Tayi Tibble: First Māori poet to be published in The New Yorker!
4 July 2023
Kia hiwa rā! A huge congratulations to Aotearoa’s literary darling, cool kid and all-round powerhouse, Tayi Tibble (Te Whānau ā Apanui, Ngāti Porou) who has a new piece of work, ‘Creation Story’, published in this month’s edition of The New Yorker.
This is a huge achievement and we cannot recall a Māori poet being featured in this iconic publication before – making Tayi the first. The Māori Literature Trust team reached out to editors at The New Yorker to confirm this, and whilst they say Tayi is most likely the first, demographics have not always been recorded.
One of our mission statements is to take Māori voices to the world. To see Tayi being published in such a prominent, international publication is very inspiring for us as a team, as wāhine Māori and as creatives. Ka rawe Tayi, blaze those trails, share our stories – your tīpuna must be so proud of you!
Check out Tayi's piece in this month's issue of The New Yorker:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/10/creation-story-tayi-tibble-poem
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Full statement with Tayi! https://mlt.org.nz/tayi-tibble-first-maori-writer-the-new-yorker/