takahē 115: Digital

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Digital download (PDF) of takahē 115 (December 2025) featuring:

• Essay by John Fenton
• Art Essay by Samuel Te Kani
• Art by Tony Guo
• Guest Fiction by Ruby Porter
• Guest Poetry by Helen Rickerby
• Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025 judge’s report by Janet Newman and winning poem by Jilly O’Brien

With fiction by: Christian Barragan, Tina Cartwright, Douglas Curran, Andrew McKenzie, Jemma Richardson, and Bernard Steeds.

With poetry by: Jessica Arcus, Maia Armistead, Tony Beyer, Jane Bloomfield, Alexandra Cherian, Cadence Chung, Lauren Connolly, Cian Dennan, David Eggleton, Rachel Faleatua, Joel LeBlanc, Dorothy Lune, Anuja Mitra, Zia Ravenscroft, Richard Reeve, Reihana Robinson, Mark Russell, Nigel Skjellerup, Leilani Tamu, Anny Trolove, Nina Tulloch, and Freya Turnbull.

With reviews of:

• Before the Winter Ends by Khadro Mohamed
• Hoods Landing by Laura Vincent
• No Good by Sophie van Waardenberg
• Pastoral Care by John Prins
• show you’re working out by liz breslin