takahē 117
Essay
How to decipher a clothesline: Ann Palmer
Art
Vashti Johnstone: The Wild Intelligence of Matter: Pip Goldsbury
Guest Fiction
Dry: Caoimhe McKeogh
Fiction
Mangroves: Tim Loveday
Her, after a snowstorm: Elise Sadlier
Living in and as the Earth Quakes: Rosie Shute
Matariki Short Short Story Celebration
Inheritance: Kelin Belcher
Now and Then: Sara Bucher
Noxul Street Splits: Shelley Burne-Field
Disappearing Act (1997): Eliana Gray
Hiwa’s Wishes: Paige Grayson
Our Journal: Cindy Kurukaanga
Abstractions: Margaret Moores
Ngā tohu: Tahi Moton
the palagi boy brings haggis: Lisa Stanley
Guest Poetry
Rebecca Hawkes
Poetry
of iiiiiii: olive bly
Two poems: Cadence Chung
Two poems: Megan Clayton
Unnamed: Miriam Corris
Waikato Hospital Parking Garage: Brandon De La Cruz
Love Sonnet: Zoë Deans
daughter skin: ada duffy
Grace, When It Is a Bit Bad for You: Lee Fraser
Outdoor Lap Pool: Jan Elaine Harris
Light Lies Lightly: Robert McLean
The only driving test I will ever pass: Helena Leon Mayer
i read the book: Sam Morley
Above & Beyond: Chris Parsons
Fundamentals of Home: Jenny Powell
Considering the Life Choices of Cousin Georgiana: Joanna Preston
Hallelujah Foal: Kristen Reece
Two poems: Jillian Sullivan
Mandorla: Kit Willett
Grapes: Troy Wong
The Wild Ones: Jasmine Yorke
Reviews
Banjara, by Shana Chandra
Between Dreams: Resistance and Representation in Asian Aotearoa, edited by Grace Gassin
Lucky Creatures, by Joseph Trinidad
Portrait, by Jackson McCarthy
The End and the Beginning, by KJ Holdom
Published by The Takahē Collective Trust.
Art and Comics Editor: Andrew Paul Wood; Essays Editor: Sharon Mazer; 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; Cover Design: Maurice Lye; Marketing: Zoë Meager; Treasurer: Sam Dollimore; Fiction Readers: Stephanie Batt, Ellen Bernstein, Jennifer Compton, Michelle D’costa, Krysana Hanley, Ben Herriot, Lyndsey Knight, Melanie Kwang, Caitlin Lester, Margaret Moores, Gerard O’Brien, Leanne Radojkovich, Rebecca Reader, Brittany Rose, Daisy Sheehan, Rebecca Styles, Clare Travaglia, Philippa Tucker, Jill Varani, Latika Vasil, James Whineray-Kelly.
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.