Subject Guides: Pacific and Pasifika: Literature

Pasifika authors in Aotearoa

Books by Pasifika authors in Aotearoa are found in the New Zealand literature section. Here are some of the Pasifika authors whose works we hold:

Anthologies

Anthologies

Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia. Edited by Evelyn Flores and Emelihter Kihleng. (2019)
Indigenous Pacific Islander eco-literatures. Edited by Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner,Leora Kava & Craig Santos Perez. (2022)

For more anthologies and criticism, search the catalogue using Pacific Island Literature and Pacific Island Poetry

Anthologies Published in Aotearoa:

Vā: Stories by women of the Moana. Edited by Sisila Eteuati & Lani Wendt Young. (2021)

Fika: A fictional body of new writing. Edited by Danielle O'Halloran & Felolini Ifopo. First Draft Pasefika Writers. (2008)
Pasifika navigators: Pasifika student poetry collection. (2023)

Poetry

For an excellent survey of contemporary Pacific Islander poetry and a list of anthologies (not only poetry), see: Perez, C. S. (2020). "Towards a new Oceania": On contemporary Pacific Islander poetry networks. College Literature, 47(1), 240-247. https://doi.org/10.1353/lit.2020.0004

Hermes, K. L. (2018). The female voice in Pasifika poetry: An exploration of "hybrid" identities in the Pacific diaspora. Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 54(5), 655-669. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2018.1527746

For more anthologies, search the catalogue using Pacific Island Poetry.