Writers

Meet all of the writers

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

Deidre Brown

Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu

Elizabeth Gray

Ngāti Rēhia, Ngāti Uepōhatu, Tama Ūpoko ki te awa o Wanganui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Emma Hislop

Kāi Tahu

Fraser Smith

Hemi Kelly

Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa

Hinemoa Jones

Te Arawa, Tainui, Pākehā

Isla Huia

Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Uenuku

Jade Kake

Ngāpuhi, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Whakaue

Jane Rangiwahia

Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui

Kirsty Babington

Ngāti Awa, Ngā Ariki Kai Pūtahi, Ngāti Porou

Pania Tahau-Hodges

Ngāti Tūwharetoa/Ngāti Tūtemohuta, Tūhoe

Professor Leonie Pihama

Te Ātiawa, Ngā Māhanga ā Tairi, Waikato

Michelle Rahurahu

Ngāti Rahurahu, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa, Te Arawa

Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku

Te Arawa, Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Tūhoe

Ngarino Ellis

Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou

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

Stacey Teague

Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi

Tania Roxborogh

Ngāti Porou

Te Haumihiata Mason

Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pango, Te Arawa