2023 Pikihuia Awards
Shortlist
The shortlist for this year’s Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers was announced today. Robyn Bargh, Chair of Te Waka Taki Kōrero | The Māori Literature Trust is thrilled with the number and quality of entries.
“The range of submissions is very impressive; the Pikihuia Awards are a chance to reconnect with some previous finalists and meet a number of new ones through their writing. It’s a very exciting time for Māori Literature”, she said.
The winners will be announced at the Pikihuia Awards ceremony on 28 October 2023 at Tākina, Wellington.
We would like to thank everyone who submitted to the 2023 Pikihuia Awards. This year we received a large number of submissions and the standard of work has been exceptionally high. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our generous judges and the team at HUIA for all of their hard work throughout the competition phase.
We are proud to announce our finalists in the following categories are as follows:
Keri Hulme Award
Rachel Buchanan – Te Motunui Epa
essa may ranapiri – Echidna
Monty Soutar – Kāwai
Non-Fiction
Te Reo Māori
Airana Ueroa Ngarewa – Nō Pātea Ahau
Zeb Tamihana Nicklin – Tin Canning
Non-Fiction
English
Hana Pera Aoake – And we didn’t disappear, we’re still here: On Ana Iti, Moa, Museums, Peppa Pig and stories
Eru Jeremy Hart – Zion and the Three Cancers
Nadine Anne Hura – A Dangerous Country
Tōrea Scott-Fyfe – She who dreams of Rua-o-te-moko
Jordan Tricklebank – What Do We Do about David Ballantyne?
Danielle Tia Faye Riwai – A trip to Marsics
Short Fiction
Te Reo Māori
Rea Aane – E Niwa, kaua e turituri
Pine Tamahori Campbell – Ko Pare te Pūkeko nanakia
Jacob McGregor – Te Koha Tūmatarau
Atakohu Middleton – Te pō whakanui huritau
Te Ataakura Swannell-kaa – Te haerenga o Hinauri ki te rapu i te kāhui o Matariki
Christie Wallace – Te Wehenga
Short Fiction
English
Sarah McOnie – Awa
Nadine Anne Hura – Affidavit in the Family Court: Ranginui vs Papatūānuku (Letter to the Climate)
Steph Julian – Jonas Was Not A Brave boy
Toni Wi – The Island
Anthony Pita – kintsugi with the colour pink
Marama Salsano – Stars of Hood Street
Poetry
Te Reo Māori
Aperahama Hurihanganui – Hei Hoa Mauroa
Winara Levi – Mā te roa ka aha
Zeb Tamihana Nicklin – Kura kōkako Māori kua rere hea ngā tau
Zeb Tamihana Nicklin – Koi kirihaunga te hoki mai
Rauhina Scott-Fyfe – nāwai, nāwai
Airana Ueroa Ngarewa – Ko taua āhua tonu
Poetry
English
Shelley Burne-Field – Another Brown Face
Abby Hauraki – When the rains came
Ana Maria King – te karu o te whenua / amphibian
Ana Maria King – Sister
Hannah Urupikia Rapata – Scarred native tongues
Miriama Gemmell – you begin to see