Isla Huia

Isla Huia (Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Uenuku) is a te reo Māori teacher and kaituhi from Ōtautahi. Her debut collection of poetry, Talia, was released in 2023 by Dead Bird Books, and was shortlisted for the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024.

Her work has also been featured in the International Institute of Modern Letters’ Ōrongohau Best New Zealand Poems, in 2023 and 2024.

She is currently working on her second collection of poetry, also to be published by Dead Bird Books.