根據南島民族遷移理論，毛利人的祖先源於廣泛播遷的台灣原住民部落。因為民族遷徙，紐西蘭和台灣的原住民有著家系、語言和文化上的關聯。作為一本毛利文學期刊，本期《OraNui南島誌》特別具開創性，將台灣和紐西蘭原住民作家及藝術家的作品並陳，呈現豐富的短篇小說、詩、散文、非文學及視覺藝術等作品。
AccordingtothewidelyacceptedAustronesianMigrationTheory,theMāoripeopleofNewZealanddescendfromtheindigenoustribesofTaiwan,whoseocean-goingsailingtechnologiesmeanttheywereabletomigratewidely.Asaresultofthismovementofpeople,NewZealandandTaiwansharegenealogical,linguistic,andculturalconnections.Inthisground-breakingspecialeditionoftheMāoriliteraryjournalOraNui,writingsandartworksbytheIndigenouspeoplesofNewZealandandTaiwanarepresentedside-by-side.Theresultingjournalisarichofferingofshortfiction,poetry,creativenon-fiction,essays,andvisualartfrommorethan50contributors.
