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Hawke's Bay · Hawke's BayNafanua Purcell Kersel. Photo: Ebony Lamb / Supplied Nafanua Purcell Kersel has been appointed as the Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence for 2025. Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters made the announcement early this week. Of Samoan heritage and based in Hawkes Bay,Nafanua will use the residency to work on a stage adaptation of her debut poetry collection Black Sugarcane, as well as a new book of poem…Read Article
Samoan Writer Victoria University of Wellington Emerging Pasifika Writer Residence for 2025

Samoa · SamoaPhoto: Before the Moon Falls
Gladys Hartson | Senior Journalist
A new documentary chronicling the last nine years of murder-accused Samoan poet and author Sia Figiel makes for confronting viewing on many levels, says reporter Gladys Hartson. When my colleague emailed through the trailer for the documentary Before The Moon Falls, about troubled Samoan poet and author Papali’i Sia Figiel, I was intrigued. The world premiere was…Read Article