He uri ahau noo iwi Arihi, Ngaati Tahu-Ngaati Whaoa, Ngaati Rahurahu noo Ngaati Kahungunu hoki.
Ko ahau te mokopuna a Hemi Rahurahu raaua ko Merehira Karaitiana. Ko Te Rotoruanui a Kahumatamomoe te kaainga. Kei Te Whanganui a Tara e noho ana.
E mihi ana ki nga tohu o nehe, o Te Aatiawa me Taranaki Whaanui ki te Upoko o te Ika a Maui e noho nei au. Ko Michelle Rahurahu tooku ingoa.
Michelle is a writer whose first novel, Poorhara, will be published in October 2024.
She is the co-editor, alongside Essa May Ranapiri, of Kupu Takataapui, a journal for takataapui Maaori writers.
She is a proud CODA (child of Deaf Adult), and a proud daughter of Rotorua.