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In the early 1950s McEwen was posted to Niue as the Resident Commissioner where he learnt the language and wrote the first dictionary. [2] McEwen was the Secretary of Māori and Island Affairs from 1963 until 1975. [4] As a writer and linguist he was part of revising the Standard Maori Dictionary, sixth edition. [3]
One month before her death, she was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to the Māori language, in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours. [9] In 2001 she received Te Tohu Tiketike / Exemplary Award from Creative New Zealand's Te Waka Toi awards. [5] [7] In 2007, Mataira received the Betty Gilderdale Award ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:New Zealand writers. It includes New Zealand writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
In 2019, Kāretu translated nine songs from English to Māori language for the album, Waiata / Anthems, which peaked at number 1 on the New Zealand album charts in September 2019. In 2021, Kāretu helped write the Six60 song " Pepeha ", and translated " Hua Pirau / Fallen Fruit " New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde for her Te Reo Māori ...
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The English word Maori is a borrowing from the Māori language, where it is spelled Māori.In New Zealand, the Māori language is often referred to as te reo [tɛ ˈɾɛ.ɔ] ("the language"), short for te reo Māori ("the Māori language").
The popular English children's author G. A. Henty wrote Maori and Settler: A Tale of the New Zealand Wars (1890). Lady Barker wrote two books about life in New Zealand; Station Life in New Zealand (1870) and Station Amusements in New Zealand (1873), and her husband Frederick Broome wrote Poems from New Zealand (1868).
Alfred Domett (1811–1887), fourth Premier of New Zealand and poet; Robyn Donald (born 1940), romance novelist; Basil Dowling (1910–2000), poet; Melanie Drewery (born 1970), children's author and illustrator; Joan Druett (born 1935), historian and novelist; Alison Edith Hilda Drummond (1903–1984), farmer, historian, writer and editor