Robert Sullivan’s bestselling Hopurangi—Songcatcher: Poems from the Maramataka (Auckland University Press) was shortlisted for the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. He is the current Aotearoa New Zealand Poet Laureate.

Robert is an Associate Professor in Creative Writing at Massey University, and President of the New Zealand Poetry Society. He belongs to Ngāpuhi and Kāi Tahu iwi.