The National Library of New Zealand is New Zealand's legal deposit library charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations". Under the Act,the library's duties include collection,preserving and protecting the collections of the National Library,significant history documents,and collaborating with other libraries in New Zealand and abroad.
Fleur Adcock is a New Zealand poet and editor,of English and Northern Irish ancestry,who has lived much of her life in England. She is well-represented in New Zealand poetry anthologies,was awarded an honorary doctorate of literature from Victoria University of Wellington,and was awarded an OBE in 1996 for her contribution to New Zealand literature. In 2008 she was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services to literature.
Jacqueline Cecilia Sturm was a New Zealand poet,short story writer and librarian. She was one of the first Māori women to complete an undergraduate university degree,at Victoria University College,followed by a Masters of Arts in Philosophy. She was also the first Māori writer to have her work published in an English anthology. Her short stories were published in several collections and student magazines in the 1950s and early 1960s,and in 1983 a women's publishing collective printed a collection of her short stories as The House of the Talking Cat. She continued to write short stories and poetry well into the early 2000s,and is regarded today as a pioneer of New Zealand literature.
The New Zealand Library Association Inc.,operating as LIANZA,is the professional organisation for library and information workers in New Zealand,and also promotes library and information education and professional development within New Zealand.
Elsie Violet Locke was a New Zealand communist writer,historian,and leading activist in the feminism and peace movements. Probably best known for her children's literature,The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature said that she "made a remarkable contribution to New Zealand society",for which the University of Canterbury awarded her an honorary D.Litt. in 1987. She was married to Jack Locke,a leading member of the Communist Party.
Margaret Hilda Alington was a New Zealand librarian,historian and author.
Lydia Joyce Wevers was a New Zealand literary historian,literary critic,editor,and book reviewer. She was an academic at Victoria University of Wellington for many years,including acting as director of the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies from 2001 to 2017. Her academic research focussed on New Zealand literature and print culture,as well as Australian literature. She wrote three books,Country of Writing:Travel Writing About New Zealand 1809–1900 (2002),On Reading (2004) and Reading on the Farm:Victorian Fiction and the Colonial World (2010),and edited a number of anthologies.
Karlo Estelle Mila is a New Zealand writer and poet of Tongan,Pālagi and Samoan descent. Her first collection,Dream Fish Floating,received the NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry in 2006 at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. She has subsequently published two further poetry collections,A Well Written Body (2008) and Goddess Muscle (2020),the latter of which was longlisted for the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry.
Anne Kennedy is a New Zealand novelist,poet,and filmwriter.
Rebecca Katherine Priestley is a New Zealand academic,science historian,and writer. She is Professor in Science in Society at Victoria University of Wellington.
Helen May is a New Zealand education pioneer. She has been an eloquent activist and academic in education,with a strong feminist focus on early childhood education. Her advocacy has been characterised by its focus on the rights and needs of children and teachers,expressed by an active and collaborative engagement with educational institutions,trade unions,the Ministry of Education and other government agencies.
Barbara Helen Else,also known as Barbara Neale,is a New Zealand writer,editor,and playwright. She has written novels for adults and children,plays,short stories and articles and has edited anthologies of children's stories. She has received a number of awards and fellowships including the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature,the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and the Victoria University of Wellington's Writer's Fellowship.
Melinda Szymanik,born 1963,is an author from New Zealand. She writes picture books,short stories and novels for children and young adults and lives in Auckland,New Zealand.
Tina Makereti is a New Zealand novelist,essayist,and short story writer,editor and creative writing teacher. Her work has been widely published and she has been the recipient of writing residencies in New Zealand and overseas. Her book Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa won the inaugural fiction prize at the NgāKupu Ora Māori Book Awards in 2011,and Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings won the NgāKupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Award for Fiction in 2014. She lives on the Kāpiti Coast,New Zealand.
The LIANZA Young People's Non-Fiction Award was established in 1986 by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA). It aimed to encourage the production of the best non-fiction writing for young New Zealanders. The award was renamed the LIANZA Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award in 2002,and that award became the Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award in 2016.
The Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award was first awarded in 2002 by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA). It aimed to encourage the production of the best non-fiction writing for young New Zealanders. The award was previously known as the LIANZA Young People's Non-Fiction Award,before being renamed in honour of Elsie Locke. The LIANZA Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award became the Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award when the LIANZA Awards merged with the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2016.
Mary Allan Ronnie was a New Zealand librarian. She was New Zealand's first female National Librarian,from 1976 to 1981,and the first woman in the world to head a national library. Before becoming National Librarian she was head of Dunedin Public Library,and afterwards she served as Auckland City Librarian.
Louise Magdalene Teowaina Wallscott was a Māori activist,teacher and weaver.
Helen Pearse-Otene is a New Zealand Māori playwright,film actor,author and psychologist.
Mikaela Nyman is a Finnish-New Zealand novelist,poet,journalist and editor. After an early career in journalism and non-fiction work,she published her first poetry collection in 2019 and her first novel in 2020. The former resulted in her being nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. Her work has been published in various anthologies and journals,and she was the co-editor of the first anthology of Vanuatu women's writing.
