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
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
Wairua (second reprint)
In Te Awa o Kupu, edited by Vaughan Rapatahana. Penguin Random House New Zealand, August 2023.
The whakapapa of racism
Reprint of a column originally published on stuff.co.nz in Ngā Kupu Wero, edited by Vaughan Rapatahana, Penguin, 2023.
Te Pō Whakanui Huritau
In: Huia Short Stories 15, 2023