30 Aug 2025

Australian First Nations poet Dominic Guererra

From Saturday Morning, 10:38 am on 30 August 2025

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Australian First Nations poet, spoken word performer, artist, and Nations Editor at Cordite Review, Dominic Guererra has brought his work to New Zealand for the first time. 

Known for weaving his art practices with his primary job as an Aboriginal Health Worker and Educator, with a focus on sexual health, he was also a lead researcher and writer for the Aboriginal Gender Study. 

Dominic's work was included in a first of a kind anthology of poems by Queer Aboriginal poets called Dream Gather Grow. 

His own collection of poetry Native Rage is on its way and he'll discuss both that and another anthology he edited, The Rocks Remain - Blak Poetry and Story at Word Christchurch where he's appearing today.

Photo: Wakefield Press