Creators

Rowena Bahl

Founder & Chief Editor

Rowena is a South Asian Kiwi editor and creative director dedicated to solution-focused storytelling. She is passionate about shedding light on and exploring how systemic discrimination, inequality, and marginalisation contribute to and perpetuate a range of societal issues.

Sina Honeyman

Sina is a German native who by chance ended up in New Zealand and married into hospitality.

Michelle Cherry

Proofreader

Throughout her life, Michelle has admired language's power to affect the human spirit, impart wisdom and inspire change.

Paul Stokes

Brand Manager

Paul is passionate about environmentalism and finding sustainable solutions that don't compromise our planet's future. His current focus is building brand awareness and growing The Lovepost’s audience.

Tegan Minzie

Writer

Tegan is a fun-loving chatterbox who loves to travel. When she isn't talking or writing, she likes to sit down with a good book or magazine, and the occasional podcast.

Tara Hurley

Writer

Tara draws inspiration from the nature around her and tries her best to write relevantly and engagingly about pressing issues and creating a more inclusive world.

Louisa Molly Annabell

Artist & Writer

Louisa's varied approaches—large scale drawings, paintings, a combination of those two modes and writing—often pivot around environmental concerns.

Katie Payne

Writer

Katie is encouraged by the quest to understand what it means to be human. She values kindness and stewardship, and lives with much hope that we will soon move through life free from fear-based decision-making.

Catherine Phillips

Writer

Catherine has a keen interest in mental health and how connection helps humans conquer challenges.

Georgs Avetisjans

Photographer

Georgs Avetisjans is a photographer and visual narrator from Latvia.

Mary Hurley

Content Creator

Mary finds subjects which force you to dissect human-centric ways of knowing the most fascinating, and hopes to leave people questioning just why they think the way they do.

Clare Travaglia

Copy Editor

Clare is a writer and editor from Tāmaki Makaurau, New Zealand. She is passionate about climate justice and committed to creating a sustainable future.

Professor Sophie-Grace Chappell

Writer

Sophie Grace Chappell is Professor of Philosophy at The Open University, UK.

Raven Pearson

Writer

Raven is a content creator who first discovered her passion for storytelling through literature.

Mizy Judah Clifton

Writer

Mizy is a London-based journalist with a passion for politics at various scales, addressing both the overarching 'Big P' events and the community-based dynamics of 'small p' politics.

Gabriella Morton

Photographer

Gabriella's ultimate goal is to encourage sustainable, eco-friendly, leave-no-trace practices. While exploring the relationship between man and Earth she has found the most powerful form of communication is bridging the gap between art and science.

Elise Hogan

Content Creator

Elise is passionate about social justice, journalism, and community service, and joined The Lovepost because its mission encompasses all three.

Jin Ng

Writer

Jin is a postdoctoral fellow investigating cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Olivia DelGandio

Illustrator

Olivia is a United States based artist intent on bringing emotion to life through illustration. She joined the Lovepost due to the important stories it's set on sharing.