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ABOUT Spiral Collectives
ABOUT Spiral Collectives
Poet and activist Heather McPherson founded Spiral in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand in 1975. This ongoing publication…
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Jul 14
Indigenous Literature in a Colonial Society, by Merata Mita
Indigenous Literature in a Colonial Society, by Merata Mita
Book review: ‘The Bone People’. Keri Hulme. Spiral, 1984. First published in ‘The Republican’, November 1984, 4–7. Republished with kind…
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Jun 5
Help a Woman Artist Today?
Help a Woman Artist Today?
Tēnā koutou katoa.
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Dec 26, 2020
In the Beginning, There Was Heather
In the Beginning, There Was Heather
by Marian Evans
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May 30, 2016
Jacquie Sturm, 1980
Jacquie Sturm, 1980
When we were organising a women writers evening for the Women’s Gallery Opening Show in January 1980, Patricia Grace suggested that we…
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Mar 12, 2019
Patricia Grace: Aspects of Her Stories in ‘Waiariki’ & ‘The Dream Sleepers’
Patricia Grace: Aspects of Her Stories in ‘Waiariki’ & ‘The Dream S...
by Keri Kaa
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Jul 2, 2016
Innocence of Sin, by Arapera Blank
Innocence of Sin, by Arapera Blank
Arapera Blank (1932–2002) was from Ngati Porou and Ngati Kahungungu.
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Oct 26, 2016
Travelling with Arapera, by Heather McPherson
Travelling with Arapera, by Heather McPherson
Spiral organised New Zealand representation at three international feminist book fairs. In 1984 we helped performer and writer Bub Bridger…
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Oct 26, 2016
Keri Kaa & ‘Taka Ki Ro Wai’
Keri Kaa & ‘Taka Ki Ro Wai’
Keri Kaa’s Te Whaea Whakaata Taonga, presented at the Women In Film & Television (WIFT) awards in 2010, acknowledged ‘an exceptional woman…
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Feb 28, 2016
A Letter to My Mother, by Keri Kaa
A Letter to My Mother, by Keri Kaa
Keri Kaa wrote this for Spiral 5 (1982). There’s more from Keri here (on her award-winning children’s book, Taka Ki Ro Wai), here (with an…
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Dec 29, 2016
Keri Hulme’s ‘the bone people’
Keri Hulme’s ‘the bone people’
I wrote this in 2010, for Wellywood Woman; and amended it as new information came in. (Marian Evans)
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Jan 17, 2016
Politics and Maori Literature, by Miriama Evans
Politics and Maori Literature, by Miriama Evans
Reprinted, with kind permission, from Landfall 39:1, March 1985, pp 40–44.
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Oct 24, 2016
Indigenous Literature in a Colonial Society, by Merata Mita
Indigenous Literature in a Colonial Society, by Merata Mita
Book review: ‘The Bone People’. Keri Hulme. Spiral, 1984. First published in ‘The Republican’, November 1984, 4–7. Republished with kind…
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Jun 5
Poutokomanawa–The Heartpost, by Tina Makereti
Poutokomanawa–The Heartpost, by Tina Makereti
This is the transcript of the University of Auckland Public Lecture given at Auckland Writers Festival on May 17, 2017. It began with a…
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Jun 10, 2017
Heather McPherson — A Tribute from Poet Janet Charman
Heather McPherson — A Tribute from Poet Janet Charman
The collection of Heather’s poetry some of us are presently compiling has the working title, ‘this joyous, chaotic place’, a quote from one…
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Jan 17, 2017
Why A Women’s Gallery?
Why A Women’s Gallery?
by Marian Evans
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Jun 8, 2016
Kirsty Baker’s ‘Inhabiting the Threshold’
Kirsty Baker’s ‘Inhabiting the Threshold’
Marian Evans: Originally from the Isle of Mull in Scotland, Kirsty Baker studied both History of Art and Theatre Studies at Glasgow…
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Oct 25, 2016
Spiral’s interview protocols
Spiral’s interview protocols
Looking for information to complete Spiral’s history for the Women Together site, I found this. I have no memory of why I wrote it, or…
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Apr 27, 2019
‘Momma Don’t Allow Me To Whistle…’
‘Momma Don’t Allow Me To Whistle…’
by Mary Bailey
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Jan 3, 2017
Sister Galvan
Sister Galvan
A written and edited interview with film-maker Marian Evans
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Oct 24, 2020
The Women’s Gallery & Maeve
The Women’s Gallery & Maeve
by Bridie Lonie
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Jun 5, 2016
Valuing Our Writers
Valuing Our Writers
Mandy Hager is a prolific and much-awarded writer who tries ‘to spread love and compassion one book at a time’, and whose books I love…
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Oct 16, 2019
Have You Heard of Artemisia?
Have You Heard of Artemisia?
by Cushla Parekowhai, Allie Eagle & Heather McPherson
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Jun 17, 2016
They Might Have Completely Forgotten Us
They Might Have Completely Forgotten Us
I. How women artists disappear from history
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Feb 8, 2016
#directedbywomen in Mokopōpaki’s Shop Window Cinema
#directedbywomen in Mokopōpaki’s Shop Window Cinema
Mokopōpaki’s shop window cinema is small and perfect for two; but I’ve seen seven or eight people crammed in there.
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Apr 2, 2018
Jane Zusters’ “Where Did You Go To My Lovelies”
Jane Zusters’ “Where Did You Go To My Lovelies”
Mary Dore and Nancy Kennedy’s feature about the birth of the American women’s movement, She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, screened at the…
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Jan 17, 2016
‘Even Dogs Are Given Bones’ & ‘Minimum’ at Parliament
‘Even Dogs Are Given Bones’ & ‘Minimum’ at Parliament
Thanks to the Associate Minister for Arts, Culture & Heritage, Grant Robertson, and to Jan Logie, Under-Secretary, Parliamentary…
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Jun 23, 2019
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