AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

Fiction writer and TV writer Colleen Maria Lenihan (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) has recently published her debut book Kōhine, a collection of short stories. A graduate of Te Papa Tupu and The Creative Hub, Colleen’s writing has featured in Newsroom and the New Zealand Herald. She is the International Institute of Modern Letters and Creative New Zealand Emerging Māori Writer in Residence at Victoria University in 2023.

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