'A collection to be savoured.'
Witi Ihimaera is of Te Whanau a Kai, Te Aitanga a Mahaki,
Rongowhakaata, Tuhoe, Te Whanau a Apanui and Ngati Porou descent.
He was the first Maori to publish a novel, Tangi, in 1973. He has
subsequently gone on to become one of New Zealand's leading
writers. He has received numerous awards, the most recent being for
his memoir, Maori Boy, which won the Ockham Award for the best
non-fiction work in 2016 and for his play, All Our Sons, which won
six Wellington theatre awards.
Tina Makereti is of Ngati Tuwharetoa, Te Atiawa, Ngati Rangatahi,
Pakeha and, according to family stories, Moriori descent. In 2016
her story 'Black Milk' won the Commonwealth Short Story Award for
the Pacific Region. In addition her fiction and personal essays
have been recognised with various awards, including Nga Kupu Ora
Maori Book Awards for her novel, Where the Rekohu Bone Sings
(2014), and her short story collection, Once Upon a Time in
Aotearoa (2010). Makereti is Creative Writing Lecturer at Massey
University.
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