https://rubymacomberwrites.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Ruby MacomberenWed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/amf-what-is-your-new-gum-sanAll My Friends are a creative collective from Tāmaki Makaurau who dream up and create events for our Queer and PoC whānau. Niu Gold Mountain is a four-part collaborative video project with 13 emerging Asian and Pasifika creatives, which asks “What is your New Gold Mountain?” The search for a better life is a story that commonly defines the migrant diaspora in Aotearoa.In partnership with All My Friends, we have invited four writers to reflect on the themes, journeys and stories explored in these...Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/amf-what-is-your-new-gum-sanhttps://www.tautai.org/ruby-macomberMy writing practice has always been mobile. Like many twenty-somethings, I write in the silences between the 9-5, the 5-9, and on the bus back again. I am so comfortable writing in the crevasses of a day that any dedicated time feels over-indulgent. My Fale-ship with Tautai did not change how I create (or where to be honest), but affirmed how important it is for artists to be resourced. How, yes, writing is an accessible art practice. Yes, a good poem can be crafted from almost anywhere. But a r...Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.tautai.org/ruby-macomberhttps://basementtheatre.co.nz/whats-on/korosetaPLEASE NOTE UNFORTUNATELY THE BASEMENT STUDIO SPACE IS NOT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.LOCKOUT: PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES BEFORE SHOW START TIME. LATECOMERS ADMITTED INTO THE THEATRE AT BASEMENT'S DISCRETION - NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN.THE GOVERNMENT MANDATES MAY BE GONE, BUT OUR FRENEMY COVID (AND A BUNCH OF OTHER NASTY FLUS) ARE STILL HANGING AROUND. HEAD HERE FOR INFORMATION ON WHAT TO DO IF YOU’RE FEELING UNWELL AND HAVE A TICKET. PLEASE NOTE UNFORTUNATELY THE BASEMENT STUDIO SPACE IS NOT WHEELCHAI...Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://basementtheatre.co.nz/whats-on/korosetahttps://www.youtharts.co.nz/members-of-the-team/ruby-macomberRuby is a Tāmaki Makaurau-based creative writer, student and storyteller of Moana-Nui a-Kiwa. She is both a Community Outreach Manager and Facilitator in our Te Kāhui team, curating culturally safe environments for rangatahi to explore their sense of self and cultural identity. Ruby is a Tāmaki Makaurau-based creative writer, student and storyteller of Moana-Nui a-Kiwa. She is both a Community Outreach Manager and Facilitator in our Te Kāhui team, curating culturally safe environments for ranga...Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.youtharts.co.nz/members-of-the-team/ruby-macomberhttps://www.culturalwise.co.nz/ruby-macomberOtou asa le Ruby Rae Lupe Ah-Wai Macomber. Otou itu te Rotuma Oinafa ma Noa'tau.  ​ Ruby is of proud Taveuni, Rotuman, Ngāpuhi and Scottish descent, currently residing in Tāmaki Makaurau. Ruby is completing her LLB/BA majoring in Psychology and Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland where she is a research assistant in Psychology and Pacific Studies. Both her whakapapa and lived experience power her passion for intersectional justice. She is currently Project Lead at Te Kāhui Youth Arts...Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.culturalwise.co.nz/ruby-macomberhttps://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-136-ruby-macomber/id1677458789?i=1000655971839This week we continue with our special series for the month of May, where we #CelebratePasifikaWomen, and in Episode 136, we are also celebrating #RotumanLanguageWeek. Ruby Macomber is an award-winning poet, essayist, researcher, and creative non-fiction writer, with Rotuman, Taveuni, Ngā Puhi and Scottish roots. She has been published in Landfall, Kate Books, Metro, Awa Waine and Starling, and in 2023 she was named the NZ Young Writers Festival - Young Writer in Residence. Alongside her unive...Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/episode-136-ruby-macomber/id1677458789?i=1000655971839https://www.otago.ac.nz/press/books/landfall-243-autumn-2022Announcing the winner of the 2022 Charles Brasch Young Writers' Essay Competition Landfall is New Zealand's foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. It showcases new fiction and poetry, as well as biographical and critical essays and cultural commentary. Landfall also features art portfolios in full colour and reviews of the latest New Zealand books. Each issue brims with a mix of vital new work by this country's top new and more established writer's latest reviews of New Zealan...Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.otago.ac.nz/press/books/landfall-243-autumn-2022https://www.metromag.co.nz/society/moana-backUsing the jawbone of his kuia Muri-ranga-whenua (as the inheritance of cosmological knowledge) and his own blood (or whakapapa) as bait, Māui hauled up new whenua from the depths of the ocean. The whakapapa of the land is not only woven throughout the ocean but the land was birthed by it. As Moana Jackson wrote, “the tīpuna never forgot that, as much as whakapapa tied us to this land, it also tied us to the Pacific Ocean that we call Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa”. The iterations of Māui seen throughou...Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.metromag.co.nz/society/moana-backhttps://www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/community-centred-creativityMoana Fresh embodies the diversity of contemporary Moana lived experiences. Founded in 2019 by Ahilapalapa Rands (Kānaka Maoli, iTaukei, Sāmoan, Pākehā) and Vaimaila Urale (Sāmoan), the community marketplace navigates changing tides while remaining grounded in Indigenous values.I share fries, kawhe and conversation with Urale and Moana Fresh co-manager Claudia Jowitt (iTaukei, Pākehā). We sit just up the road from the location of the original Moana Fresh pop-up, tracing whakapapa lines through a...Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/community-centred-creativityhttps://ngapukapukapekapeka.bigcartel.com/Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://ngapukapukapekapeka.bigcartel.com/https://youngwritersfest.nz/2024-programme/meet-the-writers/Each year we appoint a Guest Curator – a young writer under 35, who will curate the festival programme based on their creative vision. This includes creating their own festival events, and selecting the full festival programme.  We also appoint a Robert Lord Writers Cottage Young Writer in Residence. This Young Writer will spend four weeks at the cottage on a writing project, as well as taking part in the festival and creating events for the programme. Each year we appoint a Guest Curator – a y...Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://youngwritersfest.nz/2024-programme/meet-the-writers/https://youtu.be/otTWqB5bP2APoetry written by Ruby Macomber Performed by Ruby Macomber & Selina Alefosio Cry Sis is the weaving of intellect and wisdom through the beautiful words of Ruby Macomber. The insightful voice of a new generation that has a gentle yet defiant stand on the interconnectedness of our Blue Pacific Continent to the call of the Pacific to keep 1.5 alive! The worlds that are presented by Ruby embroider the textured journey of the environment, ancestral metaphors and symbols of resilience against the complex web of the non-believers. Ruby’s words remind us of the frontline force of her generation of Aotearoa New Zealand with Rotuma and the Pacific beyond. Ruby Macomber Ruby Macomber is an award-winning poet, essayist and creative non-fiction writer of Rotuman, Scottish and Ngāpuhi descent. She is published in Landfall, Kete Books, Awa Wāhine, Signals and was the 2022 Starling Residency recipient at the New Zealand Young Writers Festival. Ruby is due to be published in the New Zealand Performance Poetry Anthology 2023. Credits Poetry written & Performed by Ruby Macomber Aunty Selina Alefosio Creative Directors Rachael Rakena & Michael Bridgman Music and Sound Design Laughton Kora Director of Photography Pikihuia Haenga-Little Gaffer Mark Papalii Production Manager Andrew Croot Edited by Andrew Suzuki Compositing Sam Harris Sound Engineering Tiki Taane Pasifika Voices 2023 features a collection of gifted Pacific poets joined by indigenous artists to create an artistic, insightful, digitally enhanced offering in this curated series of three video poems. The Mana Moana - Pasifika Voices collection of video works was created to amplify and support the Pacific to drive global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This collection is the third in a series that began in 2021. These poems have been gathered from our Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa to reflect the voices and experiences of our past and present Poets, providing offerings of wisdom and insight for a new generation. This initiative is supported by Aotearoa New Zealand and coordinated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Storybox, with the support of Pacific Islands poets and artists, to amplify the Pacific voice at COP28. Series Credits Special Curator Audrey Brown-Pereira Directors/Mana Moana Curators Mike Bridgman & Rachael Rakena Music Director Laughton Kora Executive Producer Rob Appierdo Series Producer Amanda Walker Production Manager Andrew Croot Post Production Supervisor Ruth Korver Graphic Design Girish Parbhu Made with support from Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts, Massey University Produced by Mana Moana Collective and Storybox Thanks and acknowledgement to everyone involved in creating these works. Links www.sprep.org https://www.pasifikavoices.comFri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://youtu.be/otTWqB5bP2Ahttps://thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-09-2023/the-friday-poem-fatherwhenua-by-ruby-macomberA new poem by NZYWF Young Writer in Residence Ruby Macomber. Vilsoni says father whenua has eyes a silent observer of Google search histories whenua sips triple shots while diasporic daughters fumble fried taro with their chopsticks Voivoi weaves protest and joy into the same ‘afa most people cannot tell the difference but look at the geometry look at the pretty patterns dyed strands make when you play with them smooth to foreign fingertips Look at the way colonizers hold ‘afa to their hip Like...Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-09-2023/the-friday-poem-fatherwhenua-by-ruby-macomberhttps://thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-09-2023/the-friday-poem-fatherwhenua-by-ruby-macomberA new poem by NZYWF Young Writer in Residence Ruby Macomber. Vilsoni says father whenua has eyes a silent observer of Google search histories whenua sips triple shots while diasporic daughters fumble fried taro with their chopsticks Voivoi weaves protest and joy into the same ‘afa most people cannot tell the difference but look at the geometry look at the pretty patterns dyed strands make when you play with them smooth to foreign fingertips Look at the way colonizers hold ‘afa to their hip Like...Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-09-2023/the-friday-poem-fatherwhenua-by-ruby-macomber