• Webworkshop: Get your accounting questions answered

    6:30pm – 8:30pm, Wednesday 20 November Anna Scott, an experienced chartered accountant will share key issues to do with accounts including basic record keeping – how software like xero can help you, what IRD needs, when do you need to register for GST (and what does that mean), what is a deductible expense? When do […]

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    Announcing the winner of the 2024 CLNZ | NZSA Writers’ Award

    Media Release October 8, 2024 $25,000 CLNZ | NZSA Writers’ Award has been awarded to writer Mark Derby Mark Derby has been awarded the 2024 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc, CLNZ | NZSA $25,000 Writers’ Award for his project, […]

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  • Close up of Paula Morris. She is wearing a scarf around her neck. Photo credit: Colleen Maria Lenihan.

    Te Kaituhi Māori Webworkshop with Paula Morris

    6:30pm – 8:30pm, Tuesday 22 October This Webworkshop explores the art and craft of writing short first-person narratives – either true stories (creative nonfiction) or invented ones (fiction). We’ll discuss excerpts from the work of various Māori writers to inform the way we shape stories and evoke character, setting and situation. The focus is the […]

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  • NZSA Wellington 2024 Book Showcase

    For our end of year event – next in NZSA Wellington Branch’s new, regular series of literary events at The Undercurrent bookshop on Tory Street – join us for our annual Book Showcase for 2024. Featuring ten local authors: Olivia Aroha Giles, Sarah Catherall, Janis Freegard, Michelle Rahurahu, Michael O’Leary, Ann Chapman, Vincent O’Malley, Rudy […]

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  • Announcing the 2024 Janet Frame Memorial Lecture

    Friends and Elephants Saturday, 9 November 2024 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Hannah Playhouse, 12 Cambridge Terrace, Wellington Barbara was awarded the 2024 President of Honour in recognition of her contribution across the literature sector in Aotearoa. Barbara writes fiction and non-fiction for adults and children, is a literary agent, and editor. She has received […]

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  • Congratulations to Steph Matuku, winner of the inaugural NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award

    Inaugural NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award goes to Steph Matuku! The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Steph Matuku on winning the inaugural NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award 2024. Steph Matuku, who has written several books for young people, will use the award to help complete the writing of […]

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  • NZSA Wellington Open Mic Evening

    Following the success of recent NZSA events in Wellington, we will be hosting a regular series of literary shindigs at The Undercurrent bookshop on Tory Street. We plan to make this a regular event, held on the second Wednesday of each month. We’ll be launching the series with an Open Mic Evening on Wednesday 9 October. […]

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  • Dr Jacqueline Leckie, winner of the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2024!

    Dr Jacqueline Leckie is awarded the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship for 2024!   The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Dr Jacqueline Leckie on winning the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2024 to work on her biography with the working title Meg Campbell (1937–2007): Aroha and Resistance. […]

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  • Nicky Pellegrino sitting on a white armchair

    Webworkshop: Popular Fiction with Nicky Pellegrino

    6pm – 8pm, Tuesday 19 November Writing novels that are easy to read isn’t easy to do. Commercial fiction needs to grip the reader from the very first page and hold them until the last. Nicky Pellegrino looks at some of the principles of crafting popular fiction – the dos and don’ts, the absolute must-haves […]

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  • Poorhara Book Launch

    Kia ora e te whaanau, Please join us for the launch of Poorhara, the debut novel by Michelle Rahurahu. Wednesday 9 October 6pm Unity Books Wellington 57 Willis Street, Wellington. View more info on our Facebook page. Poorhara will be launched by Michelle’s editor, Jasmine Sargent. A sign language interpreter will be at this event. […]

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  • Ngā Pae Rewa Pū Kōrero – NZSA Te Kaituhi Māori Wānanga – Motueka

    Labour Weekend 2024, Te Awhina Marae, Motueka   FRIDAY 25TH OCT                3 PM               PŌWHIRI 4.30 PM          KAI WHAKANOA WHAKAWHANAUNGATANGA MANAWHENUA MIRIANA STEPHENS & ROPATA STEPHENS TE MATU – MOTUEKA HIGH SCHOOL 6 PM               DINNER MOTUEKA STATE CINEMA 7 PM        […]

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  • Māori Literature Trust – Te Hā seminar Wgtn

    Māori Literature Trust – Te Hā seminar Wgtn If you’re a kaituhi Māori, interested in how you can have your writing published, whether traditionally or self-published and live in Pōneke, Wellington, you can’t miss these upcoming workshops by the Māori Literature Trust. The event will be from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm on Saturday, September […]

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