Happy Pride Month e te whānau! Sharing youse my first published piece of writing! It was an honour being part of the second edition of Kupu Toi Takataapui. My piece, ‘Whenua’, blends culture and stories as I wayfind in life as a takatāpui (LGBTQ+ Māori) born and raised so far way from Aotearoa
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Dean Tāne O'Rafferty — KUPU TOI TAKATAAPUI | TAKATAAPUI LITERARY JOURNAL
www.kuputoitakataapui.com
June 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Happy Pride Month e te whānau! Sharing youse my first published piece of writing! It was an honour being part of the second edition of Kupu Toi Takataapui. My piece, ‘Whenua’, blends culture and stories as I wayfind in life as a takatāpui (LGBTQ+ Māori) born and raised so far way from Aotearoa
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incoherent rambling aside please check out issue one of this journal, I'm so proud of it, issue two will be up in the new year!
www.kuputoitakataapui.com/issue-one
www.kuputoitakataapui.com/issue-one
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
incoherent rambling aside please check out issue one of this journal, I'm so proud of it, issue two will be up in the new year!
www.kuputoitakataapui.com/issue-one
www.kuputoitakataapui.com/issue-one
ISSUE TWO — KUPU TOI TAKATAAPUI | TAKATAAPUI LITERARY JOURNAL
www.kuputoitakataapui.com
June 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Benjamin Doyle delivered their maiden statement as a new Green MP today. They identify as takataapui, queer, nonbinary, and whaikaha (disabled). They spoke of #Transgender Day of Remembrance and gave tribute to Georgina Beyer, NZ's 1st trans MP.
#NZpol
youtu.be/4K_DtDx1uFk
#NZpol
youtu.be/4K_DtDx1uFk
Benjamin Doyle Maiden Statement
YouTube video by atmmachine
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Benjamin Doyle delivered their maiden statement as a new Green MP today. They identify as takataapui, queer, nonbinary, and whaikaha (disabled). They spoke of #Transgender Day of Remembrance and gave tribute to Georgina Beyer, NZ's 1st trans MP.
#NZpol
youtu.be/4K_DtDx1uFk
#NZpol
youtu.be/4K_DtDx1uFk
www.kuputoitakataapui.com/publications
Also have put this up on the Kupu Toi Takataapui website - comes from some of the work I did for my thesis.
Would love to build a more comprehensive list of queer Maaori fiction and poetry with you all <3
Also have put this up on the Kupu Toi Takataapui website - comes from some of the work I did for my thesis.
Would love to build a more comprehensive list of queer Maaori fiction and poetry with you all <3
Publications — KUPU TOI TAKATAAPUI | TAKATAAPUI LITERARY JOURNAL
www.kuputoitakataapui.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
www.kuputoitakataapui.com/publications
Also have put this up on the Kupu Toi Takataapui website - comes from some of the work I did for my thesis.
Would love to build a more comprehensive list of queer Maaori fiction and poetry with you all <3
Also have put this up on the Kupu Toi Takataapui website - comes from some of the work I did for my thesis.
Would love to build a more comprehensive list of queer Maaori fiction and poetry with you all <3
not naming any names but have come across two examples of takataapui shit being edited out of stuff and it's incredibly sus. no our queerness isn't and shouldn't be some optional thing u can just cut from who we are. fuck you actually.
June 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
not naming any names but have come across two examples of takataapui shit being edited out of stuff and it's incredibly sus. no our queerness isn't and shouldn't be some optional thing u can just cut from who we are. fuck you actually.
Aha! @takataapui.bsky.social has joined bsky, so now I can finally tag him when j say...
GO BUY RIWHI'S BOGGY BEAUTIFUL GAMESSSSS
takataapui.itch.io
GO BUY RIWHI'S BOGGY BEAUTIFUL GAMESSSSS
takataapui.itch.io
takataapui
takataapui.itch.io
August 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Aha! @takataapui.bsky.social has joined bsky, so now I can finally tag him when j say...
