takahē 113
Editorial
Essay
The map of the tube on the wall: Julia Craig
Art
Paul McLachlan: Layers of Time and Space: Andrew Paul Wood
Comic
Mystery Kererū: Gordon Chaffey
Guest Fiction
Catch: Anthony Lapwood
Fiction
In the Queue for Ice Cream: Stephenjohn Holgate
Ascent: Feby Idrus
Wvfloof Wvfloof Creek: Tracie Lark
Tight Knit: Rachel Offord
An Apple Tree in a Dying World: Phoebe Robertson
The Clown: Stephen Woods
Guest Poetry
Poems: Cadence Chung
Poetry
A baby eats a lemon for the first time: Kate Aschoff
move to the shade: Finn Bechtold
Helen St, 01:23 AM: Alexandra Cherian
Honeymoons: Michael Colbert
There is nothing more embarrassing than wanting something: Molly Crighton
I was a cricketer: Kim Fulton
Sky Ladder: Bronte Heron
Kauri Health Care: Paula Clare King
Papaʻa: Malia Maxwell
Standing in the Water: James Norcliffe
Two Poems: Mark Prisco
And worse: Grace Shelley
Monologue: Calvin Smith
Remarkable Dykes: Ariana Tikao
Earthlings.: Kermit Winona
Two Poems: Briar Wood
Reviews
Black Sugarcane, by Nafanua Purcell Kersel
Clay Eaters, by Gregory Kan
Mana Moana: Ngā Urungi o Te Ohu Kaimoana Toitū mō Anamata / Navigators of Sustainable Fisheries for the Future, by Carla Houkamau and Robert Pouwhare
Surplus Women, by Michelle Duff
Symphony of Queer Errands, by Rachel O’Neill
The Enemy Within, by Maire Leadbeater
The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat by Brannavan Gnanalingam
the prism and the rose and the late poems by Schaeffer Lemalu
Published by The Takahē Collective Trust.
Chair: Zoë Meager; Art and Comics Editor: Andrew Paul Wood; Fiction and Comics Editor: Zoë Meager; Poetry Editor: Erik Kennedy; Essays Editor: Kelly Ana Morey; Reviews Editor: Ash Davida Jane, Angelique Kasmara; Cover Design: Maurice Lye; Board Secretary: Melanie Kwang; Treasurer: Sam Dollimore; Marketing: Zoë Meager; Website Manager: Erica Stretton; Copy Editor: Philippa Tucker; Competition Secretary: Anjula Prakash; Fiction Readers: Ben Herriot, Lyndsey Knight, Melanie Kwang, Margaret Moores, Alexis O’Connell, Norman Penaia, Leanne Radojkovich, Rebecca Reader, Ruby Solomon, Rebecca Styles, Clare Travaglia, Philippa Tucker, Karen Tay, Kathryn Van Beek, Jill Varani, Latika Vasil.
The Takahē Collective Trust affirms and upholds the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Between 1989 and 2022, we published takahē magazine in various digital and print forms from our base in Ōtautahi, and the Trust acknowledges Kāi Tahu as the kaitiaki and takata whenua of that land. Since 2023, the magazine has been published digitally by a more geographically dispersed team. The Trust recognises the mana whenua of all iwi throughout Aotearoa, as well as the traditional owners of other lands.
takahē is produced with the support of Creative NZ.