Steve Braunias is an author, columnist, journalist and literary editor of Newsroom. He is also one of the country’s leading writers of satire and his 2021 book Missing Persons won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best ...
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Joy Cowley wrote, “Storytelling is natural to children. They find meaning in the stories they hear, and they make meaning with the stories they tell.” However, successful writing for children is a specialist ...
Kiwis in Conflict was published in 1996 as Scars on the Heart to mark Auckland Museum’s permanent exhibition of two centuries of New Zealand at war. Republished in 2008 with new chapters on our UN commitments, it ...
'Towards Compostela' author Catharina van Bohemen first read 'Pride and Prejudice' when she was fourteen and has read and taught Jane Austen ever since. In 2015 she wrote two chapbooks, 'Letter to ...
When was the last time you wrote a love letter? Be guided through the process of writing a sparkly, poetic and spunky letter from start to finish on an old school typewriter by artist Katja Starke. Choose your favourite ...
‘Turangawaewae’ encapsulates the profound concept of finding one’s place - a deeply rooted sense of identity and connection. In this exhibition of the work of Wairarapa artists, the artists illustrate ...
People are extraordinary. In their achievements, in the way they help others, in competition and in playfulness. In recognition of an event, for a service, or of a visit, one party will give a physical item to another to ...
Jane Sinclair MNZM, can’t help but be moved and inspired by the physical landscape of the mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, and the coastlines of her local Wairarapa and New Zealand. This geology, combined with ...