essa may ranapiri is a river full of run-off and a mountain that is money-gated, tangata takatāpui trapped in a colonised world. Their first and second books, ransack and Echnidna are both published by THWUP. They write to honour their tūpuna, they will write until they’re dead.

essa may ranapiri is a river full of run-off and a mountain that is money-gated, tangata takatāpui trapped in a colonised world.

essa may ranapiri

essa may ranapiri on Bird Collector, a poetry collection that liberates form and painfully evokes the silencing of Aotearoa’s forests.

Stifling Silence: A review of Bird Collector

Colleen Maria Lenihan (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is a short story writer, scriptwriter and playwright based in Tāmaki Makarau. Her first collection of short stories will be released by Huia in April 2022.

Colleen Maria Lenihan (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) is a short story writer, scriptwriter and playwright based in Tāmaki Makarau.

Colleen Maria Lenihan 

Amidst chaos and murder, Angelique Kasmara’s debut novel is set in a vividly drawn Tāmaki Makaurau.

Gritty K' Road: A Review of Isobar Precinct

Ana McAllister (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Porou) is a mana wāhine Māori intersectional feminist. Growing up as a self-proclaimed white-passing diasporic Māori, Ana has occupied both Pākehā and Māori spaces whilst simultaneously never completely fitting in either. Ana is a published poet, performance and installation artist, protest organiser, academic and researcher whose work occupies a complex space within Te Ao Māori; interweaving responsibilities to tikanga Māori, mana wāhine, with contemporary ideas of sexuality, modern cultural identities, and social media. They were a Staff Writer at The Pantograph Punch 2021 – 2022.

Ana (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Porou) is a poet, performance artist, protest organiser, academic and researcher.

Ana McAllister

Ana McAllister reviews Tayi Tibble’s second book, Rangikura. And it's lessons on being a spiritual Māori angel and a horny baddie.

Look up and See Rangikura, the Red Sky

Becky Manawatu is a New Zealand writer (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha). In 2020, she won two Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her first novel, Auē and Best Crime Novel at the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards.

Becky Manawatu is a New Zealand writer (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha).

Becky  Manawatu

This is a book that loves people. Messy, self-sabotaging, relatable people. Becky Manawatu delves into this debut novel by Rebecca K Reilly, centred around an eccentric pair of siblings living in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Messy and Relatable: A Review of Greta & Valdin

The Pantograph Punch publishes urgent and vital cultural commentary by the most exciting new voices in Aotearoa.

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Tihema Baker is a Māori writer of Te Āti Awa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. He holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing and is the author of two novels, Watched and Exceptional. Tihema writes and works as an independent consultant from his home on the Kāpiti Coast.

Tihema Baker is a Māori writer of Te Āti Awa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, and Ngāti Toa Rangatira.

Tihema Baker

Tihema Baker finds a rural Taranaki underworld of lore and gore in Cassie Hart’s first traditionally published novel.

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Stifling Silence: A review of Bird Collector

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