Becky Manawatu
Becky Manawatu (Ngāi Tahu) is a reporter and columnist for the smallest independent daily newspaper in New Zealand, The News, in Westport. Her novel Auē was published in August, by Mākaro Press. She lives in Waimangaroa with her husband and two children, and was born in Nelson in 1982.

The Friday Poem: Crumbs between stones by Becky Manawatu
A poem by Ockham Award-winning novelist Becky Manawatu.