Rachel Rerekura-Tamaiva
Creative || Social Worker || Writer || Mum
Hi! I'm Rachel, a writer from Aotearoa, New Zealand currently residing on the Gold Coast of Australia. Words, faith, fun and creativity have always been important to me, creating, generating new ideas and writing poetry from a young age. My life journey has taken me to some amazing places with many mountain top moments but, as with all of us, I have also walked through some dark nights of the soul.
As a trained Social Worker and advocate of social justice, my work is delivered with deep thought, compassion and hope, and throughout my writing I am unafraid to dive into vulnerable and honest conversations.
Writing allows me creative expression, a chance to connect with God and the world around me. Words are an elixir for my mind and spirit. I have written through mountains and valleys, many private moments with a notebook in my hand and nature under my feet.
In May 2025 I released my first book, a deeply personal and transformational journey through clinical burnout called In Every Season.
COMING JULY 2026
Grow & Glow wellbeing cards for kids! Details below!
New Arrivals
Grow & Glow Wellbeing Cards - landing July 2026!
Discover my latest wellbeing card collection designed for kids! From the Grow & Glow range you can find the Growth Mindset Pack, Bible Pocket Pack, and Pause Pack. Combining my social work experience with children, understanding of diverse needs and heart to see children know goodness and truth, each set promotes growth, fun, and daily inspiration.
The Growth Mindset Pack is designed to help children build confidence, resilience, and positive self-belief through simple, strengths-based, powerful daily reminders. Each card encourages children to embrace challenges, learn from mistakes, and develop an “I can do it” attitude that supports both learning and everyday life.
The Pause Pack - this is your child's emotional regulation library! 30 cards, 30 regulation strategies. Without even speaking they can pick what they need, try new strategies and feel empowered to manage emotions, build confidence and understand more about what works for them on the way! Each card is numbered so they can learn the card numbers they prefer!
The Bible Pocket Pack features beautifully designed cards with Bible scriptures to help children connect with God’s Word in a simple, meaningful, and accessible way. Each card offers scripture-based encouragement and gentle reminders that they are loved, valued, and never alone.
All Grow & Glow packs include 30 different cards and include a wooden card stand, making them easy to display at home, in a classroom, or in a quiet reflection space. Compact and portable, they also make a thoughtful gift and can be used anywhere children need encouragement and reassurance.
In Every Season
In 2020, at the age of thirty-seven I found myself in excruciating physical and emotional pain, experiencing clinical burnout. This was the catalyst for a faith crisis, leading me to question everything I had ever known about Jesus and this life I thought I was living for Him.
This book is a personal journey of spiritual, emotional and physical change framed through the lens of natural seasons and through the eyes of a woman. The unravelling of my life and involvement in a church ministry context led me through a pathway of deep transformation, reflection and learning, God uncovering new things in every season that needed my attention and needed his touch.
This book is not a tale of instant recovery but a story of hope during my wrestling, my doubt, physical pain and rupturing of faith, a story that led to moments of change and a path to renewal. This is the book that I wish I had when I walked through my darkest moments. Today, I sit in a place of reflection and hope. I am not a theologian, nor am I a renowned church leader. Rather, I am a woman, a mother, a writer, and a lover of God and people.
The pages of this book contain some of my thoughts and learnings during a season of burnout and pain, peppered with poetry and written reflection. I hope this book will encourage you, challenge you, and ultimately help you to draw closer to God in His infinite and gracious love.
Released May 2025
In Every Season - now available from all good book stockists including Amazon, Torn Curtain Publishing and Koorong.
In Every Season - Reader Reviews
'A'
I feel affirmed, challenged, understood, enlightened, I feel like some grief has been unlocked within me...so much! It is so well written.
NZ Booklovers
Using the four seasons of nature as a lens, Rachel takes the reader on a journey which includes poetry and places for readers to journal their own thoughts and feelings. In Every Season is a well constructed book that strikes the perfect balance between Rachel's life story and struggles, as well as the invaluable lessons she learned during this time of healing and discovery....it's insightful, gentle and practical.
Margaret
It is personal and healing for the reader whilst also the story of what you have been through. You write with compassion for others reading it.
"We know that each season will change,
and something different will eventually come. We know that after the unsettling coldness and darkness of autumn and winter is the long-awaited hope and warmth of spring and summer. We know that deep below the surface lies the possibility of growth, freedom, and new life."
Rachel Rerekura-Tamaiva
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Reach out to Rachel for speaking engagements, collaborations, or to share your thoughts on 'In Every Season.' Your feedback is valued and appreciated.
