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Apirana Taylor (born 15 March 1955) is a New Zealand poet, novelist, performer, story-teller, musician and painter.

Apirana Taylor
Born	(1955-03-15) 15 March 1955 (age 67) Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation	Poet, novelist
Period	1979–2004

Biography

Born in Wellington, Apirana Taylor is of Pākehā and Māori descent with affiliations to Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Ruanui.[1] He was a prominent member of the Māori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari. Taylor has published three volumes of poetry – Eyes of the Ruru (1979), Soft Leaf Falls of the Moon (1997) and Te Ata Kura; the red-tipped dawn (2004); three short-story collections; a novel, He Tangi Aroha (1993); and two plays. He was a runner-up for the Pegasus Book Award in 1985, for He Rau Aroha: A Hundred Leaves of Love.[2]

Poetry by Taylor was included in UPU, a curation of Pacific Island writers’ work which was first presented at the Silo Theatre as part of the Auckland Arts Festival in March 2020.[3] UPU was remounted as part of the Kia Mau Festival in Wellington in June 2021.[4]

Works

• 3 shades, by Apirana Taylor, Lindsay Rabbitt, L.E. Scott; with an introduction by Alan Loney, Wellington: Voice Press, 1981
• Ki te ao: new stories, Penguin Books, 1990
• Te ata kura = The red tipped dawn, Canterbury University Press, 2004

Notes

References

• Apirana Taylor (2004). Te Ata Kura, the red-tipped dawn, a collection of poetry by Apirana Taylor. Canterbury University Press.
• New Zealand Book Council profile
• New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre profile

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