Anahera Maire Gildea (Ngāti Tukorehe) is a writer and artivist. She has worked extensively as a visual and performing artist, writer, and teacher. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and she has been an award finalist for both her poetry and short stories. Anahera has won the Huia Best Novel Extract […]

  Colleen Maria Lenihan hails from Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi. She is a fiction writer, screenwriter and photographer, and a graduate of Te Papa Tupu and The Creative Hub. Her first book Kōhine, proudly published by Huia, was launched in August and has been warmly received by readers across the motu. Colleen is based in […]

  Keri Hulme (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe) was the first New Zealander to win the prestigious Booker Prize in 1985. She was also the first writer to win the Booker Prize with a debut novel. In August 2022, the original manuscript of the bone people was sold at auction and the proceeds of the sale […]

About the fund Creative New Zealand funding for individual artists and arts practitioners to develop skills that increase career sustainability and future-proof business practice. Apply here. Amount: $5,000 – $10,000 Artforms: All Artforms   Funding rounds Opened: 19 Sep 2022 Closes: 14 Oct 2022, 1PM Results due: 25 Nov 2022   Who can apply? This fund […]

Keri Hulme’s generous koha for Māori writers The original manuscript of the bone people, by legendary author Keri Hulme (Kāi Tahu and Kāti Māmoe), will be auctioned at Dunbar Sloane on the 11th of August, this year. Keri Hulme was the first New Zealander to win the prestigious Booker Prize in 1985. She was also the […]

Patricia Grace, one of New Zealand’s most prominent and celebrated Maori fiction authors and a figurehead of modern New Zealand literature, is among those attending the Kupu Māori Writers’ Festival. Read more >

Māori women are represented in every category and two Māori writers are among the four shortlisted for the fiction prize. Read more >