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Amita Kala

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goddess. 🪷🥝🇿🇦🇮🇳🏳️‍🌈
dj. (basmami) 🎧🪔🧿
founder&director. 🏡🌶️: @auntysh0use
vegan chef. 👩🏽‍🍳🌱: @amitaeatsplants

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‘I /feel/ fat’ by Amita Kala (@amitakala) ✨

An entry from our first zine, ‘Maharanis Gone Wild’ - link in bio!

Collage by @anndivya by @amitakala

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3 years ago

life dump ft. shared kai, local artists, festivals, kanikani, mixed cultures, solidarity, poetry, friends, packed cars, community, rest, nature and so much aroha ✨🪷🌀🦋

not pictured: the questioning, openness to lessons and constant realignments to the ever evolving versions of myself, functional freeze when there are a lot of decisions to make, the long hours on my devices, and the knowing that the highs and lows are all part of this 🤌🏽🌍🔁 taken in Aotearoa by @amitakala

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📣 “A lot can shift online but seeing us in a room is powerful ... just seeing somebody that looks like you take up space and love themselves, it really gives you permission to do the same.”

Amita Kala (@amitakala) is the founder of Aunty's House (@auntysh0use) - a new collective focussed on celebrating and uplifting the South Asian diaspora in New Zealand. Envision a place to come together, enjoy good company, and indulge in the ultimate comforts of chai and spicy snacks - and you’ll have the essence of it.

She chats to RNZ's Jogai Bhatt (@jogaibhatt) about how the collective was dreamt up - and how it came to life with a launch event called Chai Session in July. 💭☕️

📸 Supplied / Abigail Dellavo (@abigaildellavo ) | Read the full @radionewzealand story in Aunty’s House link in bio ❣️ by @amitakala

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3 years ago

It’s finally happening! After 11.5 years of collecting the best vintage, samples, and designer clothing from our generous Tāmaki Makaurau community, we’re hosting our first ever menswear pop‑up sale.

Raising funds for Fix Up, Look Sharp, come shop through a curated sale of exclusively menswear clothing and help us keep the lights on, the shelves stocked, and the kaupapa thriving.

Ft. a range of sizes from XS - 2XL and unique styles for all AND, thanks to our long time supporters @twodudesproject , you’ll score a free gift with every $50 spend.

Even though this sale is exclusively menswear, all genders are welcome to shop and express themselves through style!

We’re joining forces with our whānau @ukaipo__ , a grassroots community movement that shares our values of inclusivity and care.

Live DJs all day:
@dj_jazz_cigarette
@surly_nz
@georginacostanza
@amitakala

We’ve been hoarding treasures for years now it’s your turn to claim them. Can’t wait to see you there! by @amitakala

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20 days ago

Introducing our May guest: @amitakala 🏠✨🌶️

She is a multi-faceted South Asian artist, writer, DJ, host, plus-size model, marketing maven, vegan chef and founder, creative director, producer and marketing strategist of Aunty’s House. She is tauiwi and third generation Gujarati born in South Africa.

Aunty’s House is a community movement that connects, uplifts and empowers the South Asian diaspora of Aotearoa.
Established in 2023, Aunty’s House hosts events throughout Tāmaki Makaurau that bring people together through music, culture and food, with a commitment to “creating a space where we can come together, share experiences, culture, and celebrate our intersections”

Image Credit: Abigail Dell’Avo

8AM, Friday 29 May at Ellen Melville Centre
Link in bio to register for FREE

A huge ‘thank you’ to our sponsors:
Almighty (@drinkalmighty), Antipodes (@antipodes_water), Blue Frog Breakfast (@bluefrogbreakfast), Boring Milk (@boringmilk) Coffee Supreme (@coffee_supreme), Libertine Blends (@libertineblends), Ellen Melville Centre (@ellenmcentre), Waitemata Local Board by @amitakala

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3 months ago

Aunty’s House presented Chai Sessions: Rainbows in the Reserve 🌈🫖🎵🧺

This 2026 Pride season, Aunty’s House (@auntysh0use) were back in Sandringham to celebrate queer joy, connection, and the South Asian creative community in the open air. 🦋

Rainbows in the Reserve was a FREE, family-friendly Chai Session designed as a cosy picnic ft. delicious take-aways from the local Sandringham strip, picnic mats, chai in hand, performance from local South Asian artists, market stalls to wander through, and a whole lot of aroha.💕✨

Thank you to everyone who came and shared their energy with us. It’s great to be back! 🙏🏽

ARTISTS:
🌈 Nima Astria (@nimaastria)
🌈 Jess Karamjeet (@jess_karamjeet)
🌈 Moushumi Das (@moushumidasnz)
🌈 Aryana 007 (@aryan_parmar_)

STALLS:
🛍️ Sahana Rahman (@shannyszn)
🛍️ Zahra Curates (@zahracurates)
🛍️ Spoor Books (@spoorbooks)
🛍️ Mother India Herbals (@motherindia.care)

Grateful to collaborate with Indian Origin Pride (@indianoriginpride), SPiCE (Sandringham Project in Community Empowerment, @sandringhamspice) and Auckland Pride Festival (@aucklandpride) for this offering. 🌈🪷

📸 Photography captured by our wonderful Event Assistant Shreya Walthati (@shreya.walthati) + a couple from Auckland Pride’s Bunty Bou (@buntybou) and 🧩 collage curated by Creative Producer & Marketing Amita Kala (@amitakala) taken in Sandringham Reserve & Park by @amitakala

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4 months ago

Calling all the South Asian baddies in Tāmaki Makaurau!

