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"In the story of the Trojan Horse, after a ten-year siege, the Greeks pretend to sail away and leave a “gift” of a woo…"

"I am a Greek-New Zealand writer and I am building a horse like this — or, more accurately, I’m allowing it to build i…"

"And the city of Troy is Pākehā culture, which I envisage in this book as a walled fortress. In front of this fortress…"

"The voices belong to some of Aotearoa’s foremost writers: Tusiata Avia, Tina Makereti, Chris Tse, Paula Morris, and K…"

"My interest in the way these writers are portrayed in the media began * when I started a PhD in creative writing at V…"

"I discovered that — contrary to what I’d expected — in the 40 years since the publication of Witi Ihimaera’s first bo…"

"More and more, we are being required to know what are the implications of living in a society that is increasingly di…"

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"When you're painting, nobody else knows what you're doing and you're the only one who understands it. You've got to h…"