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| ⚫ | '''Audrey Teuki Teupuariki Tuioti Brown-Pereira''' (born 1975) is a [[Cook Islands]] diplomat, public servant, and poet, of Cook Islands, [[Māori people|Maori]] and [[Samoans|Samoan]] descent.<ref name="cookislandsnews">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cookislandsnews.com/item/50532-poems-reflect-changing-world/50532-poems-reflect-changing-world |title=Poems reflect changing world |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=18 February 2015 |access-date=7 August 2020 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=http://samoanbios.com/audrey-brown-pereira/ |title=Audrey Brown-Pereira |date=5 July 2012 |work=SAMOAN BIOS |access-date=4 June 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619213850/http://samoanbios.com/audrey-brown-pereira/ |archive-date=19 June 2018 }}</ref> |
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== Biography == |
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| ⚫ | '''Audrey Teuki Teupuariki Tuioti Brown-Pereira''' (born 1975) is a [[Cook Islands]] diplomat, public servant, and poet, of Cook Islands, [[Māori people|Maori]] and [[Samoans|Samoan]] descent.<ref name=" |
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| ⚫ | Brown-Pereira was born on [[Rarotonga]] in the Cook Islands and grew up in [[Papatoetoe]], [[Auckland]], New Zealand. She attended the [[University of Auckland]] and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in political studies and sociology.<ref name=":2" /> From 1995 to 1997 she worked for the Cook Islands Consulate General in Auckland, then moved to Rarotonga to take up a position at the Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration. In 2000, she returned to New Zealand as First Secretary to the Cook Islands High Commission in [[Wellington]].<ref name=":2" /> In 2004 she moved to Apia, Samoa, and worked at the [[National University of Samoa]] as an Executive Administrator. She moved to the United States in 2010, returning the following year to Samoa where she worked in project management.<ref name=":2" /> In 2014 Brown-Pereira was appointed Executive Officer at the [[Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/local/sprep-gets-new-executive-officer/ |title=SPREP gets new executive officer |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=2 April 2014 |access-date=5 December 2020 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sprep.org/our-team |title=Our Team {{!}} Uncategorised|last=Chan|first=Luana|website=www.sprep.org|language=en-gb|access-date=4 June 2018}}</ref> In 2018 she was part of the Cook Islands delegation to the [[2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/environment/negotiating-for-a-better-future/ |title=Negotiating for a better future… |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=5 December 2018 |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Brown-Pereira began writing poetry in 1994. Her work has been published in journals such as ''Trout'', and she has written for art catalogues such as ''Akara ki Mua'' (2001) and ''Inei Konei'' (1998).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audrey-brown-pereira |title=Audrey Brown-Pereira |date=4 June 2018 |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en-us |access-date=4 June 2018}}</ref> She has performed her poetry at the [[New Zealand Fringe Festival]] and represented the Cook Islands at the spoken word festival [[Poetry Parnassus]] in London in 2012. Her poetry is studied by postgraduate students of Pacific poetry at the University of Auckland.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/22327/assignments/syllabus |title=Syllabus for ENGLISH 700: Pacific Poetry |website=canvas.auckland.ac.nz |language=en-GB |access-date=4 June 2018}}</ref> She also appeared in two experimental films, ''The Cats Are Crying'' (1995) and ''The Rainbow'' (1998).<ref name=":0"/> |
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| ⚫ | Brown-Pereira was born on [[Rarotonga]] in the Cook Islands and grew up in [[Papatoetoe]], [[Auckland]], New Zealand. She attended the [[University of Auckland]] and completed a |
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Selected poetry by Brown-Pereira was included in ''UPU,'' a curation of Pacific Island writers' work which was first presented at the [[Silo Theatre]] as part of the [[Auckland Festival|Auckland Arts Festival]] in March 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 2020|title=UPU|url=https://silotheatre.co.nz/show/upu|url-status=live|access-date=6 June 2021|website=SIlo Theatre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119151006/https://silotheatre.co.nz/show/upu |archive-date=19 January 2021 }}</ref> ''UPU'' was remounted as part of the [[Kia Mau Festival]] in Wellington in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UPU|url=https://kiamaufestival.org/events/upu/|url-status=live|access-date=5 June 2021|website=Kia Mau Festival|date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507170940/https://kiamaufestival.org/events/upu/ |archive-date=7 May 2021 }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Brown-Pereira began writing poetry in 1994. Her work has been published in journals such as ''Trout'', and she has written for art |
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=== Publications === |
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* ''Threads of Tivaevae: Kaleidoskope of Kolours,'' 2002 (with Veronica Vaevae and Catherine George)<ref name=":0" /> |
* ''Threads of Tivaevae: Kaleidoskope of Kolours,'' 2002 (with Veronica Vaevae and Catherine George)<ref name=":0" /> |
