Steph Matuku

Steph Matuku (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Mutunga) is an award-winning author of stories for young people. As well as short stories, plays and articles, she has written eight books: Flight of the Fantail, Falling Into Rarohenga and Migration for young adults, junior fiction series Whetū Toa and picture books The Eight Gifts of Te Wheke and The Dream Factory.

Three of her books have been translated into te reo Māori, three were finalists in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, six are Storylines Notable Books and two were finalists in the NZ Booklovers Awards. Her latest young adult title, Migration, was awarded the NZ Booklovers Award for Best Young Adult Book 2025 and named a Storylines Notable Young Adult Fiction Book 2024. She has mentored for the NZSA and Te Papa Tupu Writing programmes, and her screen credits include Secrets at Red Rocks, Under The Vines and Shortland Street.

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