Whiti Hereaka

@whitihereaka

Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Whakaue, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tumatawera, Tainui, Pākehā. Kaituhi Māori. Author of “Kurangaituku”. Writer of things. Popular emotional cheese dish. She/her/ia. www.whitihereaka.co.nz Profile photo by Tabitha Arthur

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Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· 17d

I put up a Beatles poster and my brain kept quoting Ringo in The Simpsons saying “I hung it on me wall!” (Sadly no butler did it for me and I did hit my finger)

Still from the Simpsons of Ringo Star watching his butler hang a portrait that Marge painted of him.

À framed poster of The Beatles — each Beatle has their own psychedelic portrait.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· 29d

Gummy bears holding hands are cute, but it will not save them from me.

À small bowl filled with sweets. On top of the pile is a pair of gummy bears holding hands one pink one blue.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Jul 7

Me face in à hôtel room — pre stuffing me gob with ice cream and sticky date pudding. I am not going to do one more run through of my keynote, it’s OK I’ve got this.

Selfie of Whiti smiling at the camera while lying on a bed. She is wearing checkered glasses and a red “The Goonies” t-shirt.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Jun 30

Chuck a jersey on over your PJs and no one will know.

Selfie of Whiti — she is smiling despite it being pre-dawn. She wears a red and navy plaid pyjama top that apart from the collar, is covered by a dark green woollen jersey.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Jun 17

Say hello to my little impulse buy* — adding to my collection of tarot cards ** with this beautiful set featuring the art of Hieronymus Bosch 😍 * technically “buys” because I didn’t “need” the fabric (oh yes I did!) ** I should probably learn to read the cards (and shuffle correctly) 😅

A close up of à deck of tarot cards in a beautiful box featuring part of The Garden of Earthly Delights sitting on some Liberty of London fabric that features tree in à coordinating teal blue.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Jun 5

Ah, if only I was like this Manchego cheese.

Close up of the label of manchego cheese that says “Rich and Nutty”

Close up of a manchego cheese label that says: “firm and buttery”

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· May 28

I went to a new place to get my lashes done and made friends* with a fluffy boi. * he tried to hump my leg immediately after this, but respected my “no” so things got a bit awkward between us.

A fluffy, spitz dog is being patted on the head by Whiti’s had. He has his tongue out in a blep.

À white fluffy spitz dog is being patted on the head by Whiti’s hand. He has smooshed his right ear and top of his head into Whiti’s palm.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· May 26

I don’t think my cat Pickles has gotten out of bed today. God how I envy her.

Pickles the tabby cat tucked into the bed. Her head pokes out from under the sheets and duvet.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· May 11

I bought myself a little sweet treat ( and like the light from a super nova, by the time this reaches you the treat will have ceased to exist)

À singular fancy chocolate, square with a tiny, red, sugar heart in the middle, still in its cellophane bag sits on Whiti’s lap which is covered in a navy houndstooth skirt.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Apr 29

Seen at my neighbourhood op-shop. The most surprising thing about this window display was that there was ANOTHER giant picture of a kangaroo.

À framed black and white poster of a kangaroo (mid shot) with a handwritten sign on it that says “Lest we forget”

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Apr 28

Ephemeral inky caps.

A group of 3 (and a half) ink cap mushrooms amongst bright green chickweed. The ink cap mushrooms are the same grey as the watering can that lies on its side in the top left corner of the frame.

A close up of à fully opened ink cap — the gills on the underside visible through the translucent cap. On top of the cap there are marks that look like a lace star burst

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Apr 26

I made friends with the cat next door.

Beautiful tortoiseshell cat in her window. She is still a kitten really and has unusually long, pointy ears.

The tortoiseshell cat jumped from her window to our shared fence to sniff me and allow some pats of her magnificent ears. She had a lot to say to me — probably about the behaviour of Ralph the unruly (my big, floofy cat)

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Apr 1

In which I justify buying a beautiful but spenny cardi.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Mar 26

There’s a pop up vintage market on Cuba Street and I bought round things: a paperweight, à vase and earrings that look like soap bubbles.

Close up of Whiti smiling at the camera. On her ear lobe is a round, iridescent earring that looks like a bubble.

