takahē magazine
@takahemagazine.bsky.social
Aotearoa’s longest-running independent journal of poetry, fiction, art, comics, and culture in review. Since 1989. https://linktr.ee/takahemagazine
Congratulations to the poets longlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!! 🖤🖤🖤
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November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Congratulations to the poets longlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025!! 🖤🖤🖤
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www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
Tracey Sharp reviews 'Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa' (Auckland University Press 2025) edited by Sereana Naepi.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Tracey Sharp reviews 'Oceans Between Us: Pacific Peoples and Racism in Aotearoa' (Auckland University Press 2025) edited by Sereana Naepi.
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www.takahe.org.nz/oceans-betwe...
'Writers never ask one another questions like ‘where do you get your ideas’ because we all know the answer will be useless. Every writer’s process is personal and not very replicable.'
Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
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Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
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October 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
'Writers never ask one another questions like ‘where do you get your ideas’ because we all know the answer will be useless. Every writer’s process is personal and not very replicable.'
Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/massive-cont...
Read ‘Massive Continuity of Horses’, a new essay by Una Cruickshank 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/massive-cont...
Erica Stretton reviews The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (THWUP 2025).
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October 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Erica Stretton reviews The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (THWUP 2025).
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www.takahe.org.nz/the-book-of-...
'Wildly informative and generous…begins as an inquiry into the world of climate change activism and swiftly unfolds into an interrogation of the racist hierarchy of knowledge.'
Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Slowing the Sun' by Nadine Hura (Bridget Williams Books, 2025) ❤️🤍🤎
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Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Slowing the Sun' by Nadine Hura (Bridget Williams Books, 2025) ❤️🤍🤎
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October 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
'Wildly informative and generous…begins as an inquiry into the world of climate change activism and swiftly unfolds into an interrogation of the racist hierarchy of knowledge.'
Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Slowing the Sun' by Nadine Hura (Bridget Williams Books, 2025) ❤️🤍🤎
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/
Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Slowing the Sun' by Nadine Hura (Bridget Williams Books, 2025) ❤️🤍🤎
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/
If you’ve ever been published in takahē, we want to add you to our starter pack! Leave us a comment or DM 🖤
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October 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
If you’ve ever been published in takahē, we want to add you to our starter pack! Leave us a comment or DM 🖤
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'...a sophisticated and multivalent voice, at once wise and vulnerable on its theses of otherness, gender, intimacy, grief and distance.'
Dani Yourukova reviews Dear Alter, by Jiaqiao Liu (AUP 2025).
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Dani Yourukova reviews Dear Alter, by Jiaqiao Liu (AUP 2025).
www.takahe.org.nz/dear-alter/
October 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
'...a sophisticated and multivalent voice, at once wise and vulnerable on its theses of otherness, gender, intimacy, grief and distance.'
Dani Yourukova reviews Dear Alter, by Jiaqiao Liu (AUP 2025).
www.takahe.org.nz/dear-alter/
Dani Yourukova reviews Dear Alter, by Jiaqiao Liu (AUP 2025).
www.takahe.org.nz/dear-alter/
Closing tomorrow! The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025 💫
If you have any barriers to sending your entry, please message us or use the contact form to get in touch ❤️
www.takahe.org.nz/submit/
If you have any barriers to sending your entry, please message us or use the contact form to get in touch ❤️
www.takahe.org.nz/submit/
September 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Closing tomorrow! The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025 💫
If you have any barriers to sending your entry, please message us or use the contact form to get in touch ❤️
www.takahe.org.nz/submit/
If you have any barriers to sending your entry, please message us or use the contact form to get in touch ❤️
www.takahe.org.nz/submit/
Last call for entries! The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize closes at the end of September, so don't miss your chance to be part of this beloved competition.
💚$300 first prize + publication in the December issue of takahē
💚$150 runner up
www.takahe.org.nz/submit/
💚$300 first prize + publication in the December issue of takahē
💚$150 runner up
www.takahe.org.nz/submit/
September 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Last call for entries! The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize closes at the end of September, so don't miss your chance to be part of this beloved competition.
💚$300 first prize + publication in the December issue of takahē
💚$150 runner up
www.takahe.org.nz/submit/
💚$300 first prize + publication in the December issue of takahē
💚$150 runner up
www.takahe.org.nz/submit/
'As modern Māori, what do our stories and journeys look like?’
The brilliant Melissa Oliver reviews Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025) 💛🩵🩶
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The brilliant Melissa Oliver reviews Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025) 💛🩵🩶
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September 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
'As modern Māori, what do our stories and journeys look like?’
The brilliant Melissa Oliver reviews Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025) 💛🩵🩶
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The brilliant Melissa Oliver reviews Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025) 💛🩵🩶
www.takahe.org.nz/overseas-exp...
We're celebrating 50 years of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori!
Did you know takahē publishes short fiction & poetry in Te Reo Māori with English translation?
