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Kupu Māori Writers Festival
2024 Writers
Airana Ngarewa
Ngati Ruanui, Nga Rauru, Nga Ruahine
Arapine Walker
Ngāti Rangiwewehi
Dr Atakohu Middleton
Waikato, Pākehā
Dr Awhina Tamarapa
Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ruanui
Christall Lowe
Ngāti Kauwhata, Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto
Professor Deidre Brown
Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu
Elizabeth Gray
Ngāti Rēhia, Ngāti Uepōhatu, Tama Ūpoko ki te awa o Wanganui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Emma Hislop
Kāi Tahu
Eugene Temara
Ngāi Tūhoe, Waikato, Raukawa ki Wharepuhunga, Ngāti Te Roro o te Rangi
Fraser Smith
Hana Tapiata
Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, Waikato, Pākehā
Hemi Kelly
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa
Hinemoa Jones
Te Arawa, Tainui, Pākehā
Isla Huia
Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Uenuku
Jacquie McRae
Tainui Awhiro, Ngāti Koata
Jade Kake
Ngāpuhi, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Whakaue
Jane Rangiwahia
Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui
Julian Wilcox
Ngāpuhi, Te Arawa
Kirsty Babington
Ngāti Awa, Ngā Ariki Kai Pūtahi, Ngāti Porou
Professor Leonie Pihama
Te Ātiawa, Ngā Māhanga ā Tairi, Waikato
Dame Lisa Carrington
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Porou
Michelle Rahurahu
Ngāti Rahurahu, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa, Te Arawa
Dr Ngahuia Murphy
Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana, Te Arawa
Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku
Te Arawa, Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Tūhoe
Associate Professor Ngarino Ellis
Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou
Professor Noenoe K. Silva
Kanaka Hawaiʻi
Olivia Aroha Giles
Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Rarua, Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne
Dr Rāpata Wiri
Ngāti Ruapani, Te Arawa, Tūhoe
Robert Sullivan
Ngāpuhi, Kai Tahu
Shilo Kino
Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Maniapoto
Stacey Teague
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi
Tania Roxborogh
Ngāti Porou
Te Haumihiata Mason
Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pango, Te Arawa
Tīhema Baker
Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira
OUR STORIES.
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OUR VOICES.
HAI WHAKANUI
To highlight, celebrate, and honour Māori writers.
HAI TAUTOKO
To support Māori writers of diverse genres, share knowledge, and provide platforms to showcase their work.
HAI WHAKATENATENA
To inspire a new generation of Māori writers and pass down knowledge through wānanga.
HAI WHAKATAIRANGA
Promoting the mātauranga of reading and writing to the iwi whānui.
HAI WĀNANGA
A gathering of all people to engage with Māori literature.
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