Atakohu Middleton
Dr Atakohu Middleton (Waikato, Pākehā) is a journalist working in English and te reo Māori and also writes short fiction in te reo Māori. In more than 30 years in journalism she has written for a range of local and overseas publications, including the Sunday Star, the New Zealand Herald, the New Zealand Listener, Mana magazine, E-Tangata, and The Guardian (UK). She holds a PhD in Māori-language journalism from AUT.
Genre:
- Academic
- Adult Fiction
- Adult Non-Fiction
- Feature Articles
- Journalism
- Short Stories
Skills:
- Academic Writing
- Corporate Writing
- Competition Judging
- Editing
- Ghost Writing
- Journalism
- Print Media Writing (magazines/newspapers)
- Public Speaking
- Readings (adults)
- Reviews
- Short Story Writing
- Website Content
Branch:
Auckland
Location:
Tāmaki Makaurau
Publications:
Wairua
Reo-Māori short story published in Huia Short Stories 14 (2021), Huia Publishers
Ko te Tuhinga
Reo-Māori short story published in Huia Short Stories 12, 2017, Huia Publishers
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Wairua (reprint)
Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories, Edited by Paula Morris, consulting editor Darryn Joseph. Auckland University Press, August 2023.
Kia hiwa rā! Māori journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand
Book. Huia, August 2023
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Wairua (second reprint)
In Te Awa o Kupu, edited by Vaughan Rapatahana. Penguin Random House New Zealand, August 2023.
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The whakapapa of racism
Reprint of a column originally published on stuff.co.nz in Ngā Kupu Wero, edited by Vaughan Rapatahana, Penguin, 2023.
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Te Pō Whakanui Huritau
In: Huia Short Stories 15, 2023