Hana Pera Aoake: 2023
Emerging Māori Writers Residency

Hana, (Ngaati Mahuta, Ngaati Hinerangi, Waikato/Tainui, Waitaha, Ngaati Waewae ki Kai Tahu Poutini) is a mother, artist, writer and independent researcher based in Kawerau. They recently published writing in The Material Kinship Reader: Material Beyond Extraction and Kinship Beyond the Nuclear Family (2022), and Permanent Recession: a Handbook on Art, Labour and Circumstance (2019), as well as online on Granta, Runway, Artlink, Artnow, The Art Paper, Un magazine and Running Dog. In 2020 they published a book of essays(ish) called  A bathful of Kawakawa and hot water with Compound Press. They primarily co-organise Kei te pai press (with Morgan Godfery), a Maaori space for sharing, learning and publishing.