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Poetry Shelf celebrates Ariana Tikao’s Pepeha Portal – a review and a reading5 hrs

Pepeha Portal, Ariana Tikao
cover image: Kate Stevens West (Kāi Tahu), Kurawaka/Tender Ties Kohikohi, 2021
University of Otago Press, 2026

To read Pepeha Portal is upl...

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Poetry Shelf Breathing Room: Puanga by Airini Beautrais1 day

Puanga

The children are making the river.
They have sand and pumice. They have ferns.

A teacher unrolls masking tape,
presses a map to the wall.

There are birds that sing when squeezed.
Wild-eyed, a girl clings to a tūī.

There are little whare, into which
the birds can be inserted.

A boy ca...

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Poetry Shelf noticeboard: Scuttlebook – a monthly review newsletter by Elizabeth Heritage1 day

Scuttlebook is a monthly newsletter comprising Elizabeth Heritage’s book reviews. It will be including some of poetry reviews, as well as prose. Mostly local.

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Poetry Shelf review: Before the Winter Ends by Khadro Mohamed2 days

Before the Winter Ends, Khadro Mohamed
Tender Press, 2025

The entire courtyard is bathed in bright orange. Omar feels
a prickling in his eyes and he lets tears fall. His mother is
rubbing her soil-stained f...

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