KUPU Māori Writers Festival 2025

Nau mai whakakao mai ki KUPU 2025.

He taiopenga hai whakahuihui i ngā ringatuhi Māori o te motu, hai whāriki i ō rātou kaupapa tuhituhi, titotito hoki ki te marea.

KUPU Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi

17–18 Whiringānuku 2025 | Ōhinemutu & Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

2025 PIKIHUIA AWARDS

19 Whiringānuku 2025 | Te Puia, Rotorua

Ngā kaituhituhi

• Tracy Manukonga – Te Roroa, Ngāpuhi, Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi

• Qiane Matata-Sipu – Te Waiohua, Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pikiao

• Taiarahia Black – Tuhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa

• Stacy Gregg – Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru

• Airana Ngarewa – Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine

• Hona Black – Tūhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa

• Hinemoa Elder – Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Ngāpuhi

• Hēmi Kelly – Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Whāoa

• Hana Tapiata – Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tarāwhai

• Donovan Farnham – Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe

Hai ngā rā e haere ake nei whakaputa ai ngā ingoa o ngā mātanga tuhituhi Māori kē atu. Aua atu i te 30 katoa ngā ringatuhi ka tau atu ki KUPU 2025.

Hokona he tīkiti!

Kia riro i a koe tētahi koha i a McLeods Booksellers Ltd, arā, he 10% te tangohanga i te utu mo ngā pukapuka ka hokona atu hai te Oketopa. Katoa ngā pukapuka he mea tārai e ngā ringatuhi o KUPU 2025.

Ka mutu, he kaupapa Māori, nōreira ka whāngaihia katoatia koutou ki roto o Whakatūria. He kai timotimo, he kapu tī, he kapu kawhe hoki mā te katoa.

Haere mai ki KUPU

www.kupu.org.nz

Welcome, come together for KUPU 2025.

A festival bringing together Māori writers from across the country, to lay down their stories and compositions before the people.

KUPU Māori Writers Festival

17–18 October 2025 | Ōhinemutu & Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

2025 PIKIHUIA AWARDS

19 October 2025 | Te Puia, Rotorua

Writers

• Tracy Manukonga – Te Roroa, Ngāpuhi, Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi

• Qiane Matata-Sipu – Te Waiohua, Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pikiao

• Taiarahia Black – Tuhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa

• Stacy Gregg – Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru

• Airana Ngarewa – Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine

• Hona Black – Tūhoe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa

• Hinemoa Elder – Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāi Takoto, Ngāpuhi

• Hēmi Kelly – Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Whāoa

• Hana Tapiata – Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tarāwhai

• Donovan Farnham – Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe

Stay tuned for more writers. A total of 30 authors will be announced in the coming days.

Tickets include a 10% discount on all festival books from McLeods Booksellers Ltd.

Finally, as Māori kaupapa, you will all be welcomed into Whakatūria. There will be food, snacks, tea and coffee available.

www.kupu.org.nz