Toitoi is going on hiatus in 2025 and we will not be publishing new content. You can still enjoy stories, poems and art from some of the 2800+ young writers and artists we have published over 34 journals and three special issues.
Pictures by Scarlet Connor, age 10
Introducing our beautiful annual issue for 2024. The journal is chock-full of incredible writing and art by young New Zealanders ages 5-18.
Be inspired by the creativity of Toitoi alumni. Click the link below to check out their exciting projects.
Toitoi Alumni
Check out the writers and artists behind the amazing work published in Toitoi.
Toitoi Hall of Fame
Congratulations to 10-year-old Waihīrere Ngāhuia Hakaraia (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) from Palmerston North for winning the 2024 Elsie Locke Writing Prize. Waihīrere's poem, The Huia, has been published in Toitoi 34 alongside incredible illustrations by 15-year-old Danielle Wu.
Please note we will not be running the Elsie Locke Writing Prize in 2025.
From 2022-2024, Toitoi teamed up with the School Journal to publish young writers and artists in this iconic New Zealand publication.
E tuhi, e te kaituhi, tuhia ki runga, tuhia ki raro, tuhia te here tangata! Tukuna mai ā koutou tuhinga! E tuhi kia kaha ai te reo Māori!
Tukuna mai