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2023 Pikihuia Awards

Winners & Highly Commended Writers

Keri Hulme Award

Judged by Robyn Bargh and Nic Lowe and sponsored by the Keri Hulme whānau
Winner
essa may ranapiri
(Ngaati Wehi Wehi, Ngaati Raukawa-ki-te-Tonga, Te Arawa, Ngaati Pukeko, Ngaati Takatāpui, Clan Gunn)
Echidna

Poetry in te reo Māori

Judged by Hēmi Kelly and sponsored by Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori
Winner
Aperahama Hurihanganui
(Te Arawa, Te Tai Rāwhiti, Wairarapa)
Hei Hoa Mauroa
Highly Commended
Winara Levi
(Ngāti Hauā, Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Raukawa, Te Arawa, Sāmoa)

Mā te roa ka aha
Highly Commended
Rauhina Scott-Fyfe
(Kāi Tahu - Kāi Te Ruahikihiki, Kāti Kurī, Kāi Tuna)

nāwai, nāwai
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Poetry in English

Judged by Robert Sullivan and sponsored by Wellington City Council
Winner
Shelley Burne-Field
(Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Rārua)
Another Brown Face
Highly Commended
Ana Maria King
(Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato)

te karu o te whenua / amphibian
Highly Commended
Miriama Gemmell
(Ngāti Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Kahugnunu ki Te Wairoa)

you begin to see
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Non-Fiction in te reo Māori

Judged by Mike Ross and sponsored by Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori
Winner
Zeb Tamihana Nicklin
(Pāhauwera, Ngā Tokorima a Hinemanuhiri, Ruapani, Tūhoe, Tāmanuhiri, Rangitāne)
Tin Canning
Highly Commended
Airana Ueroa Ngarewa
(Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine)

Nō Pātea Ahau
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Non-Fiction in English

Judged by Dr. Emma Wehipeihana and sponsored by Wellington City Council
Winner
Nadine Anne Hura
(Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi)
A Dangerous Country
Highly Commended
Eru Jeremy Hart
(Ngāti Kahungunu)

Zion and the Three Cancers
Highly Commended
Jordan Tricklebank
(Ngāti Kahungunu)

What Do We Do about David Ballantyne?
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Short Fiction in te reo Māori

Judged by Maiki Sherman and sponsored by Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori
Winner
Jacob McGregor
(Nō Ngāti Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ngā Rauru Kītahi me Te Whānau-a-Apanui)
Te Koha Tūmatarau
Highly Commended
Pine Tamahori Campbell
(Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa)

Ko Pare te Pūkeko nanakia
Highly Commended
Atakohu Middleton
(Ngāti Māhanga)

Ko te pō whakanui huritau
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Short Fiction in English

Judged by Carol Hirschfeld and sponsored by Wellington City Council
Winner
Anthony Pita
(Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Ranginui)
kintsugi with the colour pink
Highly Commended
Sarah McOnie
(Ngāti Maniapoto/Kāi Tahu – iwi; Ngāti Te Kanawa – hapū)

Awa
Highly Commended
Nadine Anne Hura
(Ngāti Kahungunu)

Affidavit in the Family Court: Ranginui vs Papatūānuku (Letter to the Climate)
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