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{{Short description|New Zealand writer and sexpert (born 1990)}}'''Samuel Te Kani''' (born 1990) is a [[Māori people|Māori]] author, artist, and [[sexpert]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tweedie |first=Maggie |date=2022-02-15 |title=Meet the man who wrote personalised erotic fiction for horny Aucklanders |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-02-2022/meet-the-man-who-wrote-horny-aucklanders-personalised-erotic-fiction |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=The Spinoff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=May Fair Art Fair |url=https://mayfairartfair.com/ |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=mayfairartfair.com |language=en}}</ref>
{{Short description|New Zealand writer and sexpert (born 1990)}}{{Notability|Biography|date=November 2023}}

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'''Samuel Te Kani''' (born 1990) is a [[Māori people|Māori]] author, artist, and [[sexpert]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Tweedie |first=Maggie |date=2022-02-15 |title=Meet the man who wrote personalised erotic fiction for horny Aucklanders |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-02-2022/meet-the-man-who-wrote-horny-aucklanders-personalised-erotic-fiction |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=The Spinoff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=May Fair Art Fair |url=https://mayfairartfair.com/ |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=mayfairartfair.com |language=en}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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Te Kani started sex blogging in 2013–14, which then led to series of mini-documentaries, ''Sex with Sam'', for [[Vice Media|Vice]] on different aspects of sex and sexuality in New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I/V w/ Sam Te Kani: March 13, 2019 |url=https://95bfm.com/bcast/i-v-w-sam-te-kani-march-13-2019 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=95bFM |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sex With Sam – VICE Video: Documentaries, Films, News Videos |url=https://video.vice.com/en_nz/show/sex-with-sam-1-934 |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=Video |language=en}}</ref>
Te Kani started sex blogging in 2013–14, which then led to series of mini-documentaries, ''Sex with Sam'', for [[Vice Media|Vice]] on different aspects of sex and sexuality in New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I/V w/ Sam Te Kani: March 13, 2019 |url=https://95bfm.com/bcast/i-v-w-sam-te-kani-march-13-2019 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=95bFM |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sex With Sam – VICE Video: Documentaries, Films, News Videos |url=https://video.vice.com/en_nz/show/sex-with-sam-1-934 |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=Video |language=en}}</ref>


Te Kani has also written cultural, music, and sex-related essays for a variety of publications, including [[Metro (magazine)|Metro]], [[Vice Media|Vice]], [[The Spinoff]], [[TVNZ]], [[Stuff (website)|Stuff]], and [[Radio New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel Te Kani |url=https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/samuel-te-kani |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro |url=https://www.metromag.co.nz/authors/samuel-te-kani |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.metromag.co.nz |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kani |first=Samuel Te |title=Reality?: "Election Billboards", Gone Girl and Playing Broken Systems |url=https://pantograph-punch.com//posts/reality-election-billboards,%20https://pantograph-punch.com//posts/reality-election-billboards |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Pantograph Punch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kani |first=Samuel Te |title=Samuel Te Kani |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/authors/samuel-te-kani |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=The Spinoff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Why tough men find it hard to hug |url=https://www.renews.co.nz/why-tough-men-find-it-hard-to-hug/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Re |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kani |first=Samuel Te |date=2022-09-02 |title=Icon, artist, trailblazer: Lindah Lepou finally gets the recognition she deserves |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/129761664/icon-artist-trailblazer-lindah-lepou-finally-gets-the-recognition-she-deserves |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref>
Te Kani has also written cultural, music, and sex-related essays for a variety of publications, including [[Metro (magazine)|Metro]], [[Vice Media|Vice]], [[The Spinoff]], [[TVNZ]], [[Stuff (website)|Stuff]], [[The New Zealand Herald|NZ Herald]], and [[Radio New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel Te Kani |url=https://www.vice.com/en/contributor/samuel-te-kani |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro |url=https://www.metromag.co.nz/authors/samuel-te-kani |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.metromag.co.nz |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kani |first=Samuel Te |title=Reality?: "Election Billboards", Gone Girl and Playing Broken Systems |url=https://pantograph-punch.com//posts/reality-election-billboards,%20https://pantograph-punch.com//posts/reality-election-billboards |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Pantograph Punch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kani |first=Samuel Te |title=Samuel Te Kani |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/authors/samuel-te-kani |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=The Spinoff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Why tough men find it hard to hug |url=https://www.renews.co.nz/why-tough-men-find-it-hard-to-hug/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Re |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kani |first=Samuel Te |date=2022-09-02 |title=Icon, artist, trailblazer: Lindah Lepou finally gets the recognition she deserves |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/129761664/icon-artist-trailblazer-lindah-lepou-finally-gets-the-recognition-she-deserves |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-02 |title=The dreams and aspirations of Northland’s next generation |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/viva/life/photo-essay-the-dreams-aspirations-of-northlands-next-generation/IQ3KJ3V5UWSGP4PT76HAR3AM6E/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref>


