Out on the Shelves: Takatāpui

The books in this list feature Takatāpui characters and experiences.

Out on the Shelves is a resource designed to connect young rainbow people with the stories that represent them, so these books are able to be enjoyed by both teen and adult readers alike.

Updated May 28, 2025
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Wellington City Libraries Youth team at Wellington City Libraries
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Maori Maid Difficult
Andrews, Nicola.
Paper Book
Honoring our ancestors : takata?pui, two-spirit and indigenous LGBTQI+ well-being
Green, Alison (Researcher).
Paper Book
In these rigorous and challenging essays, writers from Aotearoa and Turtle Island (Canada and the United States of America) explore the well-being of takatapui, two-spirit, and Maori and Indigenous LGBTQI+ communities. Themes include resistance, reclamation, empowerment, transformation and healing....
The imaginary lives of James P?neke
Makereti, Tina
Paper Book
While exhibited as a curiosity, a Maori boy turns his gaze on Victorian London. 'The hour is late. The candle is low. Tomorrow I will see whether it is my friends or a ship homewards I meet. But first I must finish my story for you. My future, my descendant, my mokopuna. Listen...
Echidna, or The many adventures of Hinena?kahirua as she tries to find her place in a colonised world : including throught is the story of Ma?ui-Po?tiki & Prometheus
Ranapiri, Essa May
Paper Book
essa may ranapiri's second poetry collection follows the story of Echidna, their own interpretation of the Greek Mother of Monsters, as she tries to figure out life and identity living in a colonised world. Alongside this Maui and Prometheus get into a very hot relationship. Echidna contends with...
Tahuri
Te Awek?tuku, Ng?huia
Paper Book
Rangikura
Tibble, Tayi
Paper Book
They saw things in me I wanted to see in myself that's why I let them see me that's why I let them see me on certain nights in certain lights when the planets lined up like a string of pearls in the sky and the moon was the correct hue. Rangikura is the fiery second collection by Tayi Tibble. These...
Tim Te Maro and the subterranean heartsick blues
Valley, H. S.
Paper Book
What happens when your enemy becomes your friend ... with benefits? Red, White and Royal Blue meets The Magicians in this surprising, wildly original and joyously funny LGBTQ YA novel set in a magical boarding school. 
Tane's war
Weir, Brendaniel
Paper Book
IN early 1900s Auckland, Tane flees the law and family shame, taking a merchant ship to London. But he cannot escape the war sweeping Europe, and enlists in the army. He develops a relationships with another soldier than must stay hidden. In 1953, Briar is a dreamer whose behaviour sees him sent to...

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