Vaughan Rapatahana

Vaughan Rapatahana (Te Atiawa, Ngati Te Whiti) is a poet, novelist, writer and anthologist widely published across several genres in both his main languages, te reo Maori and English. He is a critic of the agencies of English language proliferation and the consequent decimation of Indigenous tongues. His most recent poetry collection, written in te reo Maori (with English language 'translations'), is titled te pahikahikatanga/incommensurability . It was published by Flying Islands Books in...See more

Vaughan Rapatahana (Te Atiawa, Ngati Te Whiti) is a poet, novelist, writer and anthologist widely published across several genres in both his main languages, te reo Maori and English. He is a critic of the agencies of English language proliferation and the consequent decimation of Indigenous tongues. His most recent poetry collection, written in te reo Maori (with English language 'translations'), is titled te pahikahikatanga/incommensurability . It was published by Flying Islands Books in Australia in 2023. See less