Cultural Fund Selection Panel

30 August 2024

E ai ki te whakataukī:

K.M Harris brings the teachings and knowledge of her whānau and tūpuna along with her experience in the public service where her mahi has contributed to improving equitable outcomes for Māori. In 2023, she completed the Poutuarongo Ahunga Tikanga at Te Wānanga o Raukawa (Bachelor of Māori Laws and Philosophy) and is now studying the Masters of Public Policy through Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. Once this is done, she will write the taonga stories and whānau histories she longs to do.

Abby Aitcheson has held various editorial roles at independent publishers and Penguin Random House imprints in Aotearoa and London. She has also worked as a freelance editor and as a bookseller for Time Out Books. She now finds herself working as a legal editor in Tokyo, but will always think of Tairāwhiti as home. 2021 was the first year that Abby has been a selection panel member.

Craig Gamble is a Wellington-based writer. He edited Middle Distance, Long Stories of Aotearoa New Zealand and his MA thesis The Watch List won the Adam Foundation Prize in 2014. He works as Publishing Manager at Te Herenga Waka University Press.