Anne-Marie Te Whiu

Anne-Marie Te Whiu an Australian-born Māori who belongs to Te Rarawa iwi in Hokianga, Aotearoa NZ. She currently lives on unceded Wangal Country in NSW. She is a cultural producer, festival director, writer, editor and weaver. She has edited collections including 'Woven' (Magabala 2024) and Tony Birch’s 'Whisper Songs' (UQP 2021) and Bebe Backhouse's 'More Than These Bones' (Magabala 2023).

She has been awarded a Creative Australia Individual Projects Fellowship, the Neilma Sidney Travel Fund, The Next Chapter through The Wheeler Centre followed by The Next Chapter Alumni Poetry Fellowship.

Anne-Marie has been awarded several residencies including the Varuna Residential Fellowship, Bundanon Artist in Residence and the Clothing Stores Artist Studio at Carriageworks. In 2025 she is studying a Masters as part of the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity program at Melbourne University. Her debut poetry collection, 'Mettle' is published by UQP in 2025.