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Park was born in Auckland to a New Zealand father whose father was Scottish and mother Irish and a New Zealand mother whose father was Swedish and mother was Irish. Her family later moved to the town of Te Kūiti further south in the North Island of New Zealand, where they lived in isolated areas.
Writers of Māori descent, some of whose writings are related to Māori culture. 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.
In 1979 Mataira was awarded a Choysa Bursary for Children's Writers. With this she completed four Māori legend picture books. [5] In 1996 the University of Waikato in 1996 gave her an Honorary Doctorate. [5] In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, Mataira was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the Māori ...
The first private literary award was the biennial Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award, a short-story competition organised by the New Zealand Women Writers' Society and funded by the Bank of New Zealand, which became available in 1959; [91] [92] this award ran until 2015. [93]
Ruth Park (1917–2010), novelist and children's, non-fiction and radio writer; Lorae Parry (born 1955), playwright and actor; Lawrence Patchett (living), novelist and short story writer; Alistair Paterson (born 1929), poet, writer and literary editor; Justin Paton (born 1972), writer, art critic and curator; Jenny Pattrick (born 1936), novelist
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In 2014, she won a legal battle against the New Zealand Government, which had tried to compulsorily acquire land at Hongoeka Bay under the Public Works Act in order to build an expressway. [ 3 ] [ 10 ] The court decided that the land, which was the last remaining part of Wi Parata's landholdings held by his descendants, should be protected as a ...
James Keir Baxter (29 June 1926 – 22 October 1972) was a New Zealand poet and playwright. He was also known as an activist for the preservation of Māori culture.He is one of New Zealand's most well-known and controversial literary figures.