You can also enter the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize with a poem in Te Reo with English translation. It closes at the end of this month, so kia tere!
Did you know takahē publishes short fiction & poetry in Te Reo Māori with English translation?
You can also enter the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize with a poem in Te Reo with English translation. It closes at the end of this month, so kia tere!
September 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
We're celebrating 50 years of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori!
Did you know takahē publishes short fiction & poetry in Te Reo Māori with English translation?
You can also enter the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize with a poem in Te Reo with English translation. It closes at the end of this month, so kia tere!
Did you know takahē publishes short fiction & poetry in Te Reo Māori with English translation?
You can also enter the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize with a poem in Te Reo with English translation. It closes at the end of this month, so kia tere!
"Joss is a magnificent linguistic brocade that weaves together lines from museum labels, gravestone markers, diaries, news clippings, films, ancient Chinese poetry, various novels, history books, and interviews."
❤️Cybonn Ang reviews 'Joss: A History' by Grace Yee.
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❤️Cybonn Ang reviews 'Joss: A History' by Grace Yee.
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September 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Joss is a magnificent linguistic brocade that weaves together lines from museum labels, gravestone markers, diaries, news clippings, films, ancient Chinese poetry, various novels, history books, and interviews."
❤️Cybonn Ang reviews 'Joss: A History' by Grace Yee.
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❤️Cybonn Ang reviews 'Joss: A History' by Grace Yee.
www.takahe.org.nz/joss-a-histo...
❤️Join us this Saturday 13th September 2025 to March the Bridge!
🖤Meet at Onepoto Domain for a 9:30am start
🤍Or join at the end point, Victoria Park
💚Demand we Sanction Israel Now!
❤️Organised by Aotearoa for Palestine
🖤Meet at Onepoto Domain for a 9:30am start
🤍Or join at the end point, Victoria Park
💚Demand we Sanction Israel Now!
❤️Organised by Aotearoa for Palestine
September 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
❤️Join us this Saturday 13th September 2025 to March the Bridge!
🖤Meet at Onepoto Domain for a 9:30am start
🤍Or join at the end point, Victoria Park
💚Demand we Sanction Israel Now!
❤️Organised by Aotearoa for Palestine
🖤Meet at Onepoto Domain for a 9:30am start
🤍Or join at the end point, Victoria Park
💚Demand we Sanction Israel Now!
❤️Organised by Aotearoa for Palestine
If you've been admiring the August issue's cover art, click through for more!
We have a special essay by Izzy Hillman (Exhibitions Curator for the Aigantighe Art Gallery) on Maania Tealei's body of work: 'Whakahōnore i tō tātou taonga tuku iho' ❤️
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We have a special essay by Izzy Hillman (Exhibitions Curator for the Aigantighe Art Gallery) on Maania Tealei's body of work: 'Whakahōnore i tō tātou taonga tuku iho' ❤️
www.takahe.org.nz/maania-teale...
September 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM
If you've been admiring the August issue's cover art, click through for more!
We have a special essay by Izzy Hillman (Exhibitions Curator for the Aigantighe Art Gallery) on Maania Tealei's body of work: 'Whakahōnore i tō tātou taonga tuku iho' ❤️
www.takahe.org.nz/maania-teale...
We have a special essay by Izzy Hillman (Exhibitions Curator for the Aigantighe Art Gallery) on Maania Tealei's body of work: 'Whakahōnore i tō tātou taonga tuku iho' ❤️
www.takahe.org.nz/maania-teale...
Out now! The 114th issue of takahē is free online for everyone to enjoy.
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/
This issue is a little slimmer, but just as carefully curated with new words and art to challenge, stimulate and engross. We hope you love it.
Let us know your favourites! 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/
This issue is a little slimmer, but just as carefully curated with new words and art to challenge, stimulate and engross. We hope you love it.
Let us know your favourites! 🖤
August 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Out now! The 114th issue of takahē is free online for everyone to enjoy.
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/
This issue is a little slimmer, but just as carefully curated with new words and art to challenge, stimulate and engross. We hope you love it.
Let us know your favourites! 🖤
www.takahe.org.nz/takahe-114/
This issue is a little slimmer, but just as carefully curated with new words and art to challenge, stimulate and engross. We hope you love it.
Let us know your favourites! 🖤
We can't wait to share takahē 114 tomorrow!
Including book reviews of these incredible titles 🤩
Including book reviews of these incredible titles 🤩
August 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We can't wait to share takahē 114 tomorrow!
Including book reviews of these incredible titles 🤩
Including book reviews of these incredible titles 🤩
We're super excited to share fresh fiction from @annawoodsauthor.bsky.social, our Guest Fiction writer for the forthcoming 114th issue of takahē! 🖤
August 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
We're super excited to share fresh fiction from @annawoodsauthor.bsky.social, our Guest Fiction writer for the forthcoming 114th issue of takahē! 🖤
We're huge fans of Elizabeth Morton, and so excited to welcome her as Guest Poet for the August issue of takahē!
