A Book of Rongo andTe Rangahau
Author:
Briar Wood
Publisher:
Anahera Press
ISBN:
9780473629984
Date Published:
23 June 2022
Pages:
85
Format:
Paperback
RRP:
$30.00
In this stunning new collection, poet Briar Wood reimagines the lives of Rongo and Te Rangahau, 19th century century wāhine toa, tūpuna of Nga puhi, 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.
Poet, fiction writer and essayist Briar Wood (Nga puhi 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.
“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
