Emma Hislop (Literature)
To be mentored by 2005 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Icon Patricia Grace DCNZM QSO

Emma Hislop’s (Kāi Tahu) first book of short fiction, Ruin, was published in March 2023 with Te Herenga Waka University Press and longlisted for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. She has a Masters in Creative Writing, and is currently working on a novel.

Emma receives the Wai Toi-o-Moroki Award funded by Te Runanga o Ngāi Tahu.

Emma Hislop and Patricia Grace are members of NZSA – congratulations!

The selection panel – who had the unenviable task of selecting this year’s recipients from the record-breaking nominations received were:

• Nathan Pohio (Senior Curator – Māori Art, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki)
• Melanie Oliver (Curator, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū)
• Samuel Holloway (Composer, Educator)
• Dolina Wehipeihana (Choreographer, Co-Director – Tāwhiri)
• Chris Tse (Current New Zealand Poet Laureate)
• Ant Timpson (Film Producer & New Zealand Film Commission Board)
• James Gatt (Curator, Te Uru)