KŌTUKU NUTTALL

 

Nanny

 

Madeline puts the box down on the table. The front is printed with a portrait of a wide-eyed, golden cat. “It was only $24.99!” she says, excited. The cat on the box has one cartoonish, large paw on its belly and the other is raised and waving.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall (Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, W̱SÁNEĆ First Nation) is a takatāpui multimedia artist and writer. Her work concerns the body, inter-generational trauma, and indigenous alienation/dispossession/reclamation. She lives on the Kāpiti Coast with her husband and two cats.