Hiria Dunning

Hiria Dunning (she/her, they/them, ia) is an award-winning author, game writer and playwright, writing fantastical and inclusive stories that matter for the young and young-at-heart. They are the recipient of an NZSA 2024 mentorship and were selected as one of six kaituhi for the Te Papa Tupu 2024 cohort.

December 5, 2023 Fiction

Love in the Time of Te Rāhuinui

Hiria Dunning

Ko wai ka kite i te hua o te kuaka? / Who has ever held a godwit's egg?[1] Not I. And I never will, I expect.

April 28, 2025 Fiction

Liliflora

Hiria Dunning

First: curiosity, my charming companion from a world far distant. Second: alarm, for this scientist studies me.