Sometimes I go back to where it all ended for me, to where it all began. They named the cliff face after me – Te Āhua-o- Hinerangi. The gulls still circle there, the rātā still blooms, all the threads of my story still cling to the grasses and tuapuke.
Tidelinesinterweaves the poet's own life with the tragic story of Hinerangi, who lived at Karekare in the distant past. These are poems of Auckland's west coast, reflecting the steady rhythms of daily existence, alongside grief, mental unwellness, disintegration and resolution.
Author description
Kiri Piahana-Wong is a poet, editor and publisher. Her previous publications are Night Swimming (Anahera Press, 2013) and (as co-editor) Te Awa o Kupu (Penguin Random House, 2023).