Hinemoana Baker
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- Poet
- musician
- teacher
- broadcaster
Hinemoana Baker | |
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 Baker in 2016 | |
| Born | 1968 (age 57–58) Christchurch, New Zealand |
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| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Education | MA in creative writing, Victoria University of Wellington |
| Relatives | Val Baker (father)[1] |
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Hinemoana Baker (born 1968) is a New Zealand poet, musician and recording artist, teacher of creative writing and broadcaster.[2]
Baker was born in Christchurch in 1968 and grew up in Whakatāne and Nelson. She descends from the Ngāi Tahu tribe in the South Island of New Zealand, and from Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa and Te Āti Awa in the North Island. She also has English and German (Bavarian) heritage.[3] Baker is queer and takatāpui.[3]
As of 2021[update] she is living in Germany, after completing 12 months as Creative New Zealand's Berlin Writer in Residence in 2016.[4][5][6] She was chosen as the New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellow for 2024.[7]
Baker holds an MA in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.
