Whatu Ngarongaro He Tangata, Toitū He Whenua is an adaption from a novel about the extinction of the New Zealand huia, developed during the Masters of Creative Writing at the University of Auckland. The events surrounding the huia’s extinction are a catalogue of missed opportunities and lessons learnt only in hindsight.
Photo: Carolyn Cossey
Carolyn Cossey holds a Masters of Creative Writing from the University of Auckland. She has been published in Landfall, Headland, Flash Frontier and Bonsai, with work that ranges from flash fiction to long-form essays, as well as having a novel in progress. She lives in rural South Auckland and teaches secondary school English.
