana Tirohia (7).