Ardern launches te reo Māori translation trust
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has launched the Kotahi Rau Pukapuka Trust, which will translate 100 popular fiction books into te reo Māori over the next 10 years. Working...
Storylines launches te reo Māori manuscript award
Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust has announced a new award for an unpublished manuscript written in te reo Māori, reports Booksellers NZ. The new award is named in honour of...
Māori, Pasifika writers to travel to London for Oceania exhibition
Five New Zealand writers will travel to the UK in November to showcase Māori and Pasifika literature alongside the Oceania art exhibition at the Royal Academy London, reports Booksellers NZ. Creative...
Aotearoa Māori Book Awards finalists announced
In New Zealand, 16 finalists in Massey University’s Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards have been announced. The awards, which include categories for arts, biography and history, fiction, nonfiction and te...
NZ Post Book Awards 2013 winners announced
The winners of this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards have been announced. The winners in each category are: New Zealand Post Book of the Year The Big Music (Kirsty...
NZ Post Book Awards 2013 finalists announced
The finalists for this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards have been announced. The finalists in each category are: Fiction In the Absence of Heroes (Anthony McCarten, Vintage) The Big...