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The Āhua Collective. From left, back: Marc Conaco, Sam Bailey, Māhia Te Kore, Sara Moana, Hazel Xu. Middle: Atarangi Anderson, Tommie Love, Abbey Gamit, Kauri Waihoea. Front: Hohua, Sarita Das, Taylor Te Atarua. Recently the collective had its first hui, including a photoshoot of its creative team, which includes creative director Milford, writer Sherry Zhang, photographer Pati Solomona Tyrell and Wellington make-up artist Tallulah McLean. As part of the collective’s efforts to showcase its artists, Zhang worked with Milford to write a “deep dive” profile on each of the 12 creatives, which will be published in a monthly zine online.