Awards and Honours
Otago University Press
Nighttime Gardener shortlisted for the Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award, judged by Chris Tse
2025
takahē magazine
First Shave shortlisted for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize, judged by Renee Liang
2024
Fulbright New Zealand
General Graduate Award
2022
Lois Roth Foundation
Robin and Avril Winks Award
2022
The New School
Public Engagement Scholarship
2022
Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington
Story Inc. Prize for Poetry
2020
Fellowships and Residencies
Red Room Poetry
Shortlisted for the On-site Varuna Residency Program
2026
Sundress Academy for the Arts
Receipient of a Residency at Firefly Farms
2024
Jack Kerouac School for Disembodied Poetics
Recipient of the Eco-Poetry Fellowship
2024
Woodward Residency Program
Recipient of a Summer Residency
2023
Selected Events and Performances
National Young Writers’ Festival (Australia)
Panel speaker for The Regional Review: Exploring the Place of Young Regional Writers with Daniel Ray and Zowie Dougles-Kinghorn, chaired by Dr. Sarah Pearce.
2025
Red Room Poetry
Reader for the Online Regional Showcase as part of Poetry Month alongside Barrina South, Bradley Bradley, Timma Ball, and K.A. Ren Wyld.
2025
Poetry at Pegasus
Reader alongside Dr. Therese Lloyd, Rhys Feeney, and Kyra Lawler.
2024
Unnameable Books
Coordinator of Everywhere Else: A Poetry Reading featuring Aditi Bhattacharjee, Shehrbano Naqvi, bec ritchie, Zohreh Zadbood, Javeria Hasnain, Kate Millar, and María Elisa Schmidt.
2024
Exquisites: Queer Poets Collectively Curated
Reader alongside Kay Gabriel, John Francis-Quiñones, Elliot Sky Case, and Ripley Mandanis.
2023
Te Uru | Waitākere Contemporary Art Gallery
Panel speaker for Small Worlds with Salome Tanuvasa and Louise Menzies, chaired by Lisa Crowley. This event was held in conjunction with the exhibition “A Table of One’s Own: The Creative Life of Anne McCahon.”
2017
Education
The New School
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
2024
Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington
Master of Arts in Creative Writing
2021
Te Wānanga o Raukawa
Poupou Huia Te Reo | Certificate in Māori Protocol and Language
2019
Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of Auckland
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons First Class)
2016