About the Author

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.

Reviews

Robert Sullivan's importance as a significant voice in Maori writing . . . is well acknowledged now, and his recently published volume of poems, Star Waka , will help confirm this reputation.' – William Broughton, Landfall

Robert Sullivan’s importance as a significant voice in Māori writing . . . is well acknowledged now, and his recently published volume of poems, Star Waka, will help confirm this reputation. – William Broughton, Landfall