takahē 114
Art
Maania Tealei: Whakahōnore i tō tātou taonga tuku iho: Honouring Our Legacy
Guest Fiction
Tiny Galaxies: Anna Woods
Fiction
Ori: Elliot Harley McKenzie
Straight Talk: Bel Monypenny
The Birds: Helena Pantsis
One Last Look: Melissa Ren
Guest Poetry
Six poems: Elizabeth Morton
Poetry
Phone sex: Airini Beautrais
Pylades and Electra, 1935: Megan Clayton
First Wool: Jennifer Compton
A4-sized fairy / archived cry: Amber French
Everybody sees the inside of the sausage under the surveillance state: Eliana Gray
Dough Buoys: Kasandra Hart-Kaumoana
Disenfranchised: Jilly O’Brien
You Must Allow Me to Tell You: Brett Reid
big mac trees: Lisa Stanley
succulent: Chris Stewart
a year in my mother’s garden, as the forager: Judy Zhang
Reviews
Dear Alter, by Jiaqiao Liu
Joss: A History, by Grace Yee
Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa, edited by Sereana Naepi
Overseas Experience, by Nicola Andrews
Slowing the Sun, by Nadine Hura
The Book of Guilt, by Catherine Chidgey
Published by The Takahē Collective Trust.
Art and Comics Editor: Andrew Paul Wood; Essays Editor: Kelly Ana Morey; Fiction and Comics Editor: Zoë Meager; Poetry Editor: Erik Kennedy; Reviews Editor: Ash Davida Jane, Angelique Kasmara; Board Secretary: Melanie Kwang; Chair: Zoë Meager; Copy Editor: Philippa Tucker; Competitions Secretary: Anjula Prakash; Cover Design: Maurice Lye; Marketing and Website: Zoë Meager; Treasurer: Sam Dollimore; Fiction Readers: Ben Herriot, Lyndsey Knight, Melanie Kwang, Margaret Moores, Norman Penaia, Leanne Radojkovich, Rebecca Reader, Rebecca Styles, Clare Travaglia, Philippa Tucker, Karen Tay, Kathryn Van Beek, Jill Varani, Latika Vasil.
The Takahē Collective Trust affirms and upholds the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Between 1989 and 2022, we published takahē magazine in various digital and print forms from our base in Ōtautahi, and the Trust acknowledges Kāi Tahu as the kaitiaki and takata whenua of that land. Since 2023, the magazine has been published digitally by a more geographically dispersed team. The Trust recognises the mana whenua of all iwi throughout Aotearoa, as well as the traditional owners of other lands.
takahē is produced with the support of Creative NZ.