Ruby Solly 'is a writer, musician and taonga pūoro practitioner living in Pōneke. She hs been published and exhibited around aotearoa as well as in the USA, Antarctica, and Europe. Her first book Tōku Pāpā, a mihi to her Kāi Tahu whakapapa, was published by Te Herenga Waka University Press in 2021. Her second book, The Artist, a poem novel about Māori cave art, was released in May 2023.'
Biographical sources
- Ngā Kupu Wero. Ed. Witi Ihimaera. New Zealand: Penguin Random House New Zealand, 2023: 359.
Poetry
- Rising. Read The World 6 AWF, 2021. Rpt in Ngā Kupu Wero. Ed. Witi Ihimaera. New Zealand: Penguin Random House New Zealand, 2023. 296-297.