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Vale, Lynne Ciochetto, beloved Spiral stalwart & dear mate!

Vale, Lynne Ciochetto, beloved Spiral stalwart & dear mate!

Somehow, I met Lynne through the Kidsarus 2 collective — which morphed into the Wellington Spiral — when our group was developing…
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Heather McPherson’s ‘i do not cede’

Heather McPherson’s ‘i do not cede’

by Renée
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Remembering Keri Kaa (1942–2020)

Remembering Keri Kaa (1942–2020)

Keri Kaa, Hohi Ngapera Te Moana Keri Kaa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou, CNZM QSO, was also winner of Te Tohu a Ta Kingi Ihaka in 2016, in…
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In the Beginning, There Was Heather

In the Beginning, There Was Heather

by Marian Evans
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. A more recent and varied account is in KERI HULME OUR…
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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. Also reprinted as ‘The Politics of Māori Literature’. in Meanjin…
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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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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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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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Why A Women’s Gallery?

Why A Women’s Gallery?

by Marian Evans
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Remembering Keri Kaa (1942–2020)

Remembering Keri Kaa (1942–2020)

Keri Kaa, Hohi Ngapera Te Moana Keri Kaa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou, CNZM QSO, was also winner of Te Tohu a Ta Kingi Ihaka in 2016, in…
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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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‘Momma Don’t Allow Me To Whistle…’

‘Momma Don’t Allow Me To Whistle…’

by Mary Bailey
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Sister Galvan

Sister Galvan

A written and edited interview with film-maker Marian Evans
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The Women’s Gallery & Maeve

The Women’s Gallery & Maeve

by Bridie Lonie
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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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Have You Heard of Artemisia?

Have You Heard of Artemisia?

by Cushla Parekowhai, Allie Eagle & Heather McPherson
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They Might Have Completely Forgotten Us

They Might Have Completely Forgotten Us

I. How women artists disappear from history
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#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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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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‘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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Remembering Spiral, 2015-2022

Remembering Spiral, 2015-2022

by Marian Evans
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