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📘 Excerpt from MOANA: Voices of Our Ocean 🌊 A collection of poems by Indigenous storytellers ✍🏾

Moana: Voices of Our Ocean is a collection of poems that was written for and by the descendants of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. This book is an ode to the ocean that connects us, and our shared migrations. It is a living artefact of our collective memory; an undercurrent that pulls us towards ancestral ways of knowing, dreaming, and navigating.

This collection features writing from Audrey Brown-Pereira, Grace Iwash*ta-Taylor, Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson, Hira Nathan, Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds, Brianne Te Paa, Dorell Ben, Elise Sadlier, Montana Tiatia-Sefilino, Māia Te Whetū, John Taukäve, Moira Lomas, Katriana Taufalele, Savannah Patterson, Sarah Dell Ioka Enticott, Rewa Fowles, Christel Hamer, m. paea, Sophia Matafeo, and Rebecca Jennifer George.

Cover artwork by Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson
Edited by Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson

Published by Tagata Atamai in August 2025

🌀 Featured kupu by Moira Lomas 🌀

Moira Lomas (Ngāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, England, Ireland) (she/her/ia) is a writer whose work explores themes of transformation and whakapapa. Her poetry and prose draw from personal reflection, creating a space for both individual and collective memory.

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