toikupu #3, 2026

Rauhina Kohuwai-Banks

03 Apr 2026 — 1 min read

tw: this poem talks about proposed gender definition legislation in Aotearoa.

preposition X

not including conversation

excepting definition of a

omitting drawn and will be debated

(in the Parliament chambers)

leaving out / the woke left

not counting / This bill

but / facts

besides / legislation

barring going down / a swinging pendulum / the

bar defining / an ‘adult human biological male’ / woke

other than / an ‘adult human biological female’ / left

exclusive of ideology yeah right

saving our country yeah right

save our country yeah right

apart from us

Rauhina Kohuwai-Banks

03/4/2026, Ōtepoti: toikupu #3

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