Jeffrey
Paparoa Holman
Position
Senior Adjunct Fellow
Qualifications
B. A. Hons. English (Canterbury)
Ph. D. Māori Studies (Canterbury)
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 3642987
Internal Phone: 7904
jeffrey.holman@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
English Programme
School of Humanities
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand
Physical Address:
Room 308, English/Education Building
Research
Jeffrey has recently published a new study of the ethnographer Elsdon Best and his principal Tūhoe informant, the Tamakaimoana chief, Tutakangahau of Maungapōhatu. Best of Both Worlds is published by Penguin Books(NZ).
His research interests are New Zealand post-colonial writing, nineteenth century history, Māori-Pākehā relationships in literature and society, and New Zealand's poetic tradition.
Publications
Poetry
Fly Boy, Steele Roberts, 2010, poetry
Autumn Waiata, Cold Hub Press, 2010, poetry
The late great Blackball Bridge sonnets, Steele Roberts, 2004, poetry
As
Big as a Father, Steele Roberts, 2002, poetry.
Articles in refereed journals
"Elsdon Best: Elegist in Search of a Poetic", in ka mate ka ora: a New Zealand journal of poetry and poetics, Issue 2, July 2006.
History
Best of Both Worlds: the Story of Elsdon Best and Tutakangahau, Penguin, 2010.
Background
Jeffrey completed his BA Hons in English and a Grad Dip Arts in Te Reo Māori at Canterbury in 2001, and began a Ph.D. in Māori Studies in 2002, which he completed in 2007.
He is now a Senior Adjunct Fellow in the School of Humanities. He also tutors at the Hagley Writers School, and reviews and publishes poetry in a variety of outlets.
Next year, he will be Writer-in-Residence at the University of Waikato, working on a new collection of poetry and a memoir.