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The New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG) is a New Zealand trade union which represents writers in the fields of film, television, radio, theatre, video and multi-media. The guild's name in Māori language is Puni Taatuhi o Aotearoa. It provides services, events, networks, lobbying, and legal advice to writers mostly in the film and television industry.
Promoted (as of 2021) as "New Zealand's richest short story prize, sponsored by the University of Waikato. Named for celebrated New Zealand writer Frank Sargeson, the Prize was conceived by writer Catherine Chidgey, who also lectures in Writing Studies at the University." There are Open and Secondary School divisions.
The International Writers' Guild was founded in 1966 by unions from the United Kingdom, United States, and Yugoslavia. It gradually grew, but in 1986 it was replaced by the "International Affiliation of Writers' Guilds", with its founding members all being in English-speaking countries.
William Manhire CNZM (born 27 December 1946) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer, emeritus professor, and New Zealand's inaugural Poet Laureate (1997–1998). He founded New Zealand's first creative writing course at Victoria University of Wellington in 1975, founded the International Institute of Modern Letters in 2001, and has been a strong promoter of New Zealand literature and poetry ...
The concept of a "New Zealand literature", as distinct from English literature, did not originate until the 20th century, when authors began exploring themes of landscape, isolation, and the emerging New Zealand national identity. [1] [2] Māori writers became more prominent in the latter half of the 20th century, and Māori language and ...
Early in his writing career, Baysting was a journalist with the magazine NZ Listener and published Young New Zealand Poets (1973), an anthology of poetry. [ 2 ] In 1977, Baysting (with Ian Mune ) wrote the screenplay for Roger Donaldson 's feature film Sleeping Dogs , a film credited with kick-starting the modern NZ film industry . [ 3 ]
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In 2007, Gardiner began co-presenting Iti Pounamu, a Māori Television series showcasing New Zealand short films. [3] In 2009 Gardiner wrote and directed Mokopuna , a short film about a part-Māori girl who struggles to embrace her roots; the film won the best short film award at the Canadian indigenous film festival Dreamspeakers. [ 2 ]