2021 Pikihuia Awards
2021 Pikihuia Awards
The 2021 Pikihuia Awards revealed a strong indication that more Māori writers than ever are finding their voice and are ready to be heard.
Finalists
Bonice Ropiha (Ngāti Kahungunu), Napier – Ngā Hoa Hoariri – WINNER
Jordanah-Lee Hohipa (Tūhoe), Napier – Ki hea Noa Iho – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Panitahi Howe (Ngāti Manawa), Napier – He Rūkahu Rānei – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Maia Thompson (Ngāi Tahu, Waitaha, Ngāti Māmoe), Wellington – Te Uaua o te Kimi Hoa
Merryn Jones (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa), Hastings – Food Porn for the Incapacitated. – WINNER
Te Ariki Wi Neera (Ngāti Toa Rangatira), Kāpiti Coast – The Skinhead – HIGHLY COMMENDED
J. Wiremu Kane (Ngāpuhi), Thames – Argentine Ants and My Search for Hawaiki – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Anthony Pita (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Ranginui), Auckland – Marble Pills and Raspberry Vodka
Leeann Ramsay (Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu), Invercargill – The Weather Man
Sean Ogden (Ngāti Tūkorehe), Levin –Te Atakura
Zeb Tamihana Nicklin (Ngāti Pāhauwera, Tūhoe, Ruapani, Ngā Tokorima a Hinemanuhiri, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri), Palmerston North – Te Māra a Tangaroa, Te Māminga a Tamanuiterā rāua ko Takero i a Mauī, Pōhutukawa – WINNER
Atakohu Middleton (Ngāti Māhanga), Auckland – Wairua – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Zeb Tamihana Nicklin (Ngāti Pāhauwera, Tūhoe, Ruapani, Ngā Tokorima a Hinemanuhiri, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri), Palmerston North – Iti te kupu, nui te korero
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Iraia Bailey (Ngāti Tūwharetoa), Tūrangi – Kahukura: te Tama nō te Māra Taro
Nadine Anne Hura (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi), Porirua – Two Letters – WINNER
Chris Reed (Ngāti Porou), Auckland – Let it be. Waiho. –HIGHLY COMMENDED
Miriama Gemmell (Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa), Raumati Beach – The Bus Driver – HIGHLY COMMENDED
Ashlee Sturme (Ngāti Awa, Te Arawa, Tūwharetoa), Edgecumbe – The Label Machine is Broken
Emma Hislop (Kāi Ngāi Tahu), Taranaki – Mangrove Heights
Nadine Anne Hura (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi), Porirua – The Trouble with the Bubble