Biographie de R. de Wolf
Regina de Wolf-Ngarimu (Ngati Porou, Te Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngai Tahu, Ngati Mutunga) is a Maori author and poet from the East Coast who loves kaimoana - penname R. de Wolf. She's published four novels and two poetry collections since 2020; Guardians of the Ancestors with Pegasus Elliot McKenzie, Book One of the six-part Pacific Fiction Adventure Spirit Voyager Series; Book Two, The Future Weavers; Book Three, Brothers in Whalesong; dystopian novel The Goodness Algorithm; Poetry In a Pear Tree and Poetry In a Pohutukawa.
Three short stories, Crushed Violet, Whale Brothers and The Hollow Mother, were published in the Kaituhi Rawhiti anthologies. In 2022 she co-edited and published Kaituhi Rawhiti Two: Weaving of Words with the Tairawhiti Writers Hub, featuring over 40 writers connected to te Tairawhiti. Active in the writing community, Regina encourages rangatahi (youth) to kaumatua (seniors) to find their voice, preserve knowledge and publish, whether it's commercial or private work.