Residency Programme 2026
Whakamanu Residency is a partnsership with The Physics Room Aotearoa, Puku Te Tuhi Art Gallery and Samoa House Library
Residency Programme 2025/26
2025 Research Residents
Hāwea Apiata (Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Toarangatira)& Dr Emily Parr (Ngāi Te Rangi, Moana, Pākehā)
I'm Hāwea Apiata (Ngāti Kura, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Toarangatira) and I'm a Kirikiriroa-based writer, curator, and zine-maker. My creative practice is informed and motivated by a commitment to land, language, and lineage. You can find my work in a range of anthologies and journals both here in Aotearoa and overseas, including publications like Landfall Tauraka, Takahē, Turbine | Kapohau, Mayhem, The Quick Brown Dog, Poem Atlas, PŪHIA and Huia Short Stories. I completed an MA in early Māori language literature at the University of Waikato and writing in te reo Māori is a central part of my practice. I am a writer of short fiction, poetry, and the occasional essay.
In this residency I'll be working on the manuscript for my first full-length book — a collection of dark fiction/horror short stories written in te reo Māori. As a part of my research, I am interested in scoping examples in both contemporary and classical Māori literature of kōrero that have elements of horror or the intent to shock, disturb, frighten, and warn.
Dr. Emily Parr (Ngāi Te Rangi, Moana, Pākehā) is an artist/researcher based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her moving-image practice explores relational ecologies of Te Moananui-a-Kiwa. Parr is a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the AUT Vā Moana Research Centre and a Lecturer in the School of Art + Design. Emily’s writing has been published by Waka Kuaka, Art News Aotearoa, GLORIA Books, and Kei te Pai Press. She has exhibited at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Te Tuhi, The Physics Room, and Gus Fisher Gallery. Emily was a 2024 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Springboard Award recipient.
Emily will be working on her project, Every Fale Tells a Story, exploring possibilities for works that speak to the Maota as a site of both historic and current significance; a place for community gatherings and lively events. She is interested in resurfacing stories and oral histories that Maota Samoa holds, re-enlivening this fale for Moananui Aucklanders
This residency has been supported by Auckland Council Regional Arts and Culture project grants
Satellites Asian Artist Fund Writer in Residence Dawn Cheung
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