Arihia Latham
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Arihia Latham (born in 1980) is a New Zealand writer, rongoā practitoner, cultural and sustainabilty advisor.
Life and career
Latham was born in Wellington tin 1980 to Gerry Te Kapa Coates and Sally Kārito Latham and has Māori ancestry from Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe and Waitaha.
As a child, Latham went through kohanga reo and studied te reo Māori, arts and science through school and started writing poetry and fiction as a teenager. She was mentored in matauranga and rongoā by Mihipeka Edwards, Tiahuia Gray and Rakāto Te Rangiita.
Latham studied rongoā and completed a Bachelor of Health Science in complementary medicine in 2002.
Latham was first published in 2007 with her short story Fly Away Home, published by Huia Publishers as part of the Pikihuia Awards and recorded for RNZ. Again in 2013 her novel extract Ahi Kā was runner up in the Pikihiuia Awards and published.
In 2023 her first collection of poetry Birdspeak was published by Anahera Press. Tru Paraha states in her review for New Zealand Review of Books
Latham's work has been anthologised widely, in Ōrongohau Best New Zealand poems (2023), Te Awa o Kupu (Penguin Random House NZ), Rapture (AUP), Flora (Te Papa Press) and Koe (Otago University Press).
Latham has been the arts columnist for The Post, and responded to many artists through essays, interviews and poetry. Her poetic film Takaroa screened on the water for Mana Moana as part of Matariki 2024.
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