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Hana Pera Aoake

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Hana Pera Aoake (Ngaati Mahuta, Tainui/Waikato, Ngaati Hinerangi) is an artist and writer based in Waikouaiti on stolen Kai Tahu, Kati Mamoe and Waitaha lands. They are keen to restart the land wars and love eating kaimoana and defacing colonial property.

The Sunday Essay: My lump of uku refuses to be fired

The Sunday Essay: My lump of uku refuses to be fired

When I think of my memories of living in Ōtepoti, I think of this lump of uku. When I try to speak to this place, I stumble.

By Hana Pera Aoake | 6th August, 2023

(Photo: David Shields, design: Archi Banal)

Fiona Pardington is walking backwards into the future

In her first NFT project, Fiona Pardington's art moves forward while keeping its gaze firmly fixed on what we can learn from our past.

By Hana Pera Aoake | 31st May, 2022

Kawakawa, the good kind, with caterpillar holes (Photo: LazingBee/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Perhaps we should’ve stayed: a poem-essay hybrid

Lessons in self-care, capitalism and who not to hook up with.

By Hana Pera Aoake | 26th April, 2021

Hana Pera Aoake. Image: Supplied.

Friday Poem: ‘The bigger the burn the tougher you are’ by Hana Pera Aoake

New poetry by Lisbon-based writer Hana Pera Aoake.

By Hana Pera Aoake | 21st June, 2019