Round items on Whiti’s lap: à blue vase with a tiny hole, à glass paperweight with swirls of yellow and black and a pair of iridescent earrings.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Mar 25

I got my nails done and went super girly with light pink glitter cats eye — and each nail has a magnetised heart!

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Mar 18

Cat logic: instead of sleeping on the clear part of the work bench (or indeed her bean bag or arm chair that are in this room) Pickles chooses to sleep on two pairs of sewing scissors, packets of sewing machine needles and metal rulers. (Her tail looks weird because the vet shaved it)

Pickles, à short haired brown tabby cat, sleeps curled up on some scissors and other assorted pokey implements. Next to her is a clear space on the work bench ample enough for her. It looks as though her tail is detached from her because the base has been shaved.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Mar 11

Behold these mighty feijoa I bought!

Whiti, smiling at the camera, holds two large feijoa in her hand. They are almost the size of apples.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Mar 6

Post first mammogram treat: a little coffee and a little gem of a novella “Fup” by Jim Dodge.

The cover of Fup features à drawing of the duck herself “Fup” the book sits on a blue placemat next to a small Troyan pottery coffee cup which is also in blues.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Feb 25

Ralph was scrapping with the next door neighbour’s cat on the lean to roof — and got a bit stuck: neither wanted to give ground to the other. I got a pretty shot while I coaxed him down (into a laundry basket I held over my head!)

Ralph the cat stuck on the roof. The night sky is behind him and he is between two stars. Because of the low light and my phone camera the shot looks soft and like an oil painting.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Feb 25

Doing some research.

Selfie of Whiti eating a piece of Fairy Bread. She is smiling and has a couple of hundreds and thousands stuck to her lips.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Feb 13

Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...

Wanda Maximoff the quiz says from “WandaVision” so not from comics I guess?

Ilsa Lund from Casablanca so I guess I should hang around in gin joints?

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Feb 4

When I was younger (so much younger than today) I fancied that I might become an international woman of mystery and drive an MG MGB in British racing green. I think it is best for humanity if I stay a pedestrian so my new manicure is as close as I should get to British racing green.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Jan 26

Birthday selfie. 48 — my age not the takes for this photo (that was WAY more 😂)

Selfie of Whiti in a hot pink dress against à red background. She smiles slightly and looks off to the side

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Jan 24

Ralph is snoozing in Pickles’ box. It is my fault, apparently.

Ralph the long haired brown and white tabby curled up in a cardboard box.

Pickles, the short haired brown tabby, is lurking behind the door is giving me the stink eye because Ralph, the long haired brown and white tabby, is sleeping in “her” box.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Jan 24

I’m doing an AMA on Reddit (r/bookclub Kurangaituku) on Tuesday 27 Jan 10am NZ time (26 Jan 9pm GMT, 4pm EST) So if you have some questions about Kurangaituku, or what my current favourite cheese is head on over there. Here’s me mugshot with the info.

Whiti holds a handwritten sign that says:
r/bookclub Kurangaituku ANA
Whiti Hereaka
u/tauken1
Monday 26 Jan 9pm GMT 4pm EST

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Jan 20

Was tempted by the GIANT pain au chocolat at the supermarket again. Maybe next week for my birthday?

Giant pain au chocolat at a supermarket bakery. Beneath it are single sized fruit tarts and cheesecakes for scale.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Jan 19

Same, Linseeds, same.

À packet of Linseeds that reads: Natural Linseeds Nicely Nutty.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Jan 6

No cheating. Repost with the most recent pic of your pet(s)

Pickles the tabby cat standing on the foot of the bed because there was a noise, looks back at her brother/annoying flatmate Ralph the fluffy tabby lying on the bed *not on patrol*. There is some degree of judgement in her stance.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Dec 30

I got these 3D printed kuku from Tutu Toi (you can find them on insta) so when the weather gets better the Harakeke in my mara will get a haircut so I can learn/practice using them. You can get them for lefties too AND they are made from cornstarch not plastic so are biodegradable.

Two kuku or mussel shells made from colourful printer filament. There is a colbalt blue and an orange shell for the right hand — although Whiti is holding them in her left.

Whiti Hereaka@whitihereaka· Dec 28

I was just hanging out some washing and a bee shat on me. That’s some sort of luck — good? Bad?