Introducing the contributors…
18 March 2020
The editors, in conjunction with Otago University Press, are pleased to share the list of contributors to this new volume, scheduled for publication in Augus 2020. Congratulations to these writers and artists whose work will be published in the book!
Poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction by:
Rahaf Almabaid
Tusiata Avia
Shriya Bhagwat
Jack Remiel Cottrell
Debra Daley
Vera Hua Dong
David Eggleton
Anaru Eketone
Amber Esau
Ezra Feau
Nida Fiazi
Maryana Garcia
Miriama Gemmel
Ghazaleh Golbaksh
David Gregory
Faisal Halabi
Mohamed Hassan
Courtney Hilden
Tamati Hohepa
Victoria Ivashkova
Marissa Johnpillai
Angelique Kasmara
Blaine Kelly
Sarah Kolver
Miha Kovacevic
Melanie Kwang
Anna Lafaitele
Catarina de Peters Leitão
Lynette Leong
Renee Liang
Fiona Lincoln
Tsitsi Mapepa
Selina Tusitala Marsh
Te Ariki Maunsell
Courtney Sina Meredith
Kim Meredith
Donna Miles-Mojab
Mustaq Missouri
Fardowsa Mohamed
Emma Neale
Mikaela Nyman
Nataliya Oryshchuk
Richard Pamatatau
Aiwa Pooamorn
Hanif Quazi
essa may ranapiri
Sudha Rao
Vaughan Rapatahana
Reihana Robinson
Tania Roxborogh
Ali Shakir
Josie Shapiro
Naomi Simon-Kumar
Neema Singh
Jillian Sullivan
Apirana Taylor
Stacey Teague
Kirsteen Ure
Susan Wardell
Alison Wong
E Wen Wong
Anna Woods
Sigred Yamit
Nidhi Zak
Visual art by:
Greta Anderson
Claire Beynon
Israel Birch
Nigel Brown
Barry Cleavin
Dee Copland
Garry Currin
Melanie Dixon
Zena Elliott
Michael Hight
Zaina Hilal
Penny Howard
Simon Kaan
Yuki Kihara
Andy Leleisi’uoa
Kim Lowe
Ewan McDougall
Eddie Monotone
Kim Pieters
Sabine Poppe
John Pule
Bridget Reweti
Ellie Stiggers
Zulfirman Syah
Mele Siniva Williams
Leafa Wilson
Sophie Yu
Reza Zareian-Jahromi
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Publication news!
15 March 2020
On this day we remember the events of one year ago in Christchurch and honour the memory of those who died. It seems a fitting day that we announce the publication of a new volume that was born in the wake of this tragedy.
Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand will be published by Otago University Press in August 2020.
The starting point for the anthology was the statement by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after the March Christchurch attacks: ‘Because we represent diversity, kindness, compassion, a home for those who share our values, refuge for those who need it…we will not, and cannot, be shaken by this attack.’
The book includes prose, poetry and visual art that explores, investigates or interrogates life in contemporary New Zealand. A celebration, yes, but also an examination of who we are, with young voices and visual artists new to publication and well-known poets, storytellers, essayists and artists.
The editors thank everyone who submitted. We received a wide range of wonderfully crafted responses to the call for submissions, from Kerikeri to Bluff. Some were teenagers still at school; some were in their 80s. Most lived in New Zealand; some were New Zealanders currently living overseas. Submissions roamed from a Chinese restaurant in Christchurch to a fruit-packing factory in Opōtiki to a cemetery under Grafton Bridge in Auckland to a high school in Hastings, and from London to Finland to Vienna to Iran.
The editors also thank the team of consulting editors, without whom we would not have discovered such rich content.
We are looking forward to seeing this volume in August, with thanks to Otago University Press and Creative New Zealand.
For more information please contact:
wearenzanthology[at]gmail[dot]com
Banner art: Okiokiaga by John Pule
Thank you to Rachael King and the wonderful WORD team for hosting the launch of this beautiful book. The event began with a welcome by Corban Te Aika, cultural advisor in the Office of the Assistant Vice-Chancellor Māori, Pacific and Equity at UC.
Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand 