Tania Hinehau Butcher

Te Arawa, Tainui

1946 -

Tania started the group Writers’ Milieu in 2002 when she relocated to Massey University, Palmerston North, N.Z., to complete her M.Phil in Defence and Strategic Studies. Her qualifications include Grad.Cert. R&A., B.A., Cert. Post Cert. Defence and Strategic Studies.

Biographical sources

  • Email correspondence from Tania Butcher on 14 May, 2004.

    Non-fiction

  • "Academic freedom." The Press (Aug. 1 2003 ): A6

    • Other

  • Smudged Red On Cheek: a Book of Poems. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Totem, 2003.
  • Alexander, Dorothy. Manawatu Evening Standard 29 August 2003. No further details.
  • Peck, Sophia. Chaff (2003). No details.

  • Poetry

  • "Māori Bay Poetics." Broadsheet 126 (1985): 31. Rpt. as "Māori Bay." In Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 5: Te Torino: The Spiral. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 272-273. Rpt. in "Centre-Fold Poet of the Month." Valley Micropress 6.3 (2003). Rpt. on poetry.com. 2005. The International Library of Poetry. Watermark P. http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=1 20 Mar. 2008.
  • A lyrical evocation of a promontory in the sea that becomes an image of childbirth.
  • "A Tribute To The Vulnerable Brave." Chaff 68.8 (2002): 14. Rpt. in Valley Micropress 6.3 (2003). Rpt. in poetry.com. 2005. The International Library of Poetry. Watermark P. http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=3 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "Auctioneer." Chaff 68.25 (2002): 17. Rpt. in http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=414&PN=0 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "Lovers’ Integrity." Chaff 68.25 (2002): 17.
  • "The Days After." Chaff 68.32 (2002): 17.
  • "Onehunga Incident." Chaff 68.32 (2002): 17.
  • "The Striped Wings Of An Angel." Valley Micropress 5.9 (2002): 6.
  • "The Argument." Valley Micropress 5.9 (2002): 13.
  • "The Treaty." Chaff 69.1 (2003). No further details.
  • "In Passing." Nineteen-O-Splash 2 (2003): 27.
  • "Heatstroke." Nineteen-O-Splash. 28. Rpt. in Valley Micropress 6.3 (2003): 9.
  • "Her." Chaff 69.3 (2003): 35.
  • "Winter Rain." Chaff 69.3 (2003): 35.
  • "Winter Shadows." Chaff 69.3 (2003): 35.
  • "Ngawhi: Fishing Village." Chaff 69.4 (2003): 13.
  • "A Prodigy’s Nightmares." Chaff 69.4 (2003): 13.
  • "Castor and Pollux." Valley Micropress 6.1 (2003): 14.
  • "The Gift." Valley Micropress 6.1 (2003): 14.
  • "Poetess." Spin 45 (2003). No further details. Rpt. in Valley Micropress 6.3 (2003): 10.
  • "Muriwai." Valley Micropress 6.3 (2003). No further details.
  • "Smudged Red on Cheek." Valley Micropress 6.3 (2003): 10. Rpt. on http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=9. 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "Sacred Ties." ‘Centre-Fold Poet of the Month.’ Valley Micropress 6.3 (May 2003): 11.
  • "Betwixt." Centre-Fold Poet of the Month.’ Valley Micropress 6.3 (May 2003):12.
  • "Philistines." ’ Valley Micropress 6.3 (May 2003): 12.
  • "Emily Ngahu." ‘Centre-Fold Poet of the Month.’ Valley Micropress 6.3 (2003): 12. Rpt. in The Mozzie 11.6 (2003). No further detail. Rpt. as "Emily Ngahu’s Farm in Kawerau." Rpt. on http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=7 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "The Dilemma of Absence." Chaff 69.4 (2003). No further details.
  • "Flossie." Chaff 69.8 (2003). No further details.
  • "Mons Veneris." Chaff 69.8 (2003).
  • "When the Moon is Full." Valley Micropress 6.4 (2003): 8.
  • "A Swinging Spider." Valley Micropress 6.4 (2003): 8.
  • "Lily." Valley Micropress 6.5 (2003): 5. Rpt. on http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=11. 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "Psyche." Valley Micropress 6.5 (2003): 16. Rpt. on http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=8. 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "Nylon Absurdities." Valley Micropress 6.5 (2003): 16.
  • "Peppertree." Valley Micropress 6.6 (2003): 5.
  • "An Eye On The Scenery." Chaff 69.21 (2003). No further details.
  • "Psalm 66." Chaff 69.21 (2003).
  • "To Bury A Motto." Chaff 69.21 (2003).
  • "Him." Valley Micropress 6.8 (2003): 4.
  • "The Pallisade’s Nest." SPIN 47 (2004). No further details.
  • "The Picnic Table." Valley Micropress 7.2 (2004): 6.
  • "Commuters." Valley Micropress 7.2 (2004): 15.
  • "Silent Movies." http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=2. 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "Blue Flame." http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=10. 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "Fiasco." http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=25. 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "Insect." http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=4. 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "Isa McLaughlin." http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=6. 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "Ruth." http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=12. 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "On Reading Adrienne Rich." http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=13. 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "Blackberries in Youth." http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2762173&BN=999&PN=14. 20 Mar. 2008.
  • "In memory of : Hone Tuwhare." Ka mate ka ora (Sep 2008): 106.
  • "Betwixt." Fresh (Nov 2009): 36.
  • "In passing." Fresh (Nov 2009): 42-43.
  • "Muriwai." Mauri ola: contemporary Polynesian poems in English. Ed. Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2010.
  • " Te Tiriti O Waitangi (oh, the treaty)." Mauri ola : contemporary Polynesian poems in English. Ed. Albert Wendt, Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan. Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2010.
  • "Streetwise." Nineteen-o-splash (Mar 2011): 21.
  • Puna wai kōrero : an anthology of Māori poetry in English. Ed. Robert Sullivan and Reina Whaitiri. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press, 2014.

  • Reviews

  • Rev. of Cloud Of Sparrows, by Takawhi Matsuoka. Manawatu Evening Standard 7 Mar. 2003: 14.
  • Rev. of The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt. Manawatu Evening Standard 10 Jan. 2003: 14.
  • Rev. of Jenny Green Teeth, By Joel. S. A. Hayward. Manawatu Evening Standard May 2003: 14.
  • Rev. of Revival: The Otago Literary Review 2002. Ed. Patrick Crewdson, Ben Hamlin & Glen Goldsmith. MUSA Chaff 69.9 (2003).

    Other

  • "From Military to Poetry." Kokiri Paetae: A Celebration of Māori Achievements 41 (2002): 13.