GO BUY RIWHI'S BOGGY BEAUTIFUL GAMESSSSS
takataapui.itch.io
GO BUY RIWHI'S BOGGY BEAUTIFUL GAMESSSSS
takataapui.itch.io
And I've enjoyed learning about Maori culture through Riwhi's new release: takataapui.itch.io/baby-pukeko
it is a beautiful day on the marae and you are a baby pūkeko by takataapui
a solo-journaling game about being small, hopeful, and belonging to something
takataapui.itch.io
June 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
And I've enjoyed learning about Maori culture through Riwhi's new release: takataapui.itch.io/baby-pukeko
'everything begins small' is a collection of fifteen 200 word rpgs written across November 2025. Single, duet, and 3 players games, about wetlands, nature, transness, and more!
Download individual ones, or as a big ol' doc.
Grab 15 games for only $7 💚
takataapui.itch.io/everything-b...
Download individual ones, or as a big ol' doc.
Grab 15 games for only $7 💚
takataapui.itch.io/everything-b...
everything begins small by takataapui
a collection of 15 games for 200 Word RPG Month 2025
takataapui.itch.io
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
'everything begins small' is a collection of fifteen 200 word rpgs written across November 2025. Single, duet, and 3 players games, about wetlands, nature, transness, and more!
Download individual ones, or as a big ol' doc.
Grab 15 games for only $7 💚
takataapui.itch.io/everything-b...
Download individual ones, or as a big ol' doc.
Grab 15 games for only $7 💚
takataapui.itch.io/everything-b...
Another special game from Riwhi Kenny - 'it is a beautiful day on the marae and you are a baby pūkeko' is a solo-journaling game for everybody, everywhere!
takataapui.itch.io/baby-pukeko
takataapui.itch.io/baby-pukeko
it is a beautiful day on the marae and you are a baby pūkeko by takataapui
a solo-journaling game about being small, hopeful, and belonging to something
takataapui.itch.io
June 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Another special game from Riwhi Kenny - 'it is a beautiful day on the marae and you are a baby pūkeko' is a solo-journaling game for everybody, everywhere!
takataapui.itch.io/baby-pukeko
takataapui.itch.io/baby-pukeko
HUGE for Riwhi! Seeing Riwhi’s design work is some of my favourite stuff on the @kiwirpg.bsky.social discord.
If you haven’t checked out Earth Mother/Sky Father yet, you really really should.
Takataapui.itch.io
If you haven’t checked out Earth Mother/Sky Father yet, you really really should.
Takataapui.itch.io
May 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
HUGE for Riwhi! Seeing Riwhi’s design work is some of my favourite stuff on the @kiwirpg.bsky.social discord.
If you haven’t checked out Earth Mother/Sky Father yet, you really really should.
Takataapui.itch.io
If you haven’t checked out Earth Mother/Sky Father yet, you really really should.
Takataapui.itch.io
Solo Tabletop Bundle is live!
Get a ton of indie solo games for 12$.
Featuring work by Mitchell Daily, Tomas Gimenez Rioja, Cardboard Cultist, Chubby Crow Games, Ash Can Games, Aldo Salt, Joel Happyhill, The Cargo Bay, Hugh Lashbrooke, takataapui, Koke RPGs, and many more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
Get a ton of indie solo games for 12$.
Featuring work by Mitchell Daily, Tomas Gimenez Rioja, Cardboard Cultist, Chubby Crow Games, Ash Can Games, Aldo Salt, Joel Happyhill, The Cargo Bay, Hugh Lashbrooke, takataapui, Koke RPGs, and many more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
October 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Solo Tabletop Bundle is live!
Get a ton of indie solo games for 12$.
