Matariki Williams (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Hauiti, Taranaki, Ngāti Whakaue, Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi) is a doctoral candidate, curator, writer and editor in the arts and cultural sector. Previous roles include as Senior Historian, Mātauranga Māori at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage and Curator Mātauranga Māori at Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand.

Matariki Williams

Matariki Williams is transported into the micro-universes of Witi Ihimaera’s characters, brought together in a play by Nancy Brunning.

Epiphanies of Illumination: A Review of Witi’s Wāhine

Alesha (she/they/he) is a takatāpui multi-disciplinary arts practitioner and student of Te Reo Māori me ōna tikanga at Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Alesha has whakapapa that connects her to Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Arawa, Samoa and China.

Alesha (she/they/he) is a takatāpui multi-disciplinary arts practitioner.

Alesha Ahdar

Alesha Ahdar heals childhood understandings of te ao wairua through the vibrant display of mana motuhake that is Neke by Scotty Cotter.


The Rongoā I Didn't Know I Needed: A Review of Neke

Sinead Overbye (Te Whānau a Kai, Ngāti Porou) is our Kaiwāwāhi Kaupapa Māori - Kaupapa Māori Editor. She is a Libra sun with a Cancer Moon and Aries rising. Her background is in art history, Māori history, creative writing and educational research. Her work has been published with Starling, Sport, Turbine Kapohau, RNZ and other places.

Sinead Overbye (Te Whānau a Kai, Ngāti Porou) is a writer, editor, researcher and our current Kaiwāwāhi Kaupapa Māori - Kaupapa Māori Editor.

Sinead Overbye

Every Māori person has, to some extent, a story of loss through colonisation. Te Mauri o Pōhutu speaks to that, gently.

Finding Each Other in the Dark

Adam is a freelance writer, theatre-maker and legal researcher. He is one of the founding members of the New Zealand Fringe Award-winning theatre company Making Friends Collective and has written, directed and produced shows in Wellington, Dunedin and Feilding. He is bad at video games in his spare time.

Adam is a former Kaiwāwāhi Whakaari | Theatre Editor at The Pantograph Punch.

Adam Goodall

Adam Goodall reviews the centrepiece of this year's Kia Mau Festival, Mīria George's darkly funny satire The Vultures.

Review: The Vultures

Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, W̱SÁNEĆ) is a PhD student at the International Institute of Modern Letters. Her first book Tauhou is forthcoming from Te Herenga Waka University Press in 2022 and from House of Anansi Press (Canada) in 2023. She won the 2020 Adam Foundation Prize and was runner-up in the 2021 Surrey Hotel–Newsroom writer’s residency award. She lives on the Kāpiti Coast of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, W̱SÁNEĆ) is a writer and PhD student at the International Institute of Modern Letters. 

Kōtuku  Titihuia Nuttall

The Dancers of Damelahamid transport audiences at Kia Mau Festival over 14,000 km away, to the West Coast of Turtle Island. Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall reflects on the timeless narratives and Indigenous connections offered through traditional songs and dance. 

The Transformation of Fear: A Review of Mînowin

Rangimarie Sophie Jolley is a writer of Waikato-Tainui decent based in Porirua, Wellington.

Rangimarie Sophie Jolley

Rangimarie Sophie Jolley reviews three shows from the 2023 Kia Mau Festival.

Kia Mau, Kia Kaha, Kia Ora

Kahu Kutia was raised in between the glorious maunga of her papakāinga; Te Urewera. Having recently taken the post-uni plunge, Kahu is now mainly working as a Māori and climate activist and freelance writer. She has previously written for publications like Vice NZ, Te Ao Mārama, and The Wireless. Her goal is always to uplift the unheard stories within Te Ao Māori.

Kahu Kutia

Kahu Kutia reviews six shows at the 2023 Kia Mau Festival, spanning multiple artforms including dance, musical performance and theatre. 

From Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa and Beyond: Highlights of Kia Mau Festival

Tamara Tulitua is a writer of Samoan descent, who traces her lineage through the villages of Safa’ato’a, Gagāifo, Matāutu, Sapapāli’i, Vailima, and Tanugamanono. Tamara’s work has appeared in poetry anthologies, literary journals and other online publications including Turbine | Kapohau and the Dominion Post. She is a graduate of law and politics from Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington and holds a Masters in Creative Writing from the Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao | International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML). She was the IIML Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence in 2022.

Tamara Tulitua is a Wellington-based writer of Samoan descent, and was the Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence for 2022, at the IIML.

Tamara Tulitua

Tamara Tulitua reviews 'Avaiki Nui Social, a lush celebration of musical history from across Te Moana Nui a Kiva.

'Avaiki Nui Social Review

Te Mahara Swanson Hall is from the bustling metropolis of Te Kaha, hailing from Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Awa, Ngāpuhi and raised in Rotorua. When she's not flying her tino flag as a proud kaimahi mō Te Pāti Māori, she's travelling to wānanga, being a tutu with a camera and getting roped into random kaupapa by her mates like doing interviews for The Pantograph Punch lol.

Te Mahara Swanson Hall

Tuakoi is of Māori and Pākehā decent, hailing from the tribes of Ngāti Hine, Mataatua, Tainui, Te Arawa, Te Āti Awa and Ngāi Pākeha. 

Her debut and first opportunity in acting started in 2018 when she was cast in a drama series, ‘Ahikaaroa’. Not long after, she landed the role of Hera in the ‘one of a kind’ indigenous theatre show BLACK TIES, created by two indigenous theatre companies; Te Rēhia Theatre and Ilbijerri Theatre. The directors of Te Pou Theatre, Tainui Tukiwaho and Amber Curreen, have been a great support. 

Along with the brilliant minds of all involved and the mentorship of Tainui and Amber she was given the opportunity to write ‘KŌPŪ’, a theatre piece celebrating ira wahine. All her experiences thus far has given her the motivation and aspirations to continue to act in projects that require the positive representation of Māori, and to create content that involves all Māori that wish to pursue this path in the arts. Her appreciation never goes unnoticed for the support and love that has been given to her. 

Tuakoi is also currently a member of the esteemed Kapa Haka, Te Rōpū Manutaki, founded by Dr. Peter Sharples

Tuakoi Ohia

Te Mahara Swanson Hall sits down with her cousin, writer and actor Tuakoi Ohia, to talk about Kōpū, a new show that celebrates wāhinetanga.

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Epiphanies of Illumination: A Review of Witi’s Wāhine

The Rongoā I Didn't Know I Needed: A Review of Neke

Finding Each Other in the Dark

Review: The Vultures

The Transformation of Fear: A Review of Mînowin

Kia Mau, Kia Kaha, Kia Ora

From Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa and Beyond: Highlights of Kia Mau Festival

'Avaiki Nui Social Review

Kōpū: An interview with Tuakoi Ohia