Michelle Rahurahu (Ngāti Rahurahu, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa) is a writer that was raised by tāngata turi. She is a co-editor of Te Rito o te Harakeke, an anthology of Māori voices for Ihumātao. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from the IIML where she won the Modern Letters Fiction Prize, and was shortlisted for the Michael Gifkins Prize for her novel manuscript Pōhara.

VERB Festival 2022 appearances:
Rūbarū: Claudia Durastanti X Michelle Rahurahu (digital series available from 11 Oct).