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Born in New Zealand, Apirana Taylor is of Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāti Pākehā descent. He is a poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, actor and painter, who tries to earn a living as a freelance artist, but currently teaches creative writing at Whitireia Polytechnic. Apirana has won awards for his poetry and drama and is currently working on a manuscript of two of his plays to be published by the Pohutukawa Press. His publications include three books of poetry, Eyes of the Ruru, Three Shades and Soft Leaf Falls of the Moon, two books of short stories, He Rau Aroha and Ki Te Ao, and one novel, He Tangi Aroha. He has been the writer in residence at Massey
University and Canterbury University, and he has toured Europe reading his poetry, which has also been translated into German.

 
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Apirana Taylor

New Zealand writer, painter and musician

Apirana Taylor
Taylor in 1996
Born	(1955-03-15) 15 March 1955 (age 69) Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation	Poet, novelist
Period	1979–2004
Relatives	Rangimoana Taylor (brother), Riwia Brown (sister)

Apirana Taylor (born 15 March 1955) is a New Zealand writer known for his poetry, short stories, novels and plays.

Biography

Born in Wellington 15 March 1955, Apirana Taylor is of Pākehā and Māori descent with affiliations to Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Ruanui.^[1]

Taylor was a runner-up for the Pegasus Book Award in 1985, for He Rau Aroha: A Hundred Leaves of Love.^[2]

He was a prominent member of the Māori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari alongside his brother Rangimoana Taylor, who founded the group, and their sister Riwia Brown. Plays of Taylors that Te Ohu Whakaari presented included Kohanga about the kohanga reo movement of Māori language revival and TeWhānau a Tuanui Jones.^[3][4]Kohanga was awarded 'best de

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Bio:

Apirana Taylor was born in Wellington in 1955, of Te Whanau a Apanui, Ngati Porou and Ngati Ruanui descent. In addition to poetry, he has written short stories, criticism and a novel, He Tangi Aroha (1993). Taylor is also an actor and playwright, and was a prominent member of the Maori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari. He has taught drama and creative writing at Whitireia Community Polytechnic, and has held writing fellowships at Massey University (1996) and the University of Canterbury (2002).

Biblio:

Poetry:

, Wellington: Voice Press, 1979

3 Shades

(with Lindsay Rabbitt and L. E. Scott), Wellington: Voice Press, 1981

Soft Leaf Falls of the Moon

, Auckland: Pohutukawa Press, 1996

Prose:

, Auckland: Penguin, 1986

Ki Te Ao: New Stories

, Auckland: Penguin, 1990

He Tangi Aroha

, Wellington: Huia Publishers, 1993

Bell Bird is Small: Short Stories

, Auckland: Pohutukawa Press, 2000

Drama:

• Kohanga and Wh

,Auckland: Pohutukawa Press, 1999

Recording:

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