“Porirua Poets Corner – Spoken Words from the Pacific”

Special Thanks and Acknowledgments

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for your generous support of Porirua Poets Corner. Your contributions will enable us to celebrate the rich cultural diversity of our community in a meaningful and lasting way.

Your investment in Porirua Poets Corner will help create a vibrant space where voices from diverse backgrounds can be heard, and stories can be shared. Your support will foster an inclusive environment where creativity, understanding and unity thrive.

Thank you for believing in the power of poetry and cultural expression to bring people together. Your partnership makes a tangible difference in promoting cross-cultural understanding and appreciation

We are grateful for your commitment to celebrating our community's diversity and look forward to continuing this meaningful collaboration.

Our Project

“Porirua Poets Corner – “Our Stories, Our Narratives, Our Voices." This project seeks funding to organise four Spoken Word Poetry Nights in Porirua called “Porirua Poets Corner –“Our Stories, Our Narratives, Our Voices” and aims to showcase local talent and provide a platform for diverse voices to share their stories, experiences, and culture through the art of spoken word poetry. The event will foster creativity, build community engagement, and celebrate social inclusion and cultural diversity.

“Porirua Poets Corner – “Our Stories, Our Narratives, Our Voices”

Will run monthly for the duration of four months at a local venue within the Porirua community. Each event will invite poets, both experienced and emerging, to take the stage and perform their work,

with Feature Poet showcasing published works. The project will run for a set duration of four months continue to celebrate and strengthen cultural identity, in the journey to building a stronger, more connected literary community, to foster cultural preservation, social inclusion and creative expression.

Sponsorship and Funding

Sponsorship an funding will assist with following costings i.e., venue hire, marketing and promotion, audio visual equipment, refreshments, promotion of feature Poets, publishing and Master of Ceremonies.

The Essence of Porirua Poets Corner

Poets are the masters of language that weave words into powerful tapestries that evoke emotions, spark imagination and challenge our perspectives. Poets have been the worlds dreamers of the human experience capturing the beauty, complexity and diversity of life. Through their verses, Poets give voice to our deepest trials and tribulations, hopes, dreams and aspirations. Poets inspire us to see the world anew, to reflect, to question, to dream and to connect with others on a emotional and soulful level.

Meet Our Team of Porirua Poets Organising Committee

Troy Hunter Day celebrates his cultural diversity due to his multi-cultural background i.e., NZ Maori (Tainui) / Cook Islands Maori (Atiu) and NZ European. Troy has an openness to learn from other cultures and languages and celebrates cultural connections. Troy commenced writing poems in 2015 to capture and express the challenges of being New Zealand born Pacific Islander, and, wanted to empower his peers to strive for excellence and be proud of their Nesian heritage.

Ethan Hunter Day celebrates cultural diversity due to his multi-cultural background i.e., NZ Maori (Tainui) / Cook Islands Maori (Atiuan descent) and NZ European. In 2017, Ethan visited his Grandmothers Island of Atiu, Cook Islands where he underwent a cultural rebirth. Under the guidance of his mentors and support of his Tuakana, Ethan started writing poems in 2017, to capture his love and essence of his culture and language.

Kiva Hunter-Misky is of Polynesian descent, born in New Zealand and raised in Australia and returned to New Zealand in 2021. Kiva is from the deep Pacific i.e., Islands of Tokelau (Fakaofo), Cook Islands (Atiu) and Samoa (Samatau). Kiva is an active poet and writer for NPU as way to reconnect to culture, language and to honour her Nesian ancestry.

Donald Matariki Hunter is an experienced, qualified Social Worker of 20 years, Donald’s cultural background (Cook Islands Maori and NZ European) has allowed him to develop respectful relationships in the journeying towards self- determination. Donald has spent 9 years working across the Pacific regarding regional development and constructed poems and writings in celebration of cultural connections.