Sometimes writing a personal essay feels like a constant argument about place … the place I belong, how I place myself, my place in-between cultures,' writes Tina Makereti. How does the writer address this complexity? What responsibility is there to other, impinging voices – society, whanau, ancestors, those who have their own stories, and those whose stories have been supressed? How should trauma and dysfunction be dealt with? And how easy is it within this essay form to balance contention and celebration?