In 2015 Te Kani contributed a chapter to the book ''Close Your Eyes With Holy Dread'', and in 2020 contributed a chapter to the book ''Whose Futures?''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Davidson |first1=Henry |title=Close your eyes with holy dread. |last2=Artspace (Auckland |first2=N.Z.) |date=2015 |isbn=978-0-9941225-6-8 |language=en |oclc=929994058}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Murtola |first1=Anna-Maria |title=Whose futures? |last2=Walsh |first2=Shannon |date=2020 |isbn=978-0-473-54738-7 |language=en |oclc=1236459764}}</ref>
In 2015 Te Kani contributed a chapter to the book ''Close Your Eyes With Holy Dread'', and in 2020 contributed a chapter to the book ''Whose Futures?''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Davidson |first1=Henry |title=Close your eyes with holy dread. |last2=Artspace (Auckland |first2=N.Z.) |date=2015 |isbn=978-0-9941225-6-8 |language=en |oclc=929994058}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Murtola |first1=Anna-Maria |title=Whose futures? |last2=Walsh |first2=Shannon |date=2020 |isbn=978-0-473-54738-7 |language=en |oclc=1236459764}}</ref>
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Te Kani participated in New Zealand's 2018 National Poetry Day, and in two panels in the 2020 ''Samesame But Different'' writing festival; one on science-fiction, and another on sex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel Te Kani – Samesame But Different |url=https://samesamebutdifferent.co.nz/writer/samuel-te-kani/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NZ Poetry Day Interview: Sam Te Kani |url=https://www.timeout.co.nz/blog/yh2zw3f3t32ek73bxb8erlcla3c74c-2sl9s |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Time Out Bookstore |language=en-US}}</ref> Te Kani participated in the 2022 [[Auckland Writers Festival]] and 2022 New Zealand Young Writers Festival.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=2022 NZ Young Writers Festival: Igniting Imaginations |website=Scoop News |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU2209/S00074/2022-nz-young-writers-festival-igniting-imaginations.htm |access-date=2022-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Viva |title=How Samuel Te Kani Makes It Work - Viva |url=https://www.viva.co.nz/article/culture-travel/how-samuel-te-kani-makes-it-work/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.viva.co.nz |language=en-US}}</ref>
Te Kani participated in New Zealand's 2018 National Poetry Day, and in two panels in the 2020 ''Samesame But Different'' writing festival; one on science-fiction, and another on sex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel Te Kani – Samesame But Different |url=https://samesamebutdifferent.co.nz/writer/samuel-te-kani/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NZ Poetry Day Interview: Sam Te Kani |url=https://www.timeout.co.nz/blog/yh2zw3f3t32ek73bxb8erlcla3c74c-2sl9s |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Time Out Bookstore |language=en-US}}</ref> Te Kani participated in the 2022 [[Auckland Writers Festival]] and 2022 New Zealand Young Writers Festival.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=2022 NZ Young Writers Festival: Igniting Imaginations |website=Scoop News |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU2209/S00074/2022-nz-young-writers-festival-igniting-imaginations.htm |access-date=2022-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Viva |title=How Samuel Te Kani Makes It Work - Viva |url=https://www.viva.co.nz/article/culture-travel/how-samuel-te-kani-makes-it-work/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.viva.co.nz |language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2022, Te Kani's essay ''Catholic Taste'' was shown and orated in the art show ''Season'', a mixed-medium gallery in the [[Commercial Bay Shopping Centre]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Pleasures of Cross-Discipline Hybridity – EyeContact |url=https://eyecontactmagazine.com/2022/06/the-pleasures-of-cross-discipline-hybridity |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=eyecontactmagazine.com}}</ref>
In 2022, Te Kani's essay ''Catholic Taste'' was shown and orated in the art show ''Season'', a mixed-medium gallery in the [[Commercial Bay Shopping Centre]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Pleasures of Cross-Discipline Hybridity – EyeContact |url=https://eyecontactmagazine.com/2022/06/the-pleasures-of-cross-discipline-hybridity |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=eyecontactmagazine.com}}</ref> In 2022 Te Kani and Johanna Cosgrove started a podcast ''Rats in the Gutter'' where they discuss art and pop culture.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cosgrove |first=Johanna |date=2023-01-15 |title=Two rats chat in the gutter about the arts |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/15-01-2023/two-rats-chat-in-the-gutter-about-the-arts |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=The Spinoff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=10 things I love about you {{!}} Ensemble Magazine |url=https://www.ensemblemagazine.co.nz/articles/rats-in-the-gutter-johanna-cosgrove-samuel-te-kani |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=www.ensemblemagazine.co.nz}}</ref>


