K-T Harrison
Ko Taupiri te maunga, ko Waikato te awa, ko Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Paoa, Ngāti Haua ngā iwi.
K-T Harrison lives in Hamilton. She has four sons, one daughter and fifteen grandchildren. She has been writing full time for two years and three months. Last year, she completed a Master in Creative Writing at Auckland University of Technology. She is currently preparing a proposal for a PhD at Waikato University, on the power of story-telling to effect change.
Hira Hunapo
Hira Hunapo (Ngāti Hine (Ngā Puhi), Ngāti Raukawa, Tapuika) is a devoted mother and grandmother. She is also an artist and a writer.
Mataia Keepa
Tainui, Te Arawa
I muri mai i ngā tau e whā i Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, ka whanatu atu ahau ki Whakaata Māori hei kanohi mō ngā karere hākinakina Māori o te wā i raro i a Te Kāea. Ā, nō nā kua nei, ka hoki atu ahau ki te mahi mā tētahi o ngā peka o Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi i runga i te waka o te tohu kapahaka e kīia ana ko te ‘Bachelor of Māori Performing Arts degree’. Māringanui ahau i taku hokinga mai ki te kāinga, te take, he pānga hapū kua tino taea, he pātatanga ki te iwi kua tino āhei ināianei, me taku whakahīhī mārire i ērā āheinga āku. I tēnei tau, i tū ai ahau mā te kapa o Te Mātārae i Ōrehu. Me te aha, nōku hoki tētahi o ngā ihu i āhua puta i ngā whakaakoranga a Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Māori i ngā tau ki muri.
Te Atawhai Kumar
Te Atawhai Kumar (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Fijian Indian) has recently joined the ranks of motherhood, which has spurred her into creating and writing infants’ and children’s Māori picture books. She received a Master’s degree in Māori Studies in 2010.
Robert Madden
Ko ahau te tamaiti o ngā iwi katoa o te rohe o Te Tairāwhiti, ko Ngāti Porou rātou ko Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, ko Rongowhakaata, ko Rongomaiwahine. E noho ana ahau ki Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa.
Robert was once a serving soldier in the Royal New Zealand Artillery, but now lives and works as a diver, fisherman and seaman.
Dionne Norman
Dionne Norman (Ngāti Kurī, Whakatōhea) was always passionate about creative writing during her school years, and as an adult, has realised the importance of following her passion and her dream of becoming a successful writer. She plans to continue developing her writing through short stories, poetry and writing for children and young adults. She currently shares her time between Auckland and Tauranga with her partner, John, and teenage son, Josh.
Raschel-Miette
Raschel-Miette lives in Ngāti Porou country with her beautiful daughter, Peanut Splat Her, and their human-effacing cat gang. She is also known as Unsweet Petunia, and tries very hard not to let roller derby take over her life, so that she still has time for writing, drawing, and tattooing, but often loses the fight.
Terence Rissetto
Terence Rissetto (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Ngāti Paoa) lives in South Auckland.
Marama Salsano
Marama Salsano (Te-Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Tūhoe) currently lives in Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa. She is a writer, painter and explorer of worlds. In 2010 she traversed through the Master of Arts in creative writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University.
Mark Sweet
Mark Sweet (Ngā Māhanga) lives at Waimārama Beach in Hawke’s Bay. His first novel, Zhu Mao, will be published in October 2011. After careers in the property sector and restaurants, Mark is now devoting his time to writing. He considers ‘the novel’ the most challenging and rewarding form of his writing, which includes short stories, poetry and journalism.
Gordon Te Araroa-Ham
Gordon Te Araroa-Ham (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) was born in Kākahi. He spent his childhood there among his whānau: living on their land, gazing up at mountains, swimming in rivers, riding horses and gathering an abundance of future inspiration. Gordon spent many years living in Auckland as a social worker. He is still a social worker and – that’s right – a writer. Gordon and his partner live in Kākahi with their two dogs, two ducks, two cats, one horse and nearly all of Gordon’s whānau.
Frederick Te Moana I Kauia Te Maro
Ko Hikurangi te maunga, ko Waiapu te awa, ko Te Whānau A Pōkai te hapū, ko Ngāti Porou te iwi.
Frederick is currently a kaupapa kaimahi for the Kōhanga Reo National Trust.
Erin Thompson-Pou
Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Ngai Tāmanuhiri, Ngāti Tiipa
I tipu ake a Erin ki Rotorua. Kei tōna tau whakamutunga ia, e whai ana i te tohu Poutūārongo Whakaakoranga, ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa.
I moe i a Rapu Pou, nō Rotorua hoki. Tokotoru a rāua tamāhine. I poipoi i a rāua tamariki kia Māori noa tō rātou tipuranga. Ā, hei āwhina i tō rātou whakapakari reo ki te kainga, i tīmata a Erin ki te tito waiata hei koha ki āna tamariki.
I tito i te pakiwaitara nei hei koha ki tōna māmā mō tōna rā whānau.
Anita Tipene
Anita Tipene lives in the Bay of Islands with her family and far too many dogs. She loves stories and hopes, one day, to be the next JK Rowling: rich … oh, and a famous writer. Or at the very least, a known one.
Helen Waaka
Ko Tutamoe te maunga, ko Kaihu te awa, ko Mahuhu-ki-te-rangi te waka, ko Ngāti Whātua te iwi, ko Ngāti Torehina te hapu, ko Taite te marae.
Helen works as a nurse in a small rural hospital, but her dream is to give up the day job and write full time. She is currently studying towards a Graduate Diploma in creative writing at Whitireia. Other interests are Te Reo and Te Ao Māori: she is also currently enrolled in a Māori Studies course at EIT. However, her most important passion is whānau. Ko te kai rapu, ko ia te kite.
TC Waikato
TC Waikato is a graphic artist from the small Bay of Plenty settlement Te Teko. A former lawyer, she now runs her own Māori art business, which allows her more time to indulge her passion for writing. TC draws inspiration from the diverse social and cultural environments she has experienced over the years, combined with her personal observations of human nature.
Lesley Rain Walker
Lesley Rain Walker is just a nineteen-year-old girl trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
Challen Wilson
Challen Wilson (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Kuia, Ngai Tahu, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Raukawa) completed her Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in film at Victoria University in 2010. Challen’s passion is story-telling, and her aspirations for the future include creating a spectrum of performative stories. Challen is focused on producing works that reflect indigenous perspectives. In 2009, she was awarded a Ngā Karahipi a Te Waka Toi/Te Waka Toi scholarship, distributed to tertiary-level students of Māori art forms who show promise and commitment to their art form and to Māori development through the arts.
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