Ariana Sutton
Kai Tahu, Kati Mamoe, Waitaha
Ariana grew up in the Deep South of Murihiku, which fostered her love for the whenua, her whakapapa and whānau. In her professional life she practices Māori Healing, currently she is contracted with Turanga Health in Gisborne and has a private practice in her home clinic in Murihiku also. She works with kaumatua, pakeke and rangatahi. In her spare time she enjoys creative writing and has had several poems published in anthologies across Aotearoa. Her son Rehua was born last year, her current writing project centres around her Hapūtanga and the magic of being a mama and growing up in Murihiku as well.