Featuring work by Mitchell Daily, Tomas Gimenez Rioja, Cardboard Cultist, Chubby Crow Games, Ash Can Games, Aldo Salt, Joel Happyhill, The Cargo Bay, Hugh Lashbrooke, takataapui, Koke RPGs, and many more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
Get a ton of indie solo games for 12$.
Featuring work by Mitchell Daily, Tomas Gimenez Rioja, Cardboard Cultist, Chubby Crow Games, Ash Can Games, Aldo Salt, Joel Happyhill, The Cargo Bay, Hugh Lashbrooke, takataapui, Koke RPGs, and many more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
this Ngaati Porou takataa wa is the lifeblood of so many of our takataapui works from @antzlapwood.bsky.social "Home Theatre" to Ruby Solly's "The Artist" to @tainuitillidienui.bsky.social "Poorhara" and so many more in our community and beyond. I'm so so so glad she is being recognised in this way
We're SO proud that our Editor (Māori) Jasmine Sargent was recognised as a publisher trailblazer at the Book Industry Awards last night! 🎉 The judges said Jas stood out in a very strong category: ‘She has carved out an important cultural role, providing a safe harbour, and caring for her authors.'
July 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
this Ngaati Porou takataa wa is the lifeblood of so many of our takataapui works from @antzlapwood.bsky.social "Home Theatre" to Ruby Solly's "The Artist" to @tainuitillidienui.bsky.social "Poorhara" and so many more in our community and beyond. I'm so so so glad she is being recognised in this way
Earth Mother, Sky Father by takataapui
Explore the aftermath of an indigenous creation story
takataapui.itch.io
October 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
then full speed ahead on next issue of Kupu Toi Takataapui and my next book 💚💚💚
January 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
then full speed ahead on next issue of Kupu Toi Takataapui and my next book 💚💚💚
Check out Riwhi's work at takataapui.itch.io for games to learn about Māori culture; eg. "it is a beautiful day on the marae and you are a baby pūkeko" is a lovely solo RPG about joining in a pōwhiri ritual as a bird 💚
(also you need to check his page out if you like bogs even a tiny bit)
(also you need to check his page out if you like bogs even a tiny bit)
August 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Check out Riwhi's work at takataapui.itch.io for games to learn about Māori culture; eg. "it is a beautiful day on the marae and you are a baby pūkeko" is a lovely solo RPG about joining in a pōwhiri ritual as a bird 💚
(also you need to check his page out if you like bogs even a tiny bit)
(also you need to check his page out if you like bogs even a tiny bit)
Sharing this game from @takataapui.bsky.social which has been aptly released in the wake of the New Zealand Government's ridiculous, cowardly, and anti-science descision to restrict puberty blockers for our young people in need of gender affirming Healthcare
takataapui.itch.io/trans-rage-w...
takataapui.itch.io/trans-rage-w...
Trans Rage Week by takataapui
200 word rpg for when being polite is no longer good enough
takataapui.itch.io
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sharing this game from @takataapui.bsky.social which has been aptly released in the wake of the New Zealand Government's ridiculous, cowardly, and anti-science descision to restrict puberty blockers for our young people in need of gender affirming Healthcare
takataapui.itch.io/trans-rage-w...
takataapui.itch.io/trans-rage-w...
One day every politician in the parliament will have passed away but Te Tiriti, Tangata Whenua and te ao Maaori will still be here. Takataapui, queer people and all kinds of people with diverse relationships to gender and sexuality will still be here. Some things cannot be killed.
April 21, 2026 at 10:38 AM
One day every politician in the parliament will have passed away but Te Tiriti, Tangata Whenua and te ao Maaori will still be here. Takataapui, queer people and all kinds of people with diverse relationships to gender and sexuality will still be here. Some things cannot be killed.
kommi release full length when... I'm gasping for more takataapui witch goodness
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
kommi release full length when... I'm gasping for more takataapui witch goodness
#RPGaDay 24: Reveal
The Farmer and the Bog Body is about a conversation between a farmer and the bog body they have just uncovered on their farm. It’s a short, wonderful, emotional game.
takataapui.itch.io/the-farmer-a...