=== ''Please, Call Me Jesus'' ===
=== ''Please, Call Me Jesus'' ===

Revision as of 06:31, 15 December 2023

Samuel Te Kani (born 1990) is a Māori author, artist, and sexpert.[1][2]

Early life

Te Kani (Ngāpuhi) grew up in Whangārei. Te Kani has described growing up in a Protestant household who were accepting of his early cross-dressing, and that his family experienced brief stints of homelessness as a result of evictions.[3] Te Kani came out as gay when he was 14, saying that he came out "without the practical knowledge of my orientation, only the fervent theoretical belief that I was a homosexual."[4]

Career

Te Kani started sex blogging in 2013–14, which then led to series of mini-documentaries, Sex with Sam, for Vice on different aspects of sex and sexuality in New Zealand.[5][6]

Te Kani has also written cultural, music, and sex-related essays for a variety of publications, including Metro, Vice, The Spinoff, TVNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, and Radio New Zealand.[7][8][4][9][10][11][12][13]

In 2015 Te Kani contributed a chapter to the book Close Your Eyes With Holy Dread, and in 2020 contributed a chapter to the book Whose Futures?[14][15]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand Te Kani supplemented his income by writing 150-200 personalised erotic stories on commission.[1] Reoccurring motifs in these commissions were John Campbell, Britney Spears, and bisexual Male-Male-Female stories.[1]

Te Kani participated in New Zealand's 2018 National Poetry Day, and in two panels in the 2020 Samesame But Different writing festival; one on science-fiction, and another on sex.[16][17] Te Kani participated in the 2022 Auckland Writers Festival and 2022 New Zealand Young Writers Festival.[18][19]

In 2022, Te Kani's essay Catholic Taste was shown and orated in the art show Season, a mixed-medium gallery in the Commercial Bay Shopping Centre.[20] In 2022 Te Kani and Johanna Cosgrove started a podcast Rats in the Gutter where they discuss art and pop culture.[21][22]

Please, Call Me Jesus

In 2021 Te Kani published Please, Call Me Jesus his debut fiction book of erotic short-stories. In describing the book, Te Kani said that Please, Call Me Jesus is "a collection of mostly erotic fiction, but I play with the genre a little bit there too, so there's sci-fi and fantasy elements."[23]

