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Alfred Augustus Grace (1867 – 18 March 1942) was a New Zealand teacher, journalist and writer. He was born in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand on 1867. [1] He wrote literature such as short stories, novels, folklore collections, and other literature that was read in New Zealand, Australia and England.
Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler DCNZM QSM (/ ˈ w ɪ t i ɪ h i ˈ m aɪ r ə /; born 7 February 1944) is a New Zealand author.Raised in the small town of Waituhi, he decided to become a writer as a teenager after being convinced that Māori people were ignored or mischaracterised in literature.
Arapera Hineira Blank (née Kaa; 7 June 1932 – 30 July 2002) was a New Zealand poet, short-story writer and teacher. She wrote in both te reo Māori and English, and was one of the first Māori writers to be published in English. Her work focussed on aspects of Māori life and the life of women.
The novel tells the story of a Māori family's attempts to preserve their ancestral land and heritage. The term potiki can mean "youngest child" or "last-born child" in te reo Māori (the Māori language), and the title refers to the character of Tokowaru-i-te-Marama (or Toko), a child who foresees and is impacted by the conflict over the land.
Grace was the first Māori woman writer to publish a short story collection (Waiariki) in 1975 and has since received international awards and acclaim for her books for adults and children. [49] Keri Hulme and Alan Duff were the best-known Māori writers to follow Grace and Ihimaera.
The story is inspired by the Māori origin story of New Zealand and how the land was created. Māori have many origin stories, but the most important of them all, passed down from generation to generation, is the story of how light came from darkness and how from nothing came life.
In 2021, Grace was the chief judge for the Sargeson Prize (named after Frank Sargeson), New Zealand's most valuable short-story prize. [3] [47] In 2024, a new collection of short stories by Grace was published, titled Bird Child and Other Stories. Her granddaughter Miriama Grace-Smith designed the cover artwork. [48]
She studied in Palmerston North and graduated with a BA Social Sciences (1994) and PGDip Maori Studies (2007) from Massey University. [2] In 2008, she completed an MA in creative writing at Victoria University of Wellington. Her MA work led to the publication of her short story collection, Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa. [3]