• Storylines announces winners of 2022 awards for children’s and young adult manuscripts

    Posted on 5 April 2022

    Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa has announced the 2022 winners of its major awards for writers of manuscripts for children’s and young adult books. The five winners were selected from more than 230 entries. The awards were presented at the annual Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day held in […]

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  • Calling all Māori storytellers!

    Posted on 14 March 2022

    Te Pou Theatre Ka tangi te pīpīwharauroa, ko te karere a Mahuru Kōanga is heralded by the blossoming of the kōwhai and the call of the pīpīwharauroa as it returns to our shores. This is traditionally a time of joining together and combining efforts to prepare the ground and plant for the next harvest.  We […]

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  • Kōanga Festival Playwrights Programme opens

    Posted on 21 February 2022

    Te Pou’s 2022 Kōanga Festival Playwrights Programme is open for submissions. Four Māori playwrights will be invited to take part in a three-month play development programme. ​They will bring their ideas to life in a 12-week writing programme, including regular script mentor sessions, a one-week intensive script workshop followed by a reading and a writers […]

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