Dr. Ngahuia Murphy (Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana, Ngai Tuhoe, Te Arawa) is a mana wāhine researcher and author of the books ‘Te Awa Atua: Menstruation in the pre-colonial Māori world’ and ‘Waiwhero: A celebration of womanhood’.

Her PhD, completed in 2019, examined the resurgence of Indigenous women’s ritual practices in Aotearoa, Turtle Island (North America and Canada) and Hawai’i. Ngahuia is currently a New Zealand Health Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow developing creative writings to assist wahine to craft their own sacred ritual practices.

Interviewed by Jamie Huia Rolleston (Ngāti Whakaue).