Lunchtime Author Talk: Hana Buchanan

Join us for a fantastic lunchtime event with Hana Buchanan, as she speaks to her latest pukapuka, Kupu Whenua.

Here's a fantastic piece by Claire Mabey, exploring Hana's latest piece - link to The Spinoff

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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 ever expanding 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.