Collective publishing, bookmaking & zines







‘Definitely maybe’ (for Taraheke)

‘New world jam’ (for Nizhooni)

Tanka collection (for Whakaruruhau)

‘The hood of sleep’ (for Izuba)

‘Lewanna goanna’ (for my sis on her wedding)

Collected waiata & karakia (for Izuba)

‘Hoses’ (for my dad)

‘Doongtsh’ (for my dad)

‘Rooted to the earth’ (for Zealandia)










Art & literature: talks, readings, podcasts, panels & other events
Awards & residencies

Auckland Regional Parks Artist in Residence 2022. Cassandra was at Craw Homestead, Anawhata, Waitākere for two months, October-December 2022.

Runner up, Pikihuia Māori Literature Awards 2019 (Emerging Fiction Writer in English).
Spoken out loud: videos & podcasts
Selected poetry events / readings

Intersections: A poetry reading of BIPOC solidarity for International Poetry Day, 2020.

Night of Untold Stories: 100% offline, invite-only community poetry event, sharing the stories that can’t be published (co-curated with Whakaruruhau at Pātaka, Porirua 2019).

Invasion Day: Poetry reading in honour of special guest Melissa Lucashenko (Pātaka, Porirua, 2019)

Graduates of the IIML (class of 2018) read at Te Papa (Wellington, 2018).
Selected art events / panels / talks

Convenor of In situ - writers’ responding to the exhibition The earth looks upon Us | Ko Papatūānuku te matua o te tangata (Adam Art Gallery, Wellington 2018).

Floor talk, Dark Matter: Ann Shelton (Auckland Art Gallery 2016).


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