Pukapuka make fantastic gifts for Kirihimete – especially when you are supporting kaituhi Māori! Pukapuka are the gift that keep on giving, there’s something for all ages and interests, and the perfect companion to take on holiday over Hine Raumati, even if you aren’t venturing further than your own backyard or beach. Here we […]
Shilo Kino (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Te Ata, Ngāti Maniapoto) is a writer residing in Tāmaki Makaurau. She has worked for Marae, Newsroom, North and South, The Spinoff, The Guardian and Pantograph Punch as a journalist. In 2018 Shilo was awarded a place on the Māori Literature Trust writers’ incubator, Te Papa Tupu. In 2020, she published […]
Dr Rachel Buchanan (Taranaki iwi, Te Ātiawa) is a historian, journalist and a member of Te Aro Pā Poets collective and Te Pouhere Kōrero Māori Historians Network. She is the author of The Parihaka Album: Lest We Forget (Huia, 2009), Stop Press: The Last Days of Newspapers (Scribe, 2013) and Ko Taranaki Te Maunga (Bridget […]
Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku (Te Arawa, Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi, Waikato) has degrees from the University of Auckland and University of Waikato. An Emeritus Professor, she has worked as a curator, lecturer, critic, researcher and governor in the heritage and university sectors. She is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, a Companion of the Royal […]
Talia Marshall (Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Takihiku) is a Dunedin based writer. She has had work published in Poetry magazine, Landfall, Sport, North & South, Mana, Canvas, The Spinoff, Newsroom, Pantograph Punch and with City Gallery. In 2020 she was the inaugural Emerging Māori Writer in Residence at the IIML at […]
Jordan Tricklebank (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Mahuta) is the curator of Māori Literature Blog, a dedicated exploration of literature written in English by Māori authors of the 20th and 21st centuries. He is also the creator and editor of Pūhia, a literary journal that showcases literature and art by Māori creators. Jordan was a recipient of […]
New Zealand poet and editor Kiri Piahana-Wong is of Maori (Ngāti Ranginui), Chinese, and Pākehā (English) ancestry. She is the author of the poetry collection Night Swimming (2013), and she is the publisher at Anahera Press. Her work has appeared in over fifty journals and anthologies, and Kiri has performed at numerous literary festivals across […]
Josiah Morgan (he/him, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Maniapoto) is a queer interdisciplinary creative from Ōtautahi. Josiah has been writing for several years and has been involved with performing arts nearly his entire life. His latest book i’m still growing brings his poetry into print in Aotearoa for the first time after publishing his first four books […]
Stacey Teague (Ngāti Maniapoto/Ngāpuhi) is a poet, publisher, editor and teacher. She is currently a publisher and editor at Tender Press. Her new pukapuka, Plastic is out now with Te Herenga Waka University Press. Congratulations e hoa on the launch of your collection Plastic. Sometimes writers talk about their book as if it is […]
Jade Kake is the director and founder of Matakohe Architecture and Urbanism and has a Master of Architecture degree. She is also a writer of fiction and non-fiction. Jade has written Rebuilding the Kāinga – Lessons from Te Ao Hurihuri, and chapters in collections about architecture and design and has also written for Stuff, The […]
