Robert Sullivan is a contemporary writer whose written nine books including the bestselling Star Waka, which was reprinted five times and was listed as a shortlisted in 2000 for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.
In the poetic narrative Star Waka (1999) for example, Mr. Sullivan employs traditional Māori story-telling techniques (oral tradition) in order to link contemporary and traditional topics from Aotearoa/New Zealand with concepts and ideas from a European background.