Kōhine by Colleen Maria Lenihan. Huia Publishers (2022). RRP: $25.00. Pb. 232 pp. ISBN: 9781775506973. Reviewed by N M Smith. Kōhine by Colleen Maria Lenihan opens with a well known Māori proverb: I will never be lost (because) I am a seed sown from Rangiātea. Like the book itself, it is beautiful, small and packed…
Mokorua: Ngā Kōrero mō tōku moko kauae. My story of moko kauae by Ariana Tikao AUP NZ (2022). RRP: $45.00. Hb, 164 pp. ISBN: 9781869409708 Reviewed by: Siobhan Kahu Tumai. Sometimes being tangata Māori in te ao Pākehā feels like you have only half the pieces of your life’s puzzle. The more you learn and grow…
Ghosts by Siobhan Harvey.Dunedin: OUP (2021).RRP: $27.50. Pb, 112pp.ISBN: 9781988592985.Reviewed by Mary Cresswell. However you define ghosts, they are here in abundance. Siobhan Harvey puts all her poetic skills to bear on the ghosts we carry with us, in our minds and our dwellings, in our bodies and our souls. The book is divided into…
