A sampler has been released featuring the eight standout authors on the 2026 New Voices of Aotearoa list. The 2026 New Voices of Aotearoa are: Ōtaki-based writer and public servant Tīhema Baker (Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira) Auckland-based poet and storyteller Amber Esau (Ngāpuhi, Manase) Hastings award-winning poet and storyteller Nafanua Purcell Kersel (Satupa‘itea, Faleālupo, Aleipata, Tuaefu) Auckland-based te reo Māori journalist and author Dr Atakohu Middleton (Waikato, Pākehā) Bestselling Scottish-New Zealand crime writer Zoë Rankin US-New Zealand forager, fungi enthusiast and bestselling author Liv Sisson Wellington author of acclaimed adult’s fiction Jennifer Trevelyan Christchurch academic and historian Dr Madi Williams (Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Kōata, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Rangitāne o Wairau). Enjoy the chance to taste test their work here (pdf, 16MB).
