Our Culture, Our Climate – Voices from Across the Pacific is the culmination of a three-month collaboration between internationally renowned UK climate poetry collective, Hot Poets and dynamic Māori & Pacific poets based in Tāmaki Makaurau curated by Zech Soakai.

Together they’ve embarked on a journey of understanding of how art and activism intersect, and co-created powerful works that amplify the stories and voices of those from across the Moana who are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis.

The writing that has come out of this experience was showcased at the New Zealand, Auckland Writer’s Festival on Sat 18th May.

The showcase captured personal, political, local and global narratives of the climate emergency’s effects through the lens of tangata whenua & tangata moana poets and storytellers.

Supported by The British Council Connections Through Culture Grant.