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This Compulsion In Us by Tina Makereti
Isla Huia swoons over Tina Makereti’s first full-length foray into non-fiction—her essay collection ‘This Compulsion In Us’.
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scrambling to write in our own language: a stream of consciousness review of Death Goddess Guide to Self Love by Carin Smeaton
Josiah Morgan pours out his consciousness on the page to share an experience of Carin Smeaton’s new poetry collection ‘Death Goddess Guide to Self Love’.
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Kaikaranga of My Dreams — A Response to ‘What Happened to Mary-Anne?”
Kitty Wasasala wants to follow Brady Peeti—the kaikaranga of their dreams— into a rock waiata future as they respond to ‘What Happened to Mary-Anne?’.
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Poorhara by Michelle Rahurahu
In which Josiah Morgan is pōhara on a haerenga with Michelle Rahurahu’s ‘Poorhara’ and its haerenga.
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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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Pikitia for Sad Tamariki
Time for a reo Māori lesson with Nicola Andrews. Kupu hou o te rā? Takatāpui.