essa may ranapiri

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essa may ranapiri is a takatāpui Māori poet of the Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Pukeko, and Clan Gunn nations and the author of ECHIDNA, forthcoming in 2022 from Te Herenga Waka University Press. They are currently a PhD candidate at Otago University and live on Ngāti Wairere land on the island of Te-Ika-a-Māui, currently occupied by New Zealand.