Join us this Friday at 5-8PM at Chai Sessions: Rainbows in the Reserve presented by Aunty’s House @auntysh0use in collaboration with Indian Origin Pride (@indianoriginpride) and SPiCE (Sandringham Project in Community Empowerment, @sandringhamspice).

Rainbows in the Reserve is a FREE, family-friendly Chai Session designed as a cosy queer picnic vibe - think delicious take-aways from the local Sandringham strip, chai in hand, performances from local South Asian artists, market stalls to wander through, and a whole lot of aroha.

See you tomorrow at Sandringham Reserve from 5-8PM! 🫖🛝🌈🎶

#AucklandPrideFestival2026 #NgāUriE #tāmakimakaurau #auckland #OpenAccess taken in Sandringham Reserve & Park by @amitakala

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5 months ago

✨Sherbet Lemon Muses✨ ~ Amrita 🦋🧚‍♀️

She wears Full Brief Undies, Petal Skirt and Ivy Bra 💖🍋

Undies and Bra available in multiple colours and sizes!

Photographer: @isobellatur
Model: @amitakala
Hair: @yegg.does.hair
Makeup: @bones_dreadon
Styling: @delilah_gow

#sherbetlemon #nzfashion #girlie #fairy # by @amitakala

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5 months ago

2025 recap 📸

Not only did I go blonde… I also shaved my head?! ✂️
If those two drastic shifts don’t sum up the year, I don’t know what does 😤

The year began with finally starting the book ‘Discovering the Inner Mother’ tending to my nervous system, confronting repeating patterns, downloading ClassPass, and reclaiming joyous movement (I legit cried at my first gym session because I’d missed that body connection for so long 😭💞🏋🏽‍♀️)

So proud to be part of an exquisite exhibition 🌈 months of hard work paying off, alongside big universe lessons on boundaries and learning how to receive

I walked my first runway (‼️) redefining beauty, bathed in the arts celebrating local talent, performed a comedy sketch, booked cool modeling campaigns, and featured in a fashion editorial all while learning how to let go of people who no longer fit and not making it mean I’m the villain 🥲

New energetically significant tattoos, spiritual healers, time spent in wāhine-led community spaces, and DJing across so many creative hubs 🎶📣 gratitude for the experiences and for connecting with incredible Aotearoa artists 🤌🏽🥝

I was featured in a documentary series on plus-size models, published an article on the power of lyrics, applied for funding (and got rejected), went to Vipassana, attended Te Tiriti o Waitangi workshops, and showed up at protests ✊🏾🌊

Took intentional time away from Aunty’s House, went through heavy shifts of depression and sadness, spent time with friends, shared vulnerability, asked for what I needed 🥹💞 and learning how to take care of myself + cooking so many nourishing plant-based meals that truly fuel my soul 👩🏽‍🍳🦋

Grateful. Changed. Still becoming. ✨

Special shoutout to Ginger for the endless love, laughter and adventures 🫚🐶🐾 taken in Aotearoa by @amitakala

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7 months ago

dedicated to worthiness, women, and my womb; the energy has already been unreal 🪷✨

grateful to the incredible tattoo artist @buttercup.ttt at @electricceremony for channeling such a divine offerings 🙏🏽

excited to extend this to wrap to the lower back for that full body protection ⚔️💞

#tattoo #goddess #tattooart #plussize #healing by @amitakala

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8 months ago

For every woman told to shrink, this one’s for you. 🎥 Watch RNZ #CuttingTheCurve now.

Earlier this year I was asked to be part of this incredible doco-series exploring fashion, fatphobia and the industry behind curating what determines ‘beauty’ 👀

Now even though I call myself a fat goddess; for most of my life I felt unworthy because I was fat, and I don’t need to expand on why - I know so many of us can relate to the subliminal (and loud) messages society feeds us 🥲

But something I wish I shared in the interview was that my big aha moment came from my decolonisation journey, when I learnt fatphobia is rooted in racism‼️

Marketing truly is a weapon and when messaging is corrupted with colonisers hating Black bodies (plus a heavy dash of capitilasm and misogyny) it’s no wonder diet culture stays alive and hungry 🍽️

As someone who deeply understands marketing this was the key to unlocking my perception shift, that we can quite literally redefine our perception of beauty and as a matter of fact: I AM WORTHY OF BEING SEEN 📣📣📣

After starting my career as a fashion stylist, becoming a model in 2023 has been life changing and even though I haven’t fully healed from fatphobia, I’m so proud of my journey and contributions to reclaiming myself 😭

Huge shoutout to the series protagonist Isabella Moore (@isabellamoore_) an iconic Samoan Kiwi model I’ve adored witness taking up space and giving so many of us the representation we needed to heal from colonisation 🙌🏽 + loved hearing from fellow plus models like Kaarina Parker (@kaarina.parker) and Sarah-Jane Duff (@lostandledastray) who was the first designer to book me 🥹🫶🏽

Recommended reading:
📚Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings (@sabrina.strings)
📚The Body is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor (@sonyareneetaylor)

Big ups to doco team @sammysalsastyle, @JPNotable, @notablepictures and to the journalist whose story birthed this kaupapa @evelynebrey 💞👏🏽 by @amitakala

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9 months ago

portraits of @amitakala 🌟🌟 taken as a part of our pride 2025 exhibition shoot by @amitakala

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