A Book of Rongo and Te Rangahau
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ISBN 9780473629984
In this stunning new collection, poet Briar Wood reimagines the lives of Rongo and Te Rangahau, nineteenth-century wāhine toa, tūpuna of Ngāpuhi, in radiant verse. The collection also stretches across time into today’s world with poetry about contemporary Te Tai Tokerau, and covers issues ranging from politics and race relations to sharply observed poems about local people and places.
The book features cover art by Nikau Hindin, an artist who is gaining attention for her work revitalising the art of making aute (Māori tapa cloth). The interior of the book has three pages of colour images to match the three section headings: a painting by Star Gossage and images from the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Poet, fiction writer and essayist Briar Wood (Ngāpuhi, Nui Tonu) grew up in South Auckland, worked as a lecturer in Britain and now lives in Whangārei. She won the Holyer an Gof award for poetry in Cornwall for her first full-length poetry collection Welcome Beltane (2012). Her second collection, Rāwāhi (Anahera Press, 2017), was shortlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2018. Her poetry has been extensively published and anthologised.
Published by Anahera Press, June 2022
Soft cover, 85 pages
148×210mm, upright
Wholesale $17.80 + GST
RRP $35.00
ISBN 9780473629984
In this stunning new collection, poet Briar Wood reimagines the lives of Rongo and Te Rangahau, nineteenth-century wāhine toa, tūpuna of Ngāpuhi, in radiant verse. The collection also stretches across time into today’s world with poetry about contemporary Te Tai Tokerau, and covers issues ranging from politics and race relations to sharply observed poems about local people and places.
The book features cover art by Nikau Hindin, an artist who is gaining attention for her work revitalising the art of making aute (Māori tapa cloth). The interior of the book has three pages of colour images to match the three section headings: a painting by Star Gossage and images from the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Poet, fiction writer and essayist Briar Wood (Ngāpuhi, Nui Tonu) grew up in South Auckland, worked as a lecturer in Britain and now lives in Whangārei. She won the Holyer an Gof award for poetry in Cornwall for her first full-length poetry collection Welcome Beltane (2012). Her second collection, Rāwāhi (Anahera Press, 2017), was shortlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2018. Her poetry has been extensively published and anthologised.
Published by Anahera Press, June 2022
Soft cover, 85 pages
148×210mm, upright
Wholesale $17.80 + GST
RRP $35.00
ISBN 9780473629984
In this stunning new collection, poet Briar Wood reimagines the lives of Rongo and Te Rangahau, nineteenth-century wāhine toa, tūpuna of Ngāpuhi, in radiant verse. The collection also stretches across time into today’s world with poetry about contemporary Te Tai Tokerau, and covers issues ranging from politics and race relations to sharply observed poems about local people and places.
The book features cover art by Nikau Hindin, an artist who is gaining attention for her work revitalising the art of making aute (Māori tapa cloth). The interior of the book has three pages of colour images to match the three section headings: a painting by Star Gossage and images from the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Poet, fiction writer and essayist Briar Wood (Ngāpuhi, Nui Tonu) grew up in South Auckland, worked as a lecturer in Britain and now lives in Whangārei. She won the Holyer an Gof award for poetry in Cornwall for her first full-length poetry collection Welcome Beltane (2012). Her second collection, Rāwāhi (Anahera Press, 2017), was shortlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2018. Her poetry has been extensively published and anthologised.
Published by Anahera Press, June 2022
Soft cover, 85 pages
148×210mm, upright
Praise for A Book of Rongo and Te Rangahau
“A Book of Rongo and Te Rangahau is a time machine stretching from stories told and reimagined, an invitation to Aotearoa’s past running parallel with how history impacts today.”
—Anne-Marie Te Whiu