Kupu Whenua

Through te reo Māori and New Zealand English her words weave threads of connection, loss, reclamation, resilience, wairua and presence.

Rooted in this land and stretching into the ever-expanding skies, these poems take us on a journey through mountains and waterways, layers of history, time, language and perspective. Whether surprising and direct, soft or hopeful, Kupu Whenua invites a fresh look at the once familiar.

HANA BUCHANAN (Ngāti Haumia ki Te Aro,Taranaki iwi, Te Atiawa, Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika) is a tangata toikupu — poet, kaikaranga, kaitito waiata — and a yoga teacher, working from her ancestral lands in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
Her words weave threads of connection, loss, reclamation, resilience, wairua and presence.
Rooted in this land and stretching to the everexpanding skies, these poems take us through mountains and waterways, layers of history, time, language and perspective.
Whether surprising and direct, soft or hopeful, Kupu Whenua invites a fresh look at the once familiar.