New Zealand

An acceptance speech in verse upon appointment as inaugural Commonwealth Poet Laureate Delivered at Commonwealth Foundation, Marlborough House, June 12,…

Long before there was AI, there was AI: Ancestral Intelligence.   Rhythm, repetition, the sacred three, patterns grandmothers taught us …

This poem was written in conjunction with the Commonwealth Foundation's call for participation to respond with a creative ‘thread’ to…

A poem released to mark the one-year countdown to the 2026 Commonwealth People's Forum. Five fingers spread across our global…

Matiu put his foot down.  ‘What about the people?’ pleaded Kana. She was talking about their people, playing on her…

When Emma looks down over the city, she can see the flashing red lights of fire engines moving through the…

A poem based on the Commonwealth Charter Illustration by Caleb L. Viljoen Aerial roots drop from branch to soil, each…

advice to self—    and to leaders  in times of crisis  and ordinary times:    you have no answers  not…

Bel isn’t surprised when her mother slams the door: she’s always dramatic; she loves to make a scene. It’s one…

On the internet, on certain websites, there are pictures and videos of a version of me. * Her real name…

I wake on the ward, afloat on ketamine, fentanyl, see sky-blue morphine swifts roost nearby in pleated paper thimbles,  …

I once did not feel a sense of belonging in Aotearoa. When you belong somewhere, you can plant your feet…

Inky skies glowed blue at the horizon, and the fish and chip shop slouched in the wide main street. One…

‘Carved’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.   The moon is uncarved bone. Raw, untouched, smooth like…

'A Breath, a Bunk, a Land, a Sky' was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  

I was on the news again – the first time in more than a decade. My girlfriend and I were…