More links and websites
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Huia Publishers
Huia Publishers is New Zealand’s only Māori-focused publishing house. Founded in 1991, Huia promotes writing by Māori, in both English and te reo Māori.
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Kōmako
A bibliography of writing by Māori in English. The website's search function allows you to browse by category, including works of fiction.
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Māori Literature Trust
The Māori Literature Trust was founded to promote Māori writers and writing; the Te Papa Tupu Writers Programme mentors promising Māori writers.
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Te Ao Hou
Online copies of the magazine Te Ao Hou (1952–76), originally published by the Department of Māori Affairs.
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Te Ha
A forum established in 1991 to promote excellence in writing by Māori, Te Ha is affiliated with Toi Māori Aotearoa.
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Writers files
Profiles of writers, on the New Zealand Book Council’s site.
More suggestions and sources
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Della Valle, Paola. From silence to voice: the rise of Māori literature. Auckland: Libro International, 2010.
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Heim, Otto. Writing along broken lines: violence and ethnicity in contemporary Māori fiction. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1998.
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Ihimaera, Witi, and D. S. Long, eds. Into the world of light: an anthology of Māori writing. Auckland: Heinemann, 1982.
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Ihimaera, Witi, and others, eds.Te ao mārama. Vols 1–5. Auckland: Reed, 1992–96.
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Pearson, Bill. ‘The Maori and literature.’ In The Maori people in the nineteen-sixties: a symposium, edited by Erik Schwimmer, 217–256. Auckland: Blackwood and Janet Paul, 1968.
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Sturm, Terry, ed. The Oxford history of New Zealand literature in English. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1998.