Brian Potiki

Ngā Kaituhi Whiti Tāne Māori — Māori male poets

Kia ora ano ki taku hoa [‘Greetings’ again to all my friends.]

Ko tetahi atu he kōrero - mo ngā kaituhi whiti tāne Māori tēnei taima [Another commentary - about male Māori poets this time.]

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176 pages, paper and ebook. Audiobook is from Chicago and Amazon/Aubible.

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Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, 'Writing the Camp' (Talgarreg, Wales: Broken Sleep Books, 2021).

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