Sue Kedgley on Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku on Germaine Greer
reports
‘I’m disgusted at the investment of my own iwi in a luxury spa’
A korero between Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku and Dale Husband from ‘e-tangata’
Rhapsody in feijoa
A new book on feijoas inspires recipes for feijoa cakes, feijoa jam, feijoa ice-cream and feijoa-related alcoholic stupor
Dealing with readers who worry about ‘brown supremacism’
An historian responds to howls of outrage that his books are “beating up on the white man”
Eleanor or Emma, the People’s Choice
Birnam Wood, There’s A Cure For This, and Pet – one of them will be named book of the year as voted by ReadingRoom readers
White man speaks with brown tongue
A crime novelist on how he writes Māori characters
Ngāruawāhia, home of expert liars
‘I come from a long line of world-class liars,’ says an author from Ngāruawāhia
And the Oscar goes to Poor Things (maybe)
Ahead of today’s Oscar awards, a Wellington writer pays homage to Poor Things genius Alasdair Gray
Win every book on the 2024 Ockham shortlist
Yowsa!: the third annual greatest book giveaway of all times
Robins appear when loved ones are near
An author on messages from the dead and other supersititions that may not be superstitions
An incident with a horse in Ngāruawāhia
The horse that came to tea in Ngāruawāhia
Last exit to Rangitoto
A portrait of life on the volcano after the last boat departs