Atakohu Middleton

Ngāti Māhanga



Atakohu Middleton has worked as a journalist for Mana magazine, New Zealand Listener, the Sunday Times, the New Zealand Herald and the Guardian. She has also published short stories in Huia Short Stories 12 and 14 and her PhD dissertation in Māori journalism practise formed the basis of Kia Hiwa Rā! Māori Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand 2023.

Biographical sources

  • HIWA: Contemporary Māori Short Stories. Ed. Paula Morris. Consulting Ed.: Darryn Joseph. Auckland, NZ.: Auckland University Press, 2023. 182.

    Fiction

  • Wairua. HIWA: Contemporary Māori Short Stories. Ed. Paula Morris. Consulting Ed.: Darryn Joseph. Auckland, NZ.: Auckland University Press, 2023. 183-186.
  • Wairua written in te reo Māori was a finalist in the Pikihuia Awards of 2021.
  • Non-fiction

  • Kia Hiwi Rā! Māori Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.: Huia Publishers, 2023.