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Liz Hobday

Poet takes on racism and the legacy of Captain Cook

Tusiata Avia says 'our histories have been taught to us through the lenses of white privilege". (HANDOUT/KABUKU PR)

It's not often that poetry meets with controversy, but one of New Zealand's most celebrated contemporary poets, Tusiata Avia, says she gets hate mail almost every time she publishes.

Avia's play Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, based on her poetry and billed as one of New Zealand's most successful theatrical exports, is touring the Gold Coast, Wollongong and Sydney in April.

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