Puna Wai Korero: An Anthology of Maori Poetry in English

Edited by Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan, this is the first anthology of Māori poetry in English. With almost eighty poets included, with work ranging from traditional modernist poetry to slam poetry, this is a poetical soup – or, more fittingly perhaps, a boil-up. – Elizabeth Morton, NZ Booksellers

… the poems collected here will provoke inspiration, debate, reflection and response from New Zealanders of all backgrounds, and thus Puna Wai Kōrero also makes a serious contribution to the future development of poetry in Aotearoa New Zealand. – Sue Wootton, Takahe

Puna Wai Kōrero is a moving feast. – Paula Green, NZ Poetry Shelf

Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi, Kāi Tahu) is the author of nine books of poetry, most recently Hopurangi—Songcatcher: Poems from the Maramataka (Auckland University Press, 2024), as well as a graphic novel and an award-winning book of Māori legends for children. He has also co-edited anthologies of Māori and Polynesian poetry. He is associate professor of creative writing at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University and has taught previously at Manukau Institute of Technology and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.