Brendaniel WeirBrendaniel Weir

Brendaniel Weir is the author of Tane’s War, a novel published in 2018. He has lectured English language, flown planes and founded a number of queer support groups. His current protest-arrest count is 12. Brendaniel was born in Auckland in 1969

Can Pākehā authors write Māori characters? Should they?

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Brendaniel Weir backgrounds his novel of a gay affair between Pākehā and Māori lovers. My first love was a Māori man. Let’s call him Wiremu. I was 16. He was several years older than me and a whole world more experienced. I can hear the knee-jerk reaction of people reaching for the paedophile/abuser label but … Read more