Takahē Magazine
@takahemagazine
Aotearoa’s longest-running independent journal of poetry, fiction, art, comics, and culture in review. Since 1989.
The annual takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize honours the memory of poet Monica Taylor, with the generous assistance of her whānau, and with the kaupapa of encouraging new generations of poets. takahe.org.nz/competitionnew…
✨Allan McEvoy reviews 'The Enemy Within' (Potton & Burton, 2024), by Maire Leadbeater. 💙Read the review in full: takahe.org.nz/the-enemy-with… ✨Vaughan Rapatahana reviews 'Mana Moana' (AUP, 2025), by Carla Houkamau and Robert Pouwhare. 💙Read the review: takahe.org.nz/mana-moana/
🖤Tulia Thompson reviews 'the prism and the rose and the late poems' (Compound Press 2024) by Schaeffer Lemalu: takahe.org.nz/the-prism-and-… 🖤Sophie van Waardenberg reviews 'Symphony of Queer Errands' (Tender Press 2025) by Rachel O’Neill: takahe.org.nz/symphony-of-qu…
We're delighted to announce Janet Newman as judge for the takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2025! 💙💚 takahe.org.nz/competitionnew…
The takahē team were chuffed to publish 'Mystery Kererū,' a comic all in Te Reo Māori! ❤️🖤🤍  The words and art are by Gordon Chaffey from Phat Swag, with editing by Philippa Kenealy and translation by Skye Kimura. #kiakahatereomāori takahe.org.nz/mystery-kereru/
Hey <3 Putting together a list of "Lit mags that want to be the first place to publish you" Curious to know, what magazine published you for the first time? Bonus points if you link the piece 👀 & also, editors if your pub loves to celebrate emerging writers, lemme know!
Now open!! 💚First prize: $300 + publication 💚Runner-up: $150 Details and entry: takahe.org.nz/competitionnew…
The Takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize opens tomorrow, Sunday 1st June! 💚First prize: $300 (NZD) and publication in the December 2025 issue of takahē (#115) 💚Runner-up: $150 (NZD). Full details are available from tomorrow at: takahe.org.nz/competitionnew…
‘Being an artist is solitary work, and within this internal life the imagined or remembered can feel just as real as the physical.’ Read more in our April Art Essay, 'Paul McLachlan: Layers of Time and Space', by Andrew Paul Wood: takahe.org.nz/paul-mclachlan…
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free General Literary Poems feat. @BaltimoreEditor @takahemagazine @GuernicaMag @blackfoxlit @LascauxReview et al. duotrope.com/search/smart/p…