One reviewer summarised the book as "There's an unsavory Messiah, a monk named Tilda Swinton, as well as werewolves, a lidless box of dildos and enough fisting scenes to equal 11 weeks of lockdown."[24] One review for 95bFM said that Please, Call me Jesus is "clever and dark, and it's consistently reminding you of how freaky and weird and intelligent [Te Kani]'s brain is.[25]

Influence and writing style

Te Kani's work often falls under the science-fiction category, he said "I love sci-fi categorically as a genre because it's just a lab house for futures. It's a space where we can project and reimagine where we are and where we are going."[1]

Te Kani said the first time he encountered erotic fiction was when he was twelve years old, reading Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, which led to a lifelong interest in the subject.[1] Te Kani has been influenced by writers Witi Ihimaera and Peter Wells.[23]

Published works

  • Te Kani, Samuel (2015). Davidson, Henry (ed.). Close your eyes with holy dread. Artspace. ISBN 978-0-99412-256-8. OCLC 929994058.
  • —— (2020). Murtola, Anna-Maria; Walsh, Shannon (eds.). Whose Futures?. Economic and Social Research Aotearoa. ISBN 978-0-47354-738-7. OCLC 1236459764.
  • —— (2021). Please, call me Jesus. Dead Bird Books. ISBN 978-1-99115-061-5. OCLC 1286676571.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Tweedie, Maggie (2022-02-15). "Meet the man who wrote personalised erotic fiction for horny Aucklanders". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  2. ^ "May Fair Art Fair". mayfairartfair.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  3. ^ "Self-portrait: Samuel Te Kani". Newsroom. 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  4. ^ a b "My one night stand in Auckland City". RNZ. 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  5. ^ "I/V w/ Sam Te Kani: March 13, 2019". 95bFM. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  6. ^ "Sex With Sam – VICE Video: Documentaries, Films, News Videos". Video. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  7. ^ "Samuel Te Kani". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  8. ^ "Metro". www.metromag.co.nz. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  9. ^ Kani, Samuel Te. "Reality?: "Election Billboards", Gone Girl and Playing Broken Systems". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  10. ^ Kani, Samuel Te. "Samuel Te Kani". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  11. ^ "Why tough men find it hard to hug". Re. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  12. ^ Kani, Samuel Te (2022-09-02). "Icon, artist, trailblazer: Lindah Lepou finally gets the recognition she deserves". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  13. ^ "The dreams and aspirations of Northland's next generation". NZ Herald. 2023-07-02. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  14. ^ Davidson, Henry; Artspace (Auckland, N.Z.) (2015). Close your eyes with holy dread. ISBN 978-0-9941225-6-8. OCLC 929994058.
  15. ^ Murtola, Anna-Maria; Walsh, Shannon (2020). Whose futures?. ISBN 978-0-473-54738-7. OCLC 1236459764.
  16. ^ "Samuel Te Kani – Samesame But Different". Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  17. ^ "NZ Poetry Day Interview: Sam Te Kani". Time Out Bookstore. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  18. ^ "2022 NZ Young Writers Festival: Igniting Imaginations". Scoop News (Press release). Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  19. ^ Magazine, Viva. "How Samuel Te Kani Makes It Work - Viva". www.viva.co.nz. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  20. ^ "The Pleasures of Cross-Discipline Hybridity – EyeContact". eyecontactmagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  21. ^ Cosgrove, Johanna (2023-01-15). "Two rats chat in the gutter about the arts". The Spinoff. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  22. ^ "10 things I love about you | Ensemble Magazine". www.ensemblemagazine.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  23. ^ a b "95bFM Breakfast with Rachel: November 11, 2021". 95bFM. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  24. ^ "Please, Call Me Jesus". Kete Books. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  25. ^ "Loose Reads w/ Suri Reddy: November 15, 2021". 95bFM. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
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