Hoof by Kerrin P. Sharpe. THWUP (2023). RRP: $25.00. PB, 96pp. ISBN: 9781776921225. Reviewed by S. J. Mannion. Kerrin P. Sharpe certainly lives up to her surname here, her poetry has the kind of clarity that bites… and though you’re never quite sure where you’ve been bitten, still you feel the teeth marks throb. Hmm, an extended…
Birdspeak by Arihia Latham. Anahera Press (2023). RRP: $25.00. PB, 100pp. ISBN: 9780473678524. Reviewed by Isla Huia. The most recent release from Anahera Press, Birdspeak, is Arihia Latham’s debut collection of poetry. Speaking through the generations of her tīpuna in their home of Te Wai Pounamu, to the present day in the lives of her closest…
Shared Histories by John Tane Christaller. The Cuba Press (2022). RRP: $30.00. Pb, 50 pp. ISBN: 9781988595597. Reviewed by: Sarah Maindonald. When I first perused this collection, I was hopeful. It seemed a noble task to try and capture our ‘shared histories’ and give profile to some of the most tragic and sacred sites in Aotearoa. In Christeller’s slim but…
Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall. THWUP (2022). RRP: $30.00. Pb, 168 pp. ISBN: 9781776920259 Reviewed by Isla Reeves Martin. Tauhou, by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall is a refreshing tale of cultural dissonance, connection, and indigeneity. In an imagined reality in which the author’s two cultures, Māori and Coast Salish, find themselves aligned in geography and experience, the reader is…
Te Wehenga –The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku na Mat Tait. Allen & Unwin NZ (2022). RRP: $36.99. Hb, 60 pp. ISBN: 9781988547664. Reviewed by S J Mannion. Te Wehenga The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku is Mat Tait’s second graphic book and is a bold and beautiful thing. It opens bravely with a karakia, to clear…
Threads by Karen Zelas. Pūkeko Publications (2022). RRP: $25.00. Pb.130pp. ISBN 9780473656867. Reviewed by Hester Ullyart. Karen Zelas’ latest collection, Threads, is a love letter to family lines; past, present, future. Opening poems fall under the hush of ‘I want to say…’; here Zelas uses her most supple tool to hand – the word –…
Kirsty Dunn reviews “mō taku tama” and “ināianei/now” by Vaughan Rapatahana
