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BALDH3AD! / Ka Whawhai Tonu Mātou
A new poem by Isla Huia, after THEIA’s “musical assault on the plague of colonisation”, ‘BALDH3AD!’.
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To You, My Whānau, My Mokopuna
In a new addition to the future ANCESTORS kaupapa, Felix Stribling writes of feeling out of place as a Māori American and as a queer person.
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Ngā Reta — A Response
Elise Sadlier attends Basement Theatre’s first fully te reo Māori production, ‘Ngā Reta’. She writes in response to fellow Gizzy Girl / Te Wānanga Takiura tuakana Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana.
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The Tiwhas: A Matariki Spectacular — A Response
As part of Basement Theatre’s Matariki offerings, Ayla Brockes headed along to ‘The Tiwhas: A Matariki Spectacular’ and wrote of their experience.
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Being both
For our ‘future ANCESTORS’ collection, Jo Bragg considers what it means to be someone standing in many different worlds.
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Bird Child and Other Stories by Patricia Grace
Before even opening the cover of Patricia Grace’s latest book, ‘Bird Child and Other Stories’, Isla Huia knew she was in for something special. With a quiet reverence, she responds to this valued addition to Māori literature.
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Pikitia for Sad Tamariki
Time for a reo Māori lesson with Nicola Andrews. Kupu hou o te rā? Takatāpui.
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Kinda cannibalistic
‘Kinda cannibalistic’ tells half a story of returning back home, always. It is the beginning of an examination, a contrast, between the Pākehā world and te ao Māori through ideologies of biblical text and their effect on the Māori world.
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Whati
This poem is a deep dive into another form of displacement that occurs with people from the diaspora. It is told from the perspective of someone who is from the diaspora, takatāpui, AFAB, born and raised in an urban setting, and all of the ways colonisation and its agents attempt to continue displacing her even…
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Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall
In their first book review for 2023, harold bring us a little peak into ‘Tauhou’, the debut novel by Māori/Coast Salish writer Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall.
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essa + ECHIDNA: In Which a Friend Finally Gives Back
Michelle Rahurahu writes to essa may ranapiri and ECHIDNA. A personal essay to a poet, founding whaea, artist and friend.
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