Talia Marshall (Ngati Kuia/ Rangitane o Wairau) lives in Dunedin. She writes verse and essays. Talia was born in Dunedin in 1978.
Love gone bad, new love, the Māori way of life, and a Pakeha book about life on the marae: Talia Marshall makes the connections.
Talia Marshall reviews what is likely the year’s most entertaining, readable, and popular New Zealand novel, Daylight Second by Kelly Ana Morey.
All week we've revisited the Mervyn Thompson Affair – the strange, powerful 1984 incident when six women abducted an Auckland university lecturer, chained him to a tree in Western Springs, and labelled him a rapist. We conclude the series with a personal essay by Talia Marshall.
An essay by Talia Marshall, taken from her readings of two books published by Bridget Williams - the award-winning Tangata Whenua, and the condensed version, The First Migration: Maori Origins 3000BC-AD1450.
New verse by Riwaka writer Talia Marshall.
A select committee review into assisted dying is coming up, and all signs point to a foregone conclusion. Former caregiver Talia Marshall recalls her time working in a rest home, where the debate has a very different meaning.
All week this week at the Spinoff Review of Books we feature writings from and about Ngati Dread - the amazing trilogy of books by Angus Gillies, a journalist who investigated the Rasta reign of terror in Ruatoria between 1985 and 1990. Today: a personal essay in response to the books, by Talia Marshall.
Don't biff it and don't burn me either I was thinking About how French women In the magazines Obey the law of decades When it comes to their hair Ascending the matron ladder And shutting their witch …
