Diana Menefy
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Diana grew up in the South Island, married a farmer and moved to Tapuhi in Northland. She has been writing part-time for 40 years, both fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. Along with life on the farm, family activities, working on the NorthTec online writing programmes, and memberships of a variety of writing related organisations Diana kept busy. She is now retired and splits her time between writing, volunteering at the local museum and gardening.
Genre:
- Children's Fiction
- Children's Non-Fiction
- Fiction
- History
- Non-Fiction
- Short Stories
Skills:
- Freelance Writing
- Mentoring
- Novelist
- Short Story Writing
- Workshops (adults)
- Workshops (children/schools)
Branch:
Northland
Location:
Northland
Publications:
I Had a Brother
Illustrated by Malene Llaugesen, OneTree House, Auckland, 2019
1915 Wounds of War
Scholastic Kiwis at War Series, Auckland, 2015
Shadow of the Boyd
HarperCollins, Auckland, 2010.
Finalist NZ Post Children's Book Awards 2011
Winner of LIANZA Esther Glen medal 2011
2nd edition: Jadepress, Hukerenui, 2018
Hukerenui, in the beginning
First printed 1988. Hukerenui School Centenary.
2nd edition, Jadepress, Hukerenui, 2014
3rd edition, Jadepress, Hukerenui, 2019
KĀPIA New Zealand Kauri Gum
With Neil Hanna, Jadepress, Auckland, 2008.
POUNAMU New Zealand Jade
With Neil Hanna, Jadepress, Auckland, 1995
2nd edition, Jadepress, Auckland, 2002.
Nothing Stops the Floods
JadePress, Tapuhi, 2021.
A history of the Hikurangi Swamp Scheme and the big weather events that affected the people who live in the Hukerenui Survey District.