Te Whē ki Tukorehe - the first edition of new bilingual Māori literary journal, Te Whē, is out now - available here for free in pdf form; honoured to have an essay “Kohanga Hou” and pēpi attempt at a little poem in te reo, “Karakia” within this pukapuka alongside mahi by such inspirational kaituhi wāhine.

Ngā mihi ki ngā kaihautū - Anahera Gildea and Nadine Hura.

Arohanui x

Two of my poems, “Tama” and “Port Hutt” (both written on Rēkohu) are included in the first issue of saltwater love - contemporary Indigenous writing from the heart, edited by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall. Link to the free pdf download of the journal here.

Two of my poems (“heteralocha acutirostris” and “where is your waka, huia?”) were published in the first issue of Tupuranga: New Indigenous Writing from Aotearoa and the Moana. You can read the journal here.

Ngā mihi nui to the editors and designers.

Waitangi Beach, Rēkohu (Chatham Island)

Here I came to the very edge, where nothing at all needs saying

everything is absorbed through weather and the sea

and the moon swam back, its rays all silvered,

and time and again the darkness would be broken by the crash of a wave

and every day on the balcony of the sea,

wings open, fire is born

and everything is blue again like morning.

Pablo Neruda