Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall. THWUP (2022). RRP: $30.00. Pb, 168 pp. ISBN: 9781776920259 Reviewed by Isla Reeves Martin. Tauhou, by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall is a refreshing tale of cultural dissonance, connection, and indigeneity. In an imagined reality in which the author’s two cultures, Māori and Coast Salish, find themselves aligned in geography and experience, the reader is…
Te Wehenga –The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku na Mat Tait. Allen & Unwin NZ (2022). RRP: $36.99. Hb, 60 pp. ISBN: 9781988547664. Reviewed by S J Mannion. Te Wehenga The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku is Mat Tait’s second graphic book and is a bold and beautiful thing. It opens bravely with a karakia, to clear…
Kōhine by Colleen Maria Lenihan. Huia Publishers (2022). RRP: $25.00. Pb. 232 pp. ISBN: 9781775506973. Reviewed by N M Smith. Kōhine by Colleen Maria Lenihan opens with a well known Māori proverb: I will never be lost (because) I am a seed sown from Rangiātea. Like the book itself, it is beautiful, small and packed…
Mokorua: Ngā Kōrero mō tōku moko kauae. My story of moko kauae by Ariana Tikao AUP NZ (2022). RRP: $45.00. Hb, 164 pp. ISBN: 9781869409708 Reviewed by: Siobhan Kahu Tumai. Sometimes being tangata Māori in te ao Pākehā feels like you have only half the pieces of your life’s puzzle. The more you learn and grow…
Kirsty Dunn reviews “mō taku tama” and “ināianei/now” by Vaughan Rapatahana