She's generously sharing six new poems in the forthcoming 114th issue.
More guest announcements coming soon! 🖤🖤🖤
She's generously sharing six new poems in the forthcoming 114th issue.
More guest announcements coming soon! 🖤🖤🖤
August 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We're huge fans of Elizabeth Morton, and so excited to welcome her as Guest Poet for the August issue of takahē!
She's generously sharing six new poems in the forthcoming 114th issue.
More guest announcements coming soon! 🖤🖤🖤
She's generously sharing six new poems in the forthcoming 114th issue.
More guest announcements coming soon! 🖤🖤🖤
We’re delighted to share the cover of the forthcoming issue of takahē (#114)!
August 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
We’re delighted to share the cover of the forthcoming issue of takahē (#114)!
Cybonn Ang reviews 'The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat' by Brannavan Gnanalingam (Lawrence & Gibson, 2024): www.takahe.org.nz/the-life-and...
July 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Cybonn Ang reviews 'The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat' by Brannavan Gnanalingam (Lawrence & Gibson, 2024): www.takahe.org.nz/the-life-and...
Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Black Sugarcane' by Nafanua Purcell Kersel (THWUP 2025): www.takahe.org.nz/black-sugarc...
July 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Māia Te Whetū reviews 'Black Sugarcane' by Nafanua Purcell Kersel (THWUP 2025): www.takahe.org.nz/black-sugarc...
The annual takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize honours the memory of poet Monica Taylor, with the generous assistance of her whānau, and with the kaupapa of encouraging new generations of poets.
💚First Prize: $300 & publication in takahē #115
💚Runner-up: $150
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
💚First Prize: $300 & publication in takahē #115
💚Runner-up: $150
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
July 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The annual takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize honours the memory of poet Monica Taylor, with the generous assistance of her whānau, and with the kaupapa of encouraging new generations of poets.
💚First Prize: $300 & publication in takahē #115
💚Runner-up: $150
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
💚First Prize: $300 & publication in takahē #115
💚Runner-up: $150
www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize is open until 30th September
💚First prize: $300 + publication
💚Runner-up: $150
Details and entry: www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
💚First prize: $300 + publication
💚Runner-up: $150
Details and entry: www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
July 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize is open until 30th September
💚First prize: $300 + publication
💚Runner-up: $150
Details and entry: www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
💚First prize: $300 + publication
💚Runner-up: $150
Details and entry: www.takahe.org.nz/competitionn...
✨Allan McEvoy reviews 'The Enemy Within' (Potton & Burton, 2024), by Maire Leadbeater.
💙Read the review in full: www.takahe.org.nz/the-enemy-wi...
✨Vaughan Rapatahana reviews 'Mana Moana' (AUP, 2025), by Carla Houkamau and Robert Pouwhare.
💙Read the review: www.takahe.org.nz/mana-moana/
💙Read the review in full: www.takahe.org.nz/the-enemy-wi...
✨Vaughan Rapatahana reviews 'Mana Moana' (AUP, 2025), by Carla Houkamau and Robert Pouwhare.
💙Read the review: www.takahe.org.nz/mana-moana/
July 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
✨Allan McEvoy reviews 'The Enemy Within' (Potton & Burton, 2024), by Maire Leadbeater.
💙Read the review in full: www.takahe.org.nz/the-enemy-wi...
✨Vaughan Rapatahana reviews 'Mana Moana' (AUP, 2025), by Carla Houkamau and Robert Pouwhare.
💙Read the review: www.takahe.org.nz/mana-moana/
💙Read the review in full: www.takahe.org.nz/the-enemy-wi...
✨Vaughan Rapatahana reviews 'Mana Moana' (AUP, 2025), by Carla Houkamau and Robert Pouwhare.
💙Read the review: www.takahe.org.nz/mana-moana/
🖤Tulia Thompson reviews 'the prism and the rose and the late poems' (Compound Press 2024) by Schaeffer Lemalu: www.takahe.org.nz/the-prism-an...
🖤Sophie van Waardenberg reviews 'Symphony of Queer Errands' (Tender Press 2025) by Rachel O’Neill: www.takahe.org.nz/symphony-of-...
🖤Sophie van Waardenberg reviews 'Symphony of Queer Errands' (Tender Press 2025) by Rachel O’Neill: www.takahe.org.nz/symphony-of-...
July 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🖤Tulia Thompson reviews 'the prism and the rose and the late poems' (Compound Press 2024) by Schaeffer Lemalu: www.takahe.org.nz/the-prism-an...
🖤Sophie van Waardenberg reviews 'Symphony of Queer Errands' (Tender Press 2025) by Rachel O’Neill: www.takahe.org.nz/symphony-of-...
🖤Sophie van Waardenberg reviews 'Symphony of Queer Errands' (Tender Press 2025) by Rachel O’Neill: www.takahe.org.nz/symphony-of-...