a poem for Itu‘ti‘u aunty

Authors

  • Ruby Macomber Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland

Abstract

a poem

Author Biography

Ruby Macomber, Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland

Ruby Macomber (Ngā Puhi, Rotuma, Fiji, Scotland) is a poet and author currently completing a BA/LLB in Pacific studies, psychology and law at Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland. Ruby has published creative writing in literary journals and magazines including Landfall, Metro, and The Pantograph Punch. In 2022 she won the Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition as well as a Starling micro-residency as part of the New Zealand Young Writers Festival. The same year she was awarded a Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Latin America to study Indigenous rights and histories in Brazil. Her work is included in Rapture: An Anthology of Performance Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand (Auckland University Press, 2023) and appears in Katūīvei (2024), a new anthology of Pacific poetry published by Massey University Press.

Published

2024-04-15