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This Must Be the Island — Liga Hanai e Motu

Oceanic conversations

GREGORY O‘BRIEN AND JOHN PUHIATAU PULE
Format: Hard Cover
$70.00

In 2010, poet-artists John Puhiatau Pule and Gregory O’Brien embarked on a voyage of artmaking and travel around the South Pacific, making collaborative etchings, corresponding, writing poetry and immersing themselves in Moana Oceania.

Sixteen years on, their collaboration continues to yield a heady mixture of dreams, memories and a pervasive sense of the joy and wonder of being alive in this part of the world. This Must Be the Island — Liga Hanai e Motu is the story of their creative friendship and an art project as expansive and all-encompassing as the Pacific.

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Key Information

Category:
All books, Art and design
ISBN:
9781991309440
Publisher:
Massey University Press
Imprint:
Massey University Press
Published:
05/11/2026
Page Extent:
240
Format:
Hard Cover

About The Authors

Gregory O‘Brien
Bruce Foster

Gregory O‘Brien

Gregory O’Brien is a poet, essayist, visual artist and curator. His recent books include House and Contents (poems, AUP, 2022), Don Binney: Flight Path (AUP, 2023) and a book-length meditation on the Pacific region, Always Song in the Water (reissued, 2023).

John Puhiatau Pule
Bruce Foster

John Puhiatau Pule

John Puhiatau Pule is a poet, novelist and artist. His work has been exhibited in major institutions world-wide and are held by all major New Zealand art galleries, the National Gallery of Australia, the Queensland Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Scotland.

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