Briar Wood

'Poet, fiction writer and essayist Briar Wood grew up in South Auckland, Aotearoa. She worked extensively as a lecturer in Britain and teaching writing in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her poetry collection, Rāwāhi (Anahera Press, 2017), was shortlisted in the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. A Book of Rongo and Te Rangahau was published by Anahera Press in 2022.'

Biographical sources

• Te Awa o Kupu. Eds. Vaughan Rapatahana & Kiri Piahana-Wong. New Zealand: Penguin Random House New Zealand, 2023. 411.