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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.
Mary St Domitille Hickey (1882–1958), Catholic nun, school principal and historian Sarah Higgins (1830–1923), housewife and memoirist David Hill (born 1942), author and young adult fiction writer
New Zealand male writers (9 C, 15 P) New Zealand women writers (11 C, 224 P) B. New Zealand bibliographers (3 P) D. New Zealand dramatists and playwrights (6 C, 25 P) L.
[1] [2] Aerial view of the centre. As of November 2022 the centre had hosted around 140 writers-in-residence. [3] Residencies are of short length to encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds. [3] As of 2024 residencies are offered for between two and three weeks, [4] although in the past they have been offered for as long as six months. [5]
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.
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura (formerly the New Zealand Book Council) is a not-for-profit organisation that presents a wide range of programmes to promote books and reading in New Zealand. It was established in 1972 and its programmes have included supporting writers' visits to schools and enabling writers to travel to different areas of New Zealand.
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.
Renée was born in Napier, New Zealand, on 19 July 1929. She was of Māori (Ngāti Kahungunu), Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry. [1] Her mother was Māori and her father was Pākehā (New Zealand European); he committed suicide when she was four years old. [2] [3] Renée's mother taught Renée to read at an early age. [2] [4]