Hinemoana Baker

Hinemoana Baker is a writer, musician, occasional broadcaster and teacher of creative writing. She traces her mixed ancestry from several North and South Island Māori tribes, as well as from England and Bavaria. Her first poetry book, mātuhi | needle (VUP/Perceval Press, 2004), was co-published in New Zealand and in the US. Her second collection is kōiwi kōiwi | bone bone (VUP 2010). Hinemoana’s recent awards and residencies include three months at the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program in 2010. She was one of 60 writers who represented New Zealand at the 2012 Frankfurt Bookfair.