Collection: Ruby Solly

Author photo: Ebony Lamb

Ruby Solly (Kāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) is a writer, musician and taonga pūoro practitioner living in Pōneke. She is the author of two poetry collections: Tōku Pāpā (2021) and The Artist (2023). She has had poetry published in Aotearoa, Australia, America and Antarctica. In 2020 she released her debut album, Pōneke, and in 2021, Bird Like Men, as part of the group Tararua. She has a PhD in public health, focusing on the use of taonga pūoro in hauora Māori.