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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 Randell Cottage Writers' Residency is a literary residency in New Zealand. It is awarded annually to one New Zealand writer and one French writer, comprising six months' rent-free accommodation at Randell Cottage in Wellington and a stipend (as of 2021 set at NZ$ 27,450). [1] The recipients are usually mid-career writers. [2]
At the memorial service for historian and writer Michael King in 2004, Gordon McLauchlan suggested that a writers' centre in King's name should be set up. [8] The centre was established through a charitable trust; together with McLauchlan, founding trustees included Christine Cole Catley, [9] Witi Ihimaera and Geoff Chapple.
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His book A Booming in the Night won the Best Picture Book Award at the 2006 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. [7] [8] Brown held a Michael King Writers’ Centre Māori Writer’s Residency in 2011 during which he wrote the poetry collection Between the Kindling and the Blaze: Reflections on the Concept of Mana. [9]
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 ]
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 ]