Here are the best short stories from the Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers 2019 as judged by Scotty Morrison, Robyn Bargh, Tuehu Harris, Whiti Hereaka, Poia Rewi and Carol Hirschfeld. This competition, run by the Māori Literature Trust and Huia Publishers, is held every two years to promote Māori writers and their work. This year, the awards sought short fiction from first-time, emerging and published writers in te reo Māori and English. The competition attracts several hundred entries each year from writers of all ages and those who are starting out to seasoned authors. This collection of finalists’ fiction celebrates Māori writing, introduces new talent and gives an opportunity for Māori writers to shine. The stories are: Murray's Special Day by Tracey Andersen Tunnelling by Cassandra Barnett Botched by Marino-Moana Begman Para Pounamu by Pine Campbell Tangaroa Pūkanohi Nui! by Hineteahurangi Mere Nape Durie-Ngata Storked by Paipa Edmonds Tiakina! Tiakina! by Tiahomarama Fairhall Mumsy by Olivia Aroha Giles Rocket Ship Pyjamas and Plum Jam by Olivia Aroha Giles Kōkiri ki mua - Charge forward! by K M Harris My Three Friends at School by Josh Hema The Pledge by Nadine Anne Hura Dust by Kelly Joseph The School of Life by Lauren Keenan Tina's Coming on Tuesday by Lauren Keenan Ko te Ao tō Marae by Hēmi Kelly Just Holden Together by Colleen Maria Lenihan One of the Good Ones by Moira Lomas Aunty's Teeth by Annette Morehu Te Kai a te Rangatira, he Mahi by Zeb Nicklin Te Kurī Hīroki o te Āporo Nui by Zeb Nicklin The Guises of Death Kahuru Pumipi The Bartender by Michelle Rahurahu Scott White Sheep by Penny Smits Whakaurupā Taku Aroha by Amiria Stirling No te uku - From the Clay by Bronwyn Te Koeti

"The best of the short fiction from the 2001 Måaori Literature Awards, judged by Patu Hohepa and Terry Sturm"--Page 4 of cover.

Hiwa is a vibrant, essential collection of contemporary Maori short stories, featuring twenty-seven writers working in English or te reo Maori. The writers range from famous names and award winners &– Patricia Grace, Witi Ihimaera, Whiti Hereaka, Becky Manawatu, Zeb Nicklin &– to emerging voices like Shelley Burne-Field, Jack Remiel Cottrell, Anthony Lapwood and Colleen Maria Lenihan.A showcase of contemporary talent, Hiwa includes biographical introductions for each writer' s work, and explores the range of styles and subjects in the flourishing world of Maori fiction.Named for Hiwa-i-te-rangi, the ninth star of Matariki, signifying vigorous growth and dreams of the year ahead, this anthology reveals the flourishing world of Maori writing today, in Aotearoa and beyond.

This book examines the global/local intersections and tensions at play in the literary production from Aotearoa New Zealand through its engagement in the global marketplace. Combining postcolonial and world literature methodologies contributors chart the global relocation of national culture from the nineteenth century to the present exploring what "New Zealand literature" means in different creative, teaching, and publishing contexts. They identify ongoing global entanglements with local identities and tensions between national and post-national literary discourses, considering Aotearoa New Zealand’s history as a white settler colony and its status as a bicultural nation and a key player in the Asia-Pacific region, active on the global stage. Topics and authors include: Stefanie Herades on colonial New Zealand literature and the global marketplace; Claudia Marquis on David Hare’s "Aotearoa series" as exotic reading for adolescents; Paloma Fresno-Calleja on the exoticizing landscape novels of Sarah Lark; James Wenley on Indian Ink Theatre company as hybrid export; Janet M. Wilson on the globalization of the New Zealand short story; Chris Prentice on pedagogic articulations of New Zealand literature; Leonie John on the challenges of teaching Māori literature in Germany; Dieter Riemenschneider on New Zealand literature at the Frankfurt Book Fair; Paula Morris on Commonwealth writers and the Booker Prize; Selina Tusitala Marsh on contemporary Pasifika poetry; and Chris Miller on the afterlife of Allen Curnow. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Postcolonial Writing.

Sixteen stories, in English, by finalists in short story awards organised by Huia Publishers in 1995.

What, then, for the work of poetry? It's at the very periphery of popular speech, niche even among the arts, yet it's also rooted in the most ancient traditions of oral storytelling, no matter where your ancestors originate from. And, as we were reminded by an audience member at the New Zealand Young Writers Festival in 2020, who are we to say poetry cannot change the world?A poem may not be a binding policy or strategic investment, but poems can still raise movements, and be moving in their own right. And there is no movement in our behaviours and politics without a shift in hearts and minds. Whether the poems you read here are cloaked in ironic apathy or bare their hearts in rousing calls to action, they all arise from a deep sense of care for this living world and the people in it.Our poets are eulogists and visionaries, warriors and worriers. Most of all, they're ordinary people prepared to sit and stare at a blank page, trying to do something with the bloody big troubles looming over our past, present and future.— from the introduction by the editors

This collection of short stories and novel extracts follows the 2007 Pikihuia Awards for Māori Writers.