Robert Sullivan

Robert Sullivan lives in Auckland, New Zealand with Rachel Fenton and their newborn baby son, Turi. Sullivan’s Māori tribal affiliations are to Ngāpuhi in the far north, and Kāi Tahu in the far south. His PhD from the University of Auckland examines the work of five other indigenous Pacific poets. His seven collections of poetry include Captain Cook in the Underworld, Shout Ha! to the Sky, and the bestselling Star Waka. He coedited three major anthologies of Pacific and Māori poetry. Sullivan founded the creative writing program at the Manukau Institute of Technology, and is Deputy Chief Executive (Māori) there.