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* {{cite book |editor1-first=Albert |editor1-last=Wendt |editor1-link=Albert Wendt |editor2-first=Reina |editor2-last=Whaitiri |editor2-link=Reina Whaitiri |editor3-first=Robert |editor3-last=Sullivan|editor3-link=Robert Sullivan (poet) |title=Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English |location=Auckland |publisher=Auckland UP |date=September 2010 |isbn=9781869404482}} |
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* ''Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English'', 2013 (contributor; ed. by Albert Wendt), Auckland University Press |
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* {{cite book |last=Brown-Pereira |first=A. |title=Passages in Between I(s)lands |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-5053-5862-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndLArQEACAAJ}} |
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* ''passages in between i(s)lands,'' 2014, Ala Press<ref name=":1" /> |
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* "Local Tourist on a Bus Ride Home" and "Mixed Bag of Tropical Sweets. Sitting Outside the Hotel R & R." in {{cite book |last1=Alexeyeff |first1=Kalissa |last2=Taylor |first2=John |title=Touring Pacific Cultures |publisher=ANU Press |series=Touring Pacific Cultures |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-922144-26-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MAfDgAAQBAJ&pg=PR7}} |
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* ''Touring Pacific Cultures'', 2016 (contributor; ed. by Kalissa Alexeyeff and John Taylor), ANU Press |
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== Personal life == |
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Brown-Pereira is married with two daughters and lives in Samoa.<ref name=" |
Brown-Pereira is married with two daughters and lives in Samoa.<ref name="cookislandsnews" /> |
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== References == |
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*http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Audrey+Brown-Pereira |
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Latest revision as of 20:12, 30 December 2024
Audrey Teuki Teupuariki Tuioti Brown-Pereira (born 1975) is a Cook Islands diplomat, public servant, and poet, of Cook Islands, Maori and Samoan descent.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Brown-Pereira was born on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands and grew up in Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand. She attended the University of Auckland and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in political studies and sociology.[2] From 1995 to 1997 she worked for the Cook Islands Consulate General in Auckland, then moved to Rarotonga to take up a position at the Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration. In 2000, she returned to New Zealand as First Secretary to the Cook Islands High Commission in Wellington.[2] In 2004 she moved to Apia, Samoa, and worked at the National University of Samoa as an Executive Administrator. She moved to the United States in 2010, returning the following year to Samoa where she worked in project management.[2] In 2014 Brown-Pereira was appointed Executive Officer at the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.[3][4] In 2018 she was part of the Cook Islands delegation to the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[5]
Brown-Pereira began writing poetry in 1994. Her work has been published in journals such as Trout, and she has written for art catalogues such as Akara ki Mua (2001) and Inei Konei (1998).[6] She has performed her poetry at the New Zealand Fringe Festival and represented the Cook Islands at the spoken word festival Poetry Parnassus in London in 2012. Her poetry is studied by postgraduate students of Pacific poetry at the University of Auckland.[7] She also appeared in two experimental films, The Cats Are Crying (1995) and The Rainbow (1998).[6]
Selected poetry by Brown-Pereira was included in UPU, a curation of Pacific Island writers' work which was first presented at the Silo Theatre as part of the Auckland Arts Festival in March 2020.[8] UPU was remounted as part of the Kia Mau Festival in Wellington in June 2021.[9]
Works
[edit]- Threads of Tivaevae: Kaleidoskope of Kolours, 2002 (with Veronica Vaevae and Catherine George)[6]
- Wendt, Albert; Whaitiri, Reina; Sullivan, Robert, eds. (September 2010). Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English. Auckland: Auckland UP. ISBN 9781869404482.
- Brown-Pereira, A. (2014). Passages in Between I(s)lands. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5053-5862-9.
- "Local Tourist on a Bus Ride Home" and "Mixed Bag of Tropical Sweets. Sitting Outside the Hotel R & R." in Alexeyeff, Kalissa; Taylor, John (2016). Touring Pacific Cultures. Touring Pacific Cultures. ANU Press. ISBN 978-1-922144-26-3.
Personal life
[edit]Brown-Pereira is married with two daughters and lives in Samoa.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Poems reflect changing world". Cook Islands News. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Audrey Brown-Pereira". SAMOAN BIOS. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "SPREP gets new executive officer". Cook Islands News. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ Chan, Luana. "Our Team | Uncategorised". www.sprep.org. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Negotiating for a better future…". Cook Islands News. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Audrey Brown-Pereira". Poetry Foundation. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Syllabus for ENGLISH 700: Pacific Poetry". canvas.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "UPU". SIlo Theatre. March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "UPU". Kia Mau Festival. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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