The Farmer and the Bog Body is about a conversation between a farmer and the bog body they have just uncovered on their farm. It’s a short, wonderful, emotional game.
takataapui.itch.io/the-farmer-a...
the farmer and the bog body by takataapui
a two player game about a tender conversation between the two titular characters
takataapui.itch.io
August 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
#RPGaDay 24: Reveal
The Farmer and the Bog Body is about a conversation between a farmer and the bog body they have just uncovered on their farm. It’s a short, wonderful, emotional game.
takataapui.itch.io/the-farmer-a...
The Farmer and the Bog Body is about a conversation between a farmer and the bog body they have just uncovered on their farm. It’s a short, wonderful, emotional game.
takataapui.itch.io/the-farmer-a...
#FolkloreJam 2024 has got its first entry, EARTH MOTHER, SKY FATHER by Riwhi Kenny, a game inspired by Māori creation myths. #ttrpg
takataapui.itch.io/earth-mother...
takataapui.itch.io/earth-mother...
Earth Mother, Sky Father by takataapui
Explore the aftermath of an indigenous creation story
takataapui.itch.io
October 2, 2024 at 1:19 PM
#FolkloreJam 2024 has got its first entry, EARTH MOTHER, SKY FATHER by Riwhi Kenny, a game inspired by Māori creation myths. #ttrpg
takataapui.itch.io/earth-mother...
takataapui.itch.io/earth-mother...
It's no longer Trans Awareness Week,it's now Trans Rage Week, and I have prepared a guide accordingly: takataapui.itch.io/trans-rage-w...
Trans Rage Week by takataapui
200 word rpg for when being polite is no longer good enough
takataapui.itch.io
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It's no longer Trans Awareness Week,it's now Trans Rage Week, and I have prepared a guide accordingly: takataapui.itch.io/trans-rage-w...
#FolkloreJam Earth Mother, Sky Father by Riwhi Kenny is a 2-player TTRPG based on Māori creation myth. The players take on the roles of Ranginui, the sky father, and Papatūānuku, the earth mother, and ask each other questions. (1/2)
Earth Mother, Sky Father by takataapui
Explore the aftermath of an indigenous creation story
takataapui.itch.io
December 8, 2024 at 11:33 AM
#FolkloreJam Earth Mother, Sky Father by Riwhi Kenny is a 2-player TTRPG based on Māori creation myth. The players take on the roles of Ranginui, the sky father, and Papatūānuku, the earth mother, and ask each other questions. (1/2)
Historian Will Hansen gives a shout out to camp culture in Aotearoa in talk on #QueerHistory. Also challenging colonial influence of oppression and erasure. Aotearoa had takataapui people who didn't hide before colonization! Same with tangata whaikaha
July 9, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Historian Will Hansen gives a shout out to camp culture in Aotearoa in talk on #QueerHistory. Also challenging colonial influence of oppression and erasure. Aotearoa had takataapui people who didn't hide before colonization! Same with tangata whaikaha
Ever wanted to play a lyric game about being a werewolf on medication, who wants to reduce those meds, and then having to battle with the medical system to do so.
Can you rip out the throat of your doctor when they don't listen? Play to find out!
takataapui.itch.io/the-dignity-...
Can you rip out the throat of your doctor when they don't listen? Play to find out!
takataapui.itch.io/the-dignity-...
the dignity of lycanthropy based risk by takataapui
a lyric game about werewolfism, healthcare, and ableism
takataapui.itch.io
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Ever wanted to play a lyric game about being a werewolf on medication, who wants to reduce those meds, and then having to battle with the medical system to do so.
Can you rip out the throat of your doctor when they don't listen? Play to find out!
takataapui.itch.io/the-dignity-...
Can you rip out the throat of your doctor when they don't listen? Play to find out!
takataapui.itch.io/the-dignity-...