SSBD 2023: essa may ranapiri lecture
Poet essa may ranapiri delivers the festival's annual Peter Wells Lecture. essa explores creative expressions of the atua Hinemoana by takataapui Maaori writers – including their own work, but also that of Elizabeth Kerekere, Sinead Overbye, Michelle Rahurahu, Stacey Teague and others. The lecture focuses on the importance of atuatanga to queer Maaori and finding our place in te ao. They argue that as our understanding of ourselves changes so too should our understanding of atua evolve.
Poet essa may ranapiri delivers the festival's annual Peter Wells Lecture. essa explores creative expressions of the atua Hinemoana by takataapui Maaori writers – including their own work, but also that of Elizabeth Kerekere, Sinead Overbye, Michelle Rahurahu, Stacey Teague and others. The lecture focuses on the importance of atuatanga to queer Maaori and finding our place in te ao. They argue that as our understanding of ourselves changes so too should our understanding of atua evolve.