Anna Sophia

Guest writer

Anna Sophia is an intermittent writer, social activist, counsellor and manager of a non-profit community counselling service. Her life has been shaped by living and working in the Manawatū and Rangitīkei regions, backpacking adventures around the world, hiking in Aotearoa and raising two children with a 21-year gap between them.

Counselling Centre, Marton

The bleak reality of working in mental health when you don’t have Mike King’s funding

Opinion: The long-time manager of the Counselling Centre in Marton shares her experience of real life in rural mental health.

By Anna Sophia | 31st October, 2024

Paula dances the tango. Photo courtesy of Richard Love.

Played in the key of grief: remembering Paula Harris

Poet and essayist Paula Harris was found dead yesterday. Her friend Anna Sophia recalls her extraordinary talent, wit, bravery and heart.

By Anna Sophia | 13th July, 2023

Illustration by Laya Rose.

At 42: The story of a home

In this house you can become everything you want to be. Everything you are meant to be.

By Anna Sophia | 4th January, 2023

Illustration by Laya Rose.

The Sunday Essay: At 42

In this house you can become everything you want to be. Everything you are meant to be.

By Anna Sophia | 20th March, 2022

Image: Archi Banal

Menopause, MHT and me

I thought I’d have to live with the debilitating effects of menopause for the rest of my life. And then I tried hormone therapy.

By Anna Sophia | 27th July, 2021