From the chanted songs and oratory of traditional culture, to engagement with the English language in the nineteenth century, and on into the cultural revival of the late twentieth century, Maori have always been deeply engaged with poetic forms. In this book, two leading M?ori poets collect the major Maori poetic voices in English together in a pioneering anthology.
From the chanted songs and oratory of traditional culture, to engagement with the English language in the nineteenth century, and on into the cultural revival of the late twentieth century, Maori have always been deeply engaged with poetic forms. In this book, two leading M?ori poets collect the major Maori poetic voices in English together in a pioneering anthology.
Reina Whaitiri is of Maori and Pakeha descent, and is a teacher, researcher, and editor of Maori, Pacific and indigenous literature. She taught English literature at the Universities of Auckland and Hawai'i, and coordinated the former's Tertiary Education Foundation Programme. She has coedited three anthologies, Homeland: New Writing from America, the Pacific, and Asia, Mauri Ola, and Whetu Moana. Robert Sullivan is a poet of Ngapuhi/Irish descent, and is the author of a number of books of poetry, a graphic novel, and a prize-winning book of Maori legends for children. He coedited Mauri Ola, and Whetu Moana. He is a former literary fellow at the University of Auckland and a former distinguished visiting writer at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa, where he taught creative writing. He now heads the creative writing program at Manukau Institute of Technology